History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2110 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Decriminalisation
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The idea
In nineteen sixty-two Illinois became the first state to decriminalise same-sex relations, joined in the nineteen sixties only by Connecticut, the anchor records.
In practice
Eighteen more states eliminating their bans in the nineteen seventies.
Where people slip
Police harassment continued and hate crimes escalated, the anchor cautions; decriminalisation was a first victory, not the last.
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