Last edited: March 06, 2005

Colorado

• Statute: Repealed 1972

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History

• The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers

            1945     The Colorado Supreme Court, in upholding a sodomy conviction, becomes the first in the nation to refer to the defendant as “queer” in its opinion.

            1974     The Colorado Supreme Court is the first in the nation to strike down an “offensive solicitation” provision, common in new criminal codes enacted in the early 1970s, that was designed as an exception to the decriminalization of sodomy.  

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News

• Persecution of Pink Triangles - Rocky Mountain Collegian, March 4, 2005
• Colorado Gay Rights Activists Support Ruling on Gay Sex - Associated Press, June 26, 2003

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