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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 430SHARES 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...

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

okayafrica Image via Flickr Creative Commons. 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, do...

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 […]