Angola decriminalizes same-sex relationships, bans anti-gay discrimination
New penal code ends a colonial-era ban on gay sex that punished people with 14 years in prison By Riley Gillis on March 1, 2021
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In a rare but welcome move, Angola has decriminalized same-sex relationships.
Angola’s penal code criminalizing homosexuality dates to the colonial era, when the African nation was a Portugese colony, and condemned same-sex sexual relationships as one of multiple “vices against nature.” As a result, gay people faced prison sentences of at least fourteen years.
After establishing a new penal code in 2019, the country’s president signed it into the law in November 2020, and it officially took effect on February 9.
Angola recently passed a law to decriminalize homosexual relationships, according to reports this new law supersedes a Portuguese colonial-era constitution that
Angola recently passed a law to decriminalize homosexual relationships, according to reports this new law supersedes a Portuguese colonial-era constitution that
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Angola Officially Enacts Law Decriminalising Homosexuality Angola Officially Enacts Law Decriminalising Homosexuality
After passing a new law decriminalising same-sex relationships in 2019, Angola has finally enacted its new penal code which is against the discrimination of LGBT Angolans.
Angola has recently enacted a new law decriminalising homosexuality which, as of yesterday, will now legally protect the rights of Angolans who are a part of the LGBT community. The new penal code, which was passed in parliament back in 2019, does away with the contentious vices against nature provision which targeted queer Angolans and hindered their access to healthcare, education and obtaining employment.
A new law decriminalising same-sex sexual relations in Angola has gone into effect on Wednesday. According to reports, the new law overturned a colonial-era ban on homosexual relations which described it as “vice against nature”. Activist Jean-Luc Romero-Michel tweeted, “The law decriminalising homosexuality adopted in Angola in 2019 took effect today. Discrimination on the basis […]