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LGBT history in Greece

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

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2nd millennium AD

  • In 1858, the Ottoman Empire decriminalizes homosexual relationships.
  • Homosexual practice was decriminalized in 1951.

    • 3rd millennium AD

  • On November 2003, NCRTV fined one of the TV networks in Greece, Mega, with 100,000 Euros, 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.

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    LGBT history in Greece Wikipedia
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