Entry #15231: Homosexual activity in Mississippi

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RegionMississippi
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusLegal
Start Date(unknown)
End DateJun 1802
DescriptionIn Mississippi's first criminal codes, pre-statehood, there were no references to sodomy and in the precolonial era, same-sex sexual activity was not believed to be criminalised.
Sourceshttps://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/mississippi.htm#fn3


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StatusLegal
Start Date(unknown)
End DateJun 1802
DescriptionIn Mississippi's first criminal codes, pre-statehood, there were no references to sodomy and in the precolonial era, same-sex sexual activity was not believed to be criminalised.
Sourceshttps://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/mississippi.htm#fn3