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Region | Ireland |
Issue | Serving openly in military |
Status | Illegal |
Start Date | Jan 1, 1861 |
End Date | Jan 1, 1993 |
Description | From roughly 1860s to 1993 it was illegal to serve in the military as a open gay male/ lesbian female due to 1861 act criminalizing homosexual relations of any kind, please see homosexual activity. |
Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20041105112227/http://www.worldlii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/1988/22.html |
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Original entry | |
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Status | Illegal |
Start Date | Jan 1, 1861 |
End Date | Jan 1, 1993 |
Description | From roughly 1860s to 1993 it was illegal to serve in the military as a open gay male/ lesbian female due to 1861 act criminalizing homosexual relations of any kind, please see homosexual activity. |
Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20041105112227/http://www.worldlii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/1988/22.html |