Entry #14143: Homosexual activity in New York

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RegionNew York
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusLegal
Start DateDec 18, 1980
End Date(none)
DescriptionA court in the case of New York v Onofre found New York's sodomy ban to be unconstitutional. Two decades later, the state legislature formally repealed the ban.
Sourceshttps://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y
https://web.archive.org/web/20200221114333/https://casetext.com/case/people-v-onofre


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Sourceshttps://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y
https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y
https://web.archive.org/web/20200221114333/https://casetext.com/case/people-v-onofre
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https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/ https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/ https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y https://web.archive.org/web/20200221114333/https://casetext.com/case/people-v-onofre

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DescriptionHomosexuality has been legal since the New York v. Onofre case in 1980.A court in the case of New York v Onofre found New York's sodomy ban to be unconstitutional. Two decades later, the state legislature formally repealed the ban.
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Homosexuality has been legal since the New York v. Onofre case in 1980. A court in the case of New York v Onofre found New York's sodomy ban to be unconstitutional. Two decades later, the state legislature formally repealed the ban.
Sourceshttps://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y
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https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/ https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/ https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03107&term=1999&Summary=Y&Text=Y

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End DateJun 26, 2003(none)

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Original entry
StatusLegal
Start DateDec 18, 1980
End DateJun 26, 2003
DescriptionHomosexuality has been legal since the New York v. Onofre case in 1980.
Sourceshttps://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/