18th century in LGBT rights

This is a list of important events relating to the LGBT community from 1700 to 1799.

Events

1700s

1704
  • 12 December – The Province of New Jersey 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.[1]

1710s

1714
  • 12 December – The Province of South Carolina adopts English common law and criminalizes buggery, punishing same-sex intercourse and zoophilia with the death penalty and forfeiture of property for males only.[2]

1715
  • Between 17 November and 19 January – The Province of North Carolina adopts English common law, thus criminalizing anal sex and bestiality with the death penalty.[3]

1718

1719
  • The Delaware Colony adopts English common law, thus punishing anal intercourse and bestiality with the death penalty.[6]

1720s

1729

1730s

1730
  • 8 July – The Province of New Jersey adopted a statute imposing a duty on those bringing into the colony people convicted various crimes, including sodomites.[1]

1770s

1776
  • The State of Connecticut retained all existing laws in force.[8]
  • 2 July – The New Jersey Constitution retained all existing laws in force.[1]
  • 14 October – The State of Maryland enacts English common law, thus criminalizing anal sex and zoophilia.[9]

1779

1780s

1782
  • June – The Vermont Republic adopted a statute that enacted only English common law, but also all statutes passed by English Parliament before 1 October, 1760, thus criminalizing anal sex and bestiality in the Vermont Republic.[10]

1785
  • 20 December – The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania executes Joseph Ross for sodomy. This is the last person in the United States of America to be executed for sodomy.[4]

1789

1790s

1790

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795

1796

1797

1798

1799

1800

See also

References
  1. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States New Jersey
  2. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States South Carolina
  3. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States North Carolina
  4. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Pennsylvania
  5. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States
  6. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Delaware
  7. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Rhode Island
  8. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Connecticut
  9. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Maryland
  10. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Vermont
  11. France glbtq
  12. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Virginia
  13. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Indiana
  14. The Construction of Homosexuality
  15. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Kentucky
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