Current Version
| Region | Texas |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Equal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Age of consent is 17 regardless of gender or orientation. However, Texas has a "Romeo and Juliet law" allowing younger people of similar ages to consent, but the wording of this law excludes same-sex partners, but this still technically doesn’t make aoc ‘unequal’. |
| Sources | Texas Penal Code Section 21.11 |
Revision History (7)
edited by cihalcoc. Incorrect status
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| Value | Unequal | Equal |
edited by johnteg. repaired
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| Value | Equal | Unequal |
edited by tsusamu
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Equal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Age of consent is 17 regardless of gender or orientation. However, Texas has a "Romeo and Juliet law" allowing younger people of similar ages to consent, but the wording of this law excludes same-sex partners. | Age of consent is 17 regardless of gender or orientation. However, Texas has a "Romeo and Juliet law" allowing younger people of similar ages to consent, but the wording of this law excludes same-sex partners, but this still technically doesn’t make aoc ‘unequal’. |
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edited by tsusamu
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| Value | Equal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
edited by tsusamu
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Equal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
edited by beeurd
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| Value | Equal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Age of consent is equitable regardless of gender or orientation. | Age of consent is 17 regardless of gender or orientation. However, Texas has a "Romeo and Juliet law" allowing younger people of similar ages to consent, but the wording of this law excludes same-sex partners. |
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created by imullin01
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| Status | Equal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Age of consent is equitable regardless of gender or orientation. |
| Sources | Texas Penal Code Section 21.11 |
Reports (7)
- Other "Ambiguous: Texas does have an equal general age of consent (17), but it has a close in age exemption that specifically excludes same-sex couples. (Penal Code Section 21.11 and Penal Code Section 22.011)"
- Status is not correct "This is inaccurate due to the Romeo and Juliet law that excludes lgbtq couples/partners "
- Status is not correct "Romeo and Juliet law only applies to opposite couples "
- Status is not correct "The Romeo & Juliet law in Texas specifies that the partners are "opposite sex""
- Status is not correct "Status is not completely correct. Tex. Penal Code § 21.11(b) (2019). In regards to the Romeo and Juliet Law, which allows for the mitigation of statutory rape charges in young couples close in age - "It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor:
(1) was not more than three years older than the victim and of the opposite sex;" therefore, the Romeo and Juliet law would not apply to young same-sex couples."
- Status is not correct "Actually, the Romeo and Juliet clause is specifically not applicable to same-sex couples, which means while a straight couple can have an age difference of up to 3 years (36 months), in a same-sex couple both individuals must be over the age of consent."
- Other "Age of consent may be equal but the romeo and juliet law only applies to straight youth "