Number of LGBT-related laws changed over time
- (date unknown)Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).Punishment for violating the sodomy statute ranged from two (2) to five (5) years in prison
- July 14Homosexual activity becomes illegal (death penalty as punishment).In 1795, Illinois, as part of the original Northwest Territory, adopted the English buggery law through an ordinance issued by the territorial government. This made sodomy committed by males a capital offense.
- Homosexual activity becomes ambiguous.In 1795, the Northwest Territory, which Michigan was a part of at the time, adopted the common law of England. The common law of England punished sodomy with the death penalty. However, it is unclear whether or not this law was in force in Michigan.
- Homosexual activity becomes illegal (death penalty as punishment).In 1795, a Council in charge of creating laws for Ohio adopted a statute that included the common law of England and English laws adopted prior to England's settlement of North America in 1607. England's buggery statute which mandated the death penalty for male on male buggery was therefore adopted.
- (date unknown)Homosexual activity becomes legal.Homosexuality was legalised with the use of a Napoleonic penal code in 1795.
- June 24
- (date unknown)Homosexual activity becomes illegal (death penalty as punishment).Upon admission to the Union, Kentucky received its sodomy statutes from the Commonwealth of Virginia whose sodomy laws attacked any non-procreative sexual act (even between men and women). Those found guilty potentially faced execution.
- September 25Equal age of consent becomes equal.
- Equal age of consent becomes equal.
- Equal age of consent becomes equal.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.In 1791, homosexuality was decriminalised in Reunion under French law.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.In 1791, homosexuality was decriminalised in Martinique under French law.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.In 1791, homosexuality was decriminalised in France. This also applied in Guadeloupe.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.Follows from the French law being its territory without a permanent population
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.The French Penal Code of 1791, adopted between 25 September and 6 October 1791, extended to Saint-Domingue. When Haiti became independent from France in 1804, no law that criminalized consensual same-sex sexual acts was introduced, and no such law has come into the penal code since.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.In 1791, homosexuality was decriminalised in French Guiana under French law.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.In 1791, France decriminalized homosexuality during the French Revolution. France was the first country in the world to decriminalize homosexuality after previously making it illegal.
- Equal age of consent becomes equal.Since homosexuality has been legalised in Andorra, an equal age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual sex was used.
- Homosexual activity becomes legal.Laws against sodomy were abolished while Andorra was still a part of France, and Andorra has not made it illegal since.
- January 1