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1822 in LGBT Rights

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In 1822, there were 2 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were changes made and in the following year. A total of 10 legal changes were made in the 1820s.

  • December
    Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    In 1822, Alabama's Supreme Court ruled in the case of Coburn v. Harwood that sodomy was not an indictable offense in Alabama under the common law.
  • January 1
    Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    The 1822 Criminal Code of the Dominican Republic did not criminalise same sex activity between consenting adults in private. The Criminal Code was updated in 2007 but did not change this.