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| Region | Pennsylvania |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) |
| Start Date | Dec 7, 1682 |
| End Date | 1693 |
| Description | In 1682, William Penn established the Quaker Colony. The punishment for sodomy was a whipping, the forfeit of 1/3 of the offender’s estate, and working six months doing hard labor in the “house of Correction”. For the second offense, the punishment was life imprisonment with hard labor. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/pennslvania.htm |
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| Status | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) |
| Start Date | Dec 7, 1682 |
| End Date | 1693 |
| Description | In 1682, William Penn established the Quaker Colony. The punishment for sodomy was a whipping, the forfeit of 1/3 of the offender’s estate, and working six months doing hard labor in the “house of Correction”. For the second offense, the punishment was life imprisonment with hard labor. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/pennslvania.htm |