In 1971, there were 39 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 3 changes made and 25 in the following year. A total of 195 legal changes were made in the 1970s.
- December 2LGBT employment discrimination becomes no protections.
- LGBT housing discrimination becomes no protections.
- LGBT discrimination becomes no protections.
- LGBT housing discrimination becomes no protections.The UAE constitution, which came into effect on December 2, 1971, does not reference any protections against housing discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality.
- LGBT employment discrimination becomes no protections.The UAE constitution, which came into effect on December 2, 1971, does not reference any protections against employment discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality.
- LGBT discrimination becomes no protections.The UAE constitution, which came into effect on December 2, 1971, does not reference any protections against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality.
- October 1
- September 11LGBT housing discrimination becomes no protections.There are no protections for LGBT people in housing and there are several reports of landlords and neighbours forcing LGBT people to move with threats of reports to authority.
- LGBT employment discrimination becomes no protections.Since the founding of Egypt, there hasn't been any protections for LGBTQ+ community
- LGBT discrimination becomes no protections.While technically article 9 of the constitution protects citizens from all discrimination, the law is not enforced to protect LGBT people and discrimination was widespread.
- August 16Homosexual activity becomes legal.In 1971, an amendment to the Penal Code decriminalised non-commercial same-sex sexual acts between adults, while at the same time introducing a new provision (Section 209), which set the age of consent for gay male sex at 18, 4 years higher than the lesbian and heterosexual age of consent, which was instead set at 14.
- August 8Same-sex marriage becomes banned.Article 25 in Afghanistans Law on Marriage (1971) states: “The marriage certificate is a document of man and woman which proves the contract of marriage.”
- August 1Same-sex marriage becomes banned.Same-sex marriages were officially banned after the passage of the Nullity of Marriage Act 1971, which explicity stated that a marriage was considered void if both parties were of the same sex. The act received royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II on 1 July 1971 and came into force on 1 August 1971. The Nullity of Marriage Act was later replaced by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, however, its effects remained exactly the same.
- February 12Same-sex marriage becomes banned.Article 9(1) in The Law of Marriage Act defines marriage as a voluntary union of a man and a woman.
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- January 1Equal age of consent becomes equal.
- Equal age of consent becomes equal.
- Equal age of consent becomes equal.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.
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LGBT Organizations Founded in 1971
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