Entry #14242: LGBT discrimination in Greenland

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RegionGreenland
IssueLGBT discrimination
StatusIllegal in some contexts
Start Date1987
End DateMay 2024
DescriptionThe anti-discrimination provision in the penal code was changed in 1987 after recommendation of the above mentioned commission to include sexual orientation, so that it now reads:
" Persons who publicly or deliberately disseminate statements or other reports by which any group of people are threatened, ridiculed or degraded on account of their racial origin, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, beliefs or sexual orientation, are liable to fines, short-term detention or imprisonment for up to two years."
Sourceshttps://web.archive.org/web/20090608154659/http://www.globalgayz.com/country/Greenland/view/GRL/gay-greenland-news-and-reports-2


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Original entry
StatusIllegal in some contexts
Start Date1987
End DateMay 2024
DescriptionThe anti-discrimination provision in the penal code was changed in 1987 after recommendation of the above mentioned commission to include sexual orientation, so that it now reads: " Persons who publicly or deliberately disseminate statements or other reports by which any group of people are threatened, ridiculed or degraded on account of their racial origin, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, beliefs or sexual orientation, are liable to fines, short-term detention or imprisonment for up to two years."
Sourceshttps://web.archive.org/web/20090608154659/http://www.globalgayz.com/country/Greenland/view/GRL/gay-greenland-news-and-reports-2