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| Region | California |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Apr 1850 |
| End Date | 1909 |
| Description | A few months before statehood, California enacted a penal code criminalising sodomy. Although it would likely be invalidated because the law refers to California as "the state of", prosecutions still occurred under the law, and it was enacted into the law again in 1872. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/california.htm |
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edited by jadeywadey. edited end date
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| End Date | Jan 1, 1976 | 1909 |
edited by jadeywadey. fixing the wording
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| Description | A few months before statehood, California enacted a penal code criminalising sodomy. Although they technically lacked the legal authority to do so, as they were not yet a state, prosecutions still occurred under the law, it was further formalised into the law in 1872. | A few months before statehood, California enacted a penal code criminalising sodomy. Although it would likely be invalidated because the law refers to California as "the state of", prosecutions still occurred under the law, and it was enacted into the law again in 1872. |
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edited by jadeywadey. fixed entry wording
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| Description | A few months before statehood, California enacted a penal code criminalising sodomy. Although they technically lacked the legal authority to do so, as they were not yet a state, prosecutions still occurred under the law, which was formalised in 1872. | A few months before statehood, California enacted a penal code criminalising sodomy. Although they technically lacked the legal authority to do so, as they were not yet a state, prosecutions still occurred under the law, it was further formalised into the law in 1872. |
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created by jadeywadey
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Apr 1850 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 1976 |
| Description | A few months before statehood, California enacted a penal code criminalising sodomy. Although they technically lacked the legal authority to do so, as they were not yet a state, prosecutions still occurred under the law, which was formalised in 1872. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/california.htm |