LGBT history in Greece

This article is about the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Greece.

1st millennium BC
Main articles: Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece

2nd millennium AD
  • In 1858, the Ottoman Empire decriminalizes homosexual relationships.[1]
  • Homosexual practice was decriminalized in 1951.[1]

3rd millennium AD
  • On November 2003, NCRTV fined one of the TV networks in Greece, Mega, with 100,000 Euros,[2] partly for having aired a kiss between two male characters of the popular TV show 'Klise ta Matia' (Greek: Κλείσε τα Μάτια). In December 2006, Greece's Council of State, the country's Supreme administrative court, annulled this decision though, ruling that NCRTV's fine was unconstitutional.
  • In 2015, civil unions were legalized for same-sex couples [3]

See also

References
  1. "Where is it illegal to be gay?". BBC News. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. NCRTV Ref#:371-2003, 11/11/03
  3. "Greece allows civil partnership for same-sex couples". Reuters. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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