Sodomy Law Update
Complied and updated by Larry
Stratton
Last updated October 18, 2000
NEW ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS ARE INDICATED WITH
AN ASTERISK [*]
DISCLAIMER: The states/counties listed have been
compiled from the submissions of many people. No attempt has been
made to verify the accuracy of these submissions nor should the
truth of any submission be implied.
Index:
States where all same-sex
acts between consenting adults are legal
Countries where same-sex relationships
are legal or tolerated
Age of Consent
Laws (note -- this link is not part of
the Consortium website)
STATES WHERE ALL SAME-SEX ACTS
BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS ARE LEGAL
STATES WHERE ALL SAME-SEX ACTS BETWEEN CONSENTING
ADULTS ARE LEGAL
(and the year where sodomy laws were struck down)
Alaska 1978
California 1975
Colorado 1971
Connecticut 1969
Delaware 1972
Georgia 1998
Hawaii 1972
Illinois 1961
Indiana 1976
Iowa 1976
Kentucky 1992
Maine 1975
Montana 1997
Nebraska 1977
Nevada 1993
New Hampshire 1973
New Jersey 1975
New Mexico 197?
New York (has been suggested but is waiting on verification)
Ohio 1972
Oregon 1971
Pennsylvania 1983
Rhode Island 1998
South Dakota 1976
Vermont 1977
Washington 1975
Washington, D. C. 1993
West Virginia 1976
Wisconsin 1984
Wyoming 1977
COUNTRIES WHERE LES-BI-GAY
RELATIONSHIPS/SEX ARE LEGAL OR TOLERATED
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Canada
Costa Rica
Denmark
France
Germany
Ghana
Greenland
Guatamala
Haiti
Japan
Luxemburg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Seychelles
Sweden
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago (opinion varies)
United Kingdom
USA (varies by state)
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