In 1960, there were 15 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were changes made and 4 in the following year. A total of 98 legal changes were made in the 1960s.
- August 3
- Serving openly in military becomes ambiguous.There are no explicits bans on service by LGBT citizens, but intense discrimination discourages openness in this area.
- July 1Legal recognition of non-binary gender becomes not legally recognized.Does not appear to be option on legal documents and information regarding the status is little to none.
- June 30LGBT housing discrimination becomes no protections.
- LGBT employment discrimination becomes no protections.
- June 2Same-sex marriage becomes banned.Homosexuality is currently illegal, and marriage is legally defined as an union between a man and a woman.
- LGBT employment discrimination becomes no protections.
- LGBT housing discrimination becomes no protections.
- LGBT discrimination becomes no protections.Homosexuality is illegal there. Homosexuality is currently illegal.
- January 12Homosexual activity becomes male illegal, female legal.Up to 3 years in prison. Not enforced. information from lgbt silk map. as well as from HRW. decriminalization pending.
- LGBT discrimination becomes no protections.As homosexuality is illegal, there are no legal protections
- January 1Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).Article 193 of Kuwait’s Penal Code explicitly prohibits male homosexual sex for up to seven years in prison. For lesbians, there is no specific law criminalizing it, however it is still technically illegal. This is because in Kuwait you are not able to consent to sex until you’re married. So, since gay marriage is not legal in Kuwait and you can’t give consent until your married, lesbian sex is illegal.
- Equal age of consent becomes n/a.In Kuwait, you can only give consent to sex after marriage. Gay marriage in Kuwait is not legal either, so there is no age of consent for homosexual sex.