Dominican Republic celebrates historic court win against old anti-gay law

The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court recently struck down provisions that criminalized consensual same-sex conduct by officers in the country’s National Police and Armed Forces.

Codes of Justice for the two security forces previously punished same-sex “sodomy” by officers with up to two years in prison. No equivalent penalties existed for heterosexual sexual acts.

The court ruled that those references to sodomy are “not in accordance with the Constitution,” and ordered their removal.