Entry #13064: Homosexual activity in China

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RegionChina
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusIllegal (other penalty)
Start Date1546
End Date1740
DescriptionDuring the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the first statute that prohibited homosexual sex came to be. "Whoever inserts his penis into another man's anus for lascivious play, shall receive 100 blows of the heavy bamboo.
Sourceshttps://books.google.com/books?id=E6ClbegXuWUC&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=E6ClbegXuWUC&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false


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StatusIllegal (other penalty)
Start Date1546
End Date1740
DescriptionDuring the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the first statute that prohibited homosexual sex came to be. "Whoever inserts his penis into another man's anus for lascivious play, shall receive 100 blows of the heavy bamboo.
Sourceshttps://books.google.com/books?id=E6ClbegXuWUC&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=E6ClbegXuWUC&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false