During the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia male homosexual acts were illegal under the Penal Code of 30 June 1959, but the situation changed when Croatia as one of the republics that Yugoslavia consisted of gained more control over its legislature.
During the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia male homosexual acts were illegal under the Penal Code of 30 June 1959, although the persecution of homosexuals by Yugoslavia began in the late 1940s. The situation changed when Croatia as one of the republics that Yugoslavia consisted of gained more control over its legislature.