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Buggery Law

In 1859, Canada repatriated its buggery law in the Consolidated Statutes of Canada as an offense punishable by death. Buggery remained punishable by death until 1869. A broader law targeting all homosexual male sexual activity ("gross indecency") was passed in 1892, as part of a larger update to the criminal law.

Canadian LGBT History

Introduction • Contributors • Print version
Pre-colonial History • Overview • Two Spirit
New France • Overview
British North America • Overview • Buggery Law • Alexander Wood
Early Canada • Overview
Inter-war Canada • Overview
Post-WWII Canada • Overview
1960s Onward • Overview • Bill C-150 • LGBT Publications • Bathouse Raids and Riots • Pride Parades • LGBT Services • LGBT Rights

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