The new law criminalized "carnal knowledge", allowing for the prosecution of anal intercourse and possibly fellatio (oral sex).
[2] Legislative commission reports in 1967 and 1968 recommended the repeal of the sodomy law because it "deterred deviates from seeking psychiatric help" and it "was enforced only by 'capricious selection', which encourages blackmail".
[3] A comprehensive criminal code was passed in 1969, which abrogated common-law crimes and repealed the sodomy law in relation to consensual acts, and took effect in 1971.
[2][4] In 1655, a servant named John Knight was executed in the New Haven Colony for having engaged in consensual sex with both men and women.
The statute was enforced inconsistently, however; for example, in 1677 Nicholas Sension was sentenced in the town of Windsor to "good behavior for the rest of his life", escaping the death penalty most likely due to his wealth.
[5] In April 1931, Niles Marsh performed at Hartford's Capitol Theater as an opener to the film Charlie Chan.
[5][6] In 1934, Four Saints in Three Acts, a Modernist opera by gay composer Virgil Thompson and lesbian writer Gertrude Stein, debuted at the Wadsworth Athaneum.
[8] Alan L. Hart, one of the earliest American trans men to have gender-affirming surgery, moved to Connecticut with his wife, Edna Ruddick in the late 1940s.
[5] In April 1952, Hartford authorities cracked down on so-called "sex deviates", arresting dozens of men and publishing their names in newspapers.
[10] In 1963, Episcopal priest Clinton Jones, of Hartford's Christ Church Cathedral, founded Project H, a group which provided counseling services for gay Christians in the region.
[16] The 1970s saw the first LGBT publications in the state, starting with The Griffin, published by the Kalos Society, and later, The Connexion.
[17] Both Gay Spirit and Metroline provided health information during the AIDS crisis, as well as encouraging their audiences to join in AIDS-related activism.
[12][24] The bill prohibited discrimination against people for their sexual orientation, although some exceptions were included for religious organizations, adoption, and fostering, among others.
[1] In 2011, Connecticut lawmakers added "gender identity and expression" to the list of classes protected against workplace discrimination.
[30] In June, Connecticut became the first state to have its Office of Tourism partner with the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association.