sodomy laws
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Gay History – 1962: The Shocking Mansfield, Ohio Gay Sex Sting Witch-hunt – Rare NSWF Video
In the summer of 1962, the Mansfield, Ohio Police Department set up a sex sting by filming men having sex…
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Gay History- June 6, 1671: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Plymouth Colony Makes Gay Sex Punishable By Death
On June 6, 1667, the General Court of Plymouth, Massachusetts added several capital crimes to those listed in the previous…
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Gay History – December 18, 1980: New York State Court of Appeals Strikes Down Sodomy Law
With the state of New York and especially New York City being such a mecca of progressive ideals its…
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Gay History – November 17, 1998: John Lawrence Arrested In His Home For Having Gay Sex, Lawrence vs. Texas Begins
In 1960 every state in America had an anti-sodomy law on its books. In 1961, the American Law Institute’s Model…
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Gay History – July 28, 1961: Illinois Becomes First State to Rescind Sodomy Law
In 1955, the Illinois General Assembly inaugurated the gargantuan task of overhauling its criminal code. Since its last major revision…
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Isle of Man Follows The UK And Will Introduce Gay Pardon Law, When Will You America?
The Isle of Man has announced it will be moving forward with plans to pardon historical convictions for gay offenses.…
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Ken Cuccinelli Gets F**ked! – SCOTUS Denies Ken Cuccinelli’s Request To Stay VA’s Sodomy Law
Virginia’s blatantly anti-gay attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, who is behind the states “Crimes Against Nature Law” (which is really nothing but a…
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Gay Man Convicted Of Sodomy And Executed In Iran’s Marvdasht, Fars Province
Reports via The Jerusalem Post are stating that a gay man was sentenced and hung last week for committing the…
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Kansas To Spit In The Gay Community’s Face And Leave “Symbolic” Sodomy Law On The Books
Because the topic is just too “sensitive” to address, according to one Kansas state senator, lawmakers in that state will be keeping…
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WATCH – "Victim" (1961) Starring Dirk Boagarde – Back2Stonewall Saturday LGBT Cinema Classic
Melville Farr, (Dirk Bogarde) is a married lawyer, a blackmailer who has photos of Farr and a young gay man, Farr tracks…
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