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LGBT rights in the 18th century

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enacted a statute that changed the language of the law to read that "if any Man shall carnally lie with a Man as Man carnally lieth with a Woman." Thus it was made clear that only sodomy between two men was a
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officially reduces the punishment for sodomy from death by burning to imprisonment for a year or more, whipping, and banishment. The death penalty for sodomy had previously been suspended by royal decree in
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adopted a statute issuing a general pardon for almost all pending prosecutions, including those for same-sex intercourse. They were abandoned as of that date.
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adopts a statute reducing the penalty for same-sex intercourse from the death penalty to 2–5 years in the jail and penitentiary house.
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adopted a statute imposing a duty on those bringing into the colony people convicted of various crimes, including sodomites.
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before 1 October 1760, thus criminalizing anal sex and bestiality in the Vermont Republic.
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This is a list of important events relating to the LGBT community from 1701 to 1800.
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to the territory and re-legalizing anal intercourse and zoophilia in the territory.
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Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation Between Spain and the United States
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to the territory, enacting the death penalty for anal intercourse and zoophilia.
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to 1–10 years in prison, but did not reduce the death penalty for
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with the death penalty and forfeiture of property for males only.
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executes Joseph Ross for sodomy. This is the last person in the
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bestial communication with brutes, and in particular with sheep
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is not only universal in practice among them, but extends to a
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suspended the death penalty for sodomy, recommending "
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reduces the penalty for free peoples for committing
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and same-sex intercourse is legalized in the nation.
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