field of the history of sexuality. The majority decision declaring the state's sodomy law unconstitutional not only relied heavily on a historical argument, but also drew extensively on recent historical scholarship to support its position. Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy argued that early American sodomy laws were directed at nonprocreative behavior generally, not at homosexual condu...

Sodomy is rife in our large cities, and common in our state jails. It is criminal, although many, regarding it as only injurious to the immediate agents, see no reason why it should he punishable by law. The Civil Surgeon is frequently called upon to give medicolegal evidence on the commission or otherwise of this crime, and ought to be ever ready to protect the guiltless or bring home convicti...

Received 9 August 2012 Accepted 9 August 2012 Terminology The sexual behaviour of people has always been of interest to others throughout history and many forms of sexual activity have been the subject of control by the established church or state. What is interesting though is the response at different times to the same sex act, which can range from a public round of applause to the death sent...

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This article traces the legislative history of statues prescribing the death penalty for sodomy in 17th-century New England and in the other American colonies. New England and some middle colonies broke with English legal tradition by adopting explicitly biblical language. After the Revolution, Pennsylvania took the lead, in 1786, in dropping the death penalty.

W artykule autor porusza zagadnienie wyst?pku mieszka?ców Sodomy w Rdz 19. Koncentruj?c uwag? na 19,1-11, wskazuje kompleksowy charakter biblijnego obrazu grzesznego miasta. W?ród g?ównych rysów tego pierwszy plan wysuwaj? si? motywy grzesznych relacji o charakterze seksualnym (w tym równie? homoseksualnym), przemocy i gwa?tu, a tak?e motyw pogwa?cenia prawa go?cinno?ci.

[The Surgeon-General for Bengal has obligingly furnished us with the following interesting extract from the report of the Dacca Asylum for the year 1878 by Surgeon A. Crombie, M. D.?Ed., I. M. G.J One of the cases returned under the head of Surgery, occurred under circumstances <>f the most painful and shocking nature. On the night of the 5th of September twenty-five lunatics were locked up in ...

In both Hawaiian and Tahitian, the central meaning of mahu denotes gender-variant individuals, particularly male-bodied persons who have a significant investment in femininity. However, in Hawai‘i, unlike Tahiti, the word mahu is now more commonly used as an insult against gay or transgender people. The negative connotation of the term in Hawaiian indexes lower levels of social acceptability fo...