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Last edited: February 13, 2005
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Puerto Rico
- Statute: Article 103, Sodomy. Unconstitutional under
Lawrence v. Texas.
- Penalty: 8 - 20 years
- Classification: Felony
- Restrictions: None
Statute
Every person who has sexual intercourse with a person of his same sex or commits the
crime against nature with a human being shall be punished by imprisonment for a fixed term
of ten (10) years. If there are increasing circumstances, the penalty could be risen up to
a maximum of twelve years; if there are extenuating circumstances, it could be reduced
down to a minimum of six years".
History
1937 Puerto
Rico enacts the nation�s last sexual sterilization law and the last that
covers �sexual perverts.�
1967 The
Puerto Rico Supreme Court upholds its sodomy law, saying that the legislators
who enacted the law �have read the Holy Scriptures, the Genesis, the
Deuteronomy; they know about Sodom, the ancient city of Palestine and its
devious sexual practices; they have read Saint Paul, Epistle to the Romans and
Saint Thomas�The Summa Theologica�which deal with the matter.�
1974 Puerto
Rico�s new criminal code creates a unique sodomy law in the United States in
that anal sex is illegal between any two persons, but oral sex is illegal only
between people of the same sex.
News
- Candidates: Will Protect Homosexuals, Not Gay
Marriage - June 10, 2004
- Puerto Rican Evangelists Rally in Support of
Sodomy Law - July 15, 2003
- Many Evangelists Protest Abolition of Sodomy Law
- July 13, 2003
- Another Christian View of Puerto Rico�s Sodomy
Law - July 11, 2003
- Puerto Rico Senate Votes to Kill Sodomy Law
- June 25, 2003
- Puerto Rico Moves to Abolish Sodomy Law -
June 24, 2003
- Puerto Ricans Rally in San Juan - The
Data Lounge, June 4, 2003
- Religious Groups Threaten Lawmakers for Article
103 - Associated Press, May 30, 2003
- Puerto Rico Court Overturns Gay Rights Law -
The Advocate, April
22, 2003
- Court Overturns Puerto Rico Gay Rights Law -
365Gay.com, April 21, 2003
- Gay-Rights Issues Bring Protesters to Streets
- Orlando Sentinel,
April 20, 2003
- Puerto Rico�s Sodomy Law Just �Tip of the
Iceberg� - Puerto Rico�s Sodomy Law Just �Tip of the Iceberg�
- The Gully, March 14, 2003
- Puerto Rico�s Law 103: A Colonial Imposition
- The Gully, March 14, 2003
- Puerto Rico: Cultural Identity, Colonialism, and
Sodomy Laws - July 2, 2002
- Puerto Rico Asked to Enforce Antigay Law -
May 21, 2002
- Case Puts Focus on Gay Rights - May 14, 2001
- San Juan Prepares Review of Sodomy Law -
February 22, 2001
- Puerto Rican Public and Courts Weigh Gay Rights
with Unprecedented Legal Case and Political Action - February 21, 2001
- ACLU Takes First-Ever Gay Rights Case to Puerto Rico Supreme
Court, Citing Cultural Emphasis on Privacy - August 11, 2000
- Puerto Rico High Court to Review Sodomy Law - August 11, 2000
- Puerto Rico OKs T* Birth Certificate - July 28, 2000
- Court Gives Gay-Rights (TV/TS/TG Rights) Activists Hope -
July 17, 2000
- Puerto Rico Gay Legalization Sought - June 4, 2000
- Citing Threats, Intimidation and ‘Clear Danger’ to
Citizens, ACLU Presses Forward to Repeal Puerto Rico’s Sodomy Law - May 22, 2000
- Puerto Rican Activists Stage Fast for Rights - September 9,
1999
- Puerto Rico Case Advances - March 9, 1999
- Citing "Chilling Effect" of Puerto Rico's Sodomy Law,
Judge Says ACLU Challenge Must Go Forward - March 8, 1999
- ACLU v. Puerto Rico Sodomy Law - June 26, 1998
- Puerto Rico's Criminal Ban on Same-Gender Sex, "Crime
Against Nature" Targeted by ACLU Lawsuit - June 22, 1998
- Puerto Rican activists "turn venom into medicine" -
January 23, 1988
Legal Cases
Action Alerts
Allies
Coalition Against Article 103
and Pro Right to Intimacy
COALICI�N CONTRA El ART�CULO 103 Y PRO DERECHO A LA INTIMIDAD
PO Box 9021003
Viejo San Juan PR 00902-1003
Puerto Rico
Tel : 787-787-7274
Fax : 787-787-7686
Email: [email protected]
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