Estonia: Information on the status of homosexuals and lesbians
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | EST18380.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Estonia: Information on the status of homosexuals and lesbians, 1 September 1994, EST18380.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad2714.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association Bulletin, Article 118 of the Estonian Penal Code banning homosexuality was repealed on 21 April 1992 (June-Sept. 1992, 9). Please find attached an excerpt of The Third Pink Book: A Global View of Lesbian And Gay Liberation and Oppression on the lesbian and gay movement in Central and Eastern Europe.
Additional information on the above subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
International Lesbian and Gay Association Bulletin [Brussels]. June-September 1992. "Action 16/92 Ban on Homosexuality in Estonia."
Attachments
Andrzej Selerowicz. 1993. "Gay Perestroika: The Political Changes in Central and Eastern a Europe and their Effect on the Lesbian and Gay Movement," The Third Pink Book: A Global View of Lesbian And Gay Liberation and Oppression. Edited by Aart Hendriks, Rob Tielman and Evert van der Veen. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, pp. 207-212.
International Lesbian and Gay Association Bulletin [Brussels]. June-September 1992. "Action 16/92 Ban on Homosexuality in Estonia," p.9.
Newsday. 26 June 1994. Julie Dorf. "Gay Activists: Think Globally, Act Globally." (NEXIS)
Tielman, Rob and Hans Hammelburg. 1993. "World Survey on the Social and Legal Position of Gays and Lesbians," The Third Pink Book: A Global View of Lesbian And Gay Liberation and Oppression. Edited by Aart Hendriks, Rob Tielman and Evert van der Veen. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, p. 277.