Latest revision as of 20:16, 12 June 2012

Colonizing and Settling: 1607-1776

Curated by Jonathan Ned Katz

The years from 1607 to 1776 constitute the founding era of what became the United States. In the early years of this era, in these American colonies, the penalty for sodomy was death, and a number of executions are documented. Why was sodomy, usually conceived as anal intercourse between men, thought of as treason against the state, and punished so harshly? And what do we know of sexual and intimate relationships between women in these years, and laws and responses to such intimacies ?

This exhibit presents or references all the original documents that Katz collected in his books Gay/Lesbian Almanac and Gay American History. Evidence discovered since those publications will be added over time. If you have or know of such information, please add it as a new entry following the format in this section, or email jnk123@.mac.com.^[1]

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 Curated by Jonathan Ned Katz
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 The years from 1607 to 1776 constitute the founding era of what became the United States. In the early years of this era, in these American colonies, the penalty for sodomy was death, and a number of executions are documented.  Why was sodomy, usually conceived as anal intercourse between men, thought of as treason against the state, and punished so harshly? And what do we know of sexual and intimate relationships between women in these years, and laws and responses to such intimacies ?
-This exhibit presents or references all the original documents that Katz collected in his books ''Gay/Lesbian Almanac'' and ''Gay American History.'' Evidence discovered since those publications will be added over time. If you have or know of such information, please add it as a new entry following the format in this section, or email   outhistory@gc.cuny.edu.<ref>Acknowledgments in {{GLA}} say: "This section on the early colonial period [in American history] might not have been undertaken without the hours of expert research volunteered by Robert Oaks, to whom I owe a huge debt of gratitude. Jaime Vidal also volunteered many hours of research on early colonial documents, for which I thank him."</ref>
+This exhibit presents or references all the original documents that Katz collected in his books ''Gay/Lesbian Almanac'' and ''Gay American History.'' Evidence discovered since those publications will be added over time. If you have or know of such information, please add it as a new entry following the format in this section, or email jnk123@.mac.com.<ref>Acknowledgments in {{GLA}} say: "This section on the early colonial period [in American history] might not have been undertaken without the hours of expert research volunteered by Robert Oaks, to whom I owe a huge debt of gratitude. Jaime Vidal also volunteered many hours of research on early colonial documents, for which I thank him."</ref>
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 '''1620s'''
 [[Sodomy case: Cornish executed, Virginia, c.1624-1625]]
+[[Bradford: Merrymount; Massachusetts, 1626]]
 [[Legal case: Thomas/sine Hall; Virginia, March 25, 1629]]
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 [[Buggery law: Georgia, June 29, 1732]]
 [[Sodomy case: Georgia, March 25, 1734]]
+==[[Bibliography: Colonial America, The Age of Sodomitical Sin]]==
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+==See also: [[Larry Kramer: "Homo Sex in Colonial America," May 19, 2009]]==
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 [[Category:The Age of Sodomitical Sin]]
-[[Category:American Colonial Era (1607-1776)]]
+[[Category:Colonizing and Settling, 1585-1763]]
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+[[Category: Making a Revolution, Building a New Nation, 1763-1800]]
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Latest revision as of 20:16, 12 June 2012

Colonizing and Settling: 1607-1776

Timeline: Age of Sodomitical Sin: 1607-1776

Bibliography: Colonial America, The Age of Sodomitical Sin

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See also: Larry Kramer: "Homo Sex in Colonial America," May 19, 2009

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