Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 22:31:34 -0500 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: happy sodomy day, from J Stalin
>THE PRIDELETS FILES for March 7
> On this day in 1934, Article 121 bans male sodomy in all the
>republics of the USSR, punishing consenting same-sex activity among
>men with "deprivation of freedom" for up to five years, if caught.
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Coincidentally, this is also International Women's Day! Coincidence?
Post-Stalin the law was only invoked in cases of child molestation. Female homosexuality was never oitlawed.