Sodomy laws technically applied to both anal and oral sex, regardless of the genders of the participants, but in practice, they were often selectively enforced to target LGBTQ individuals. These laws have a long history in the United States and were not exclusive to the 1950s nor absent in the U.S. as suggested by other options.

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Sodomy Laws

Question 73

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Sodomy laws:

A) criminalized anal but not oral sex.
B) technically applied to anyone who engaged in anal or oral sex but were usually enforced only against LGBTQ individuals.
C) began to appear in the United States only in the 1950s.
D) exist in some European countries but have never been passed on in the United States.

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