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| Region | Connecticut |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Apr 23, 1638 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 1821 |
| Description | In 1638, Connecticut’s charter was granted but was forbidden from deviating from England’s common law, which included the death penalty for sodomy. This only applied to men but in 1656, New Haven also criminalized lesbianism with death until its annexation into Connecticut in 1665. Continuing laws would continue to criminalize sodomy with death even as Connecticut left the British Empire to join the United States until 1822. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/connecticut.htm |
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| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Apr 23, 1638 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 1821 |
| Description | In 1638, Connecticut’s charter was granted but was forbidden from deviating from England’s common law, which included the death penalty for sodomy. This only applied to men but in 1656, New Haven also criminalized lesbianism with death until its annexation into Connecticut in 1665. Continuing laws would continue to criminalize sodomy with death even as Connecticut left the British Empire to join the United States until 1822. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/connecticut.htm |