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| Region | Portugal |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1886 |
| End Date | Sep 23, 1982 |
| Description | With the adoption of a new penal code in 1886, Portugal criminalised same-sex conduct. For some of this period, there was varying formality in the criminalisation but throughout LGB people were persecuted and imprisoned. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20120229155410/http://www.publico.pt/Sociedade/o-estado-novo-dizia-que-nao-havia-homossexuais-mas-perseguiaos_1392257 https://www.fd.unl.pt/anexos/investigacao/1274.pdf |
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1886 |
| End Date | Sep 23, 1982 |
| Description | With the adoption of a new penal code in 1886, Portugal criminalised same-sex conduct. For some of this period, there was varying formality in the criminalisation but throughout LGB people were persecuted and imprisoned. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20120229155410/http://www.publico.pt/Sociedade/o-estado-novo-dizia-que-nao-havia-homossexuais-mas-perseguiaos_1392257 https://www.fd.unl.pt/anexos/investigacao/1274.pdf |