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| Region | Hawaii |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Jun 3, 1963 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 1972 |
| Description | In 1963, Hawaii amended its Penal Code to prohibit people from "wearing clothing of the opposite sex with intent to deceive other people in identifying their sex" with up to a year in prison as punishment. Commonly referred to as the "intent to deceive" law, the law in practice criminalise the gender expression of transgender people in Hawaii with several trans women being forced to wear pins saying "I AM A BOY" to avoid arrest while humiliating them in the process. The law would be repealed in 1972, effective 1973. |
| Sources | https://library.lrb.hawaii.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=863d7c58908416b375071a03b56a6203 https://library.lrb.hawaii.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=0b1aeb21b2af7e30adaa22e7a5f1d267 https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2017/HRS-Chapter-PDF's/HRS_0711.pdf https://health.hawaii.gov/surveillance/files/2018/09/HawaiiSexualandGenderMinorityHealthReport2018.pdf https://www.them.us/story/the-glade-honolulu-drag-cabaret-mahu-trans-history https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/10/16/i-am-boy-simple-button-that-was-honolulus-scarlet-letter/ |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Jun 3, 1963 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 1972 |
| Description | In 1963, Hawaii amended its Penal Code to prohibit people from "wearing clothing of the opposite sex with intent to deceive other people in identifying their sex" with up to a year in prison as punishment. Commonly referred to as the "intent to deceive" law, the law in practice criminalise the gender expression of transgender people in Hawaii with several trans women being forced to wear pins saying "I AM A BOY" to avoid arrest while humiliating them in the process. The law would be repealed in 1972, effective 1973. |
| Sources | https://library.lrb.hawaii.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=863d7c58908416b375071a03b56a6203 https://library.lrb.hawaii.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=0b1aeb21b2af7e30adaa22e7a5f1d267 https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2017/HRS-Chapter-PDF's/HRS_0711.pdf https://health.hawaii.gov/surveillance/files/2018/09/HawaiiSexualandGenderMinorityHealthReport2018.pdf https://www.them.us/story/the-glade-honolulu-drag-cabaret-mahu-trans-history https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/10/16/i-am-boy-simple-button-that-was-honolulus-scarlet-letter/ |