LGBT movement
https://boutique-lgbtqia.com/lgbt-movement LGBT movement The beginnings of the LGBT movement First homosexual movement LGBT movement , In the second half of the 19th century, sodomy was considered a crime in most Western countries and their colonies, it was decriminalized only in countries that had followed the example of the French penal code, which had no considered crimes only behavior that harmed a third party. , in Europe these exceptions were added to France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy and Bavaria (before the formation of the German Empire), and in America Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala and Argentina. In the rest of the countries, homosexuals were sentenced to prison terms, generally between 5 and 10 years, which could go as far as life imprisonment, or even the death penalty. This situation means that in the last third of the century, initiatives began to emerge calling for decriminalization where homosexuality is still con...