Germany gay laws

Although same-sex sexual activity between men was already made illegal under Paragraph by the German Empire in , Nazi Germany extended these laws during World War II, which resulted in the persecution and deaths of thousands of homosexual citizens.

Homosexual activity in Germany is legal. Germany fully repealed section of the German Criminal Code and legalized homosexual activity in Section of the Criminal Code was relaxed for persons over 21 years in East Germany in , with West Germany following suit in