In 1901, there were 2 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 2 changes made and in the following year. A total of 13 legal changes were made in the 1900s.
- (date unknown)Homosexual activity becomes male illegal, female uncertain.The Criminal Code of the Australian colony of Queensland, drafted in 1899 by the colony’s chief justice, Sir Samuel Griffith, came into force in 1901. The Code expanded the terms of criminalisation established under the Indian Penal Code to criminalise both partners who engage in male same-sex activity.
- January 1Right to change legal gender becomes illegal.There was no way to change a person's gender on official documents in New South Wales until the Transgender (Anti-Discrimination and Other Acts Amendment) Act was enacted in 1996.