Talk:Ages of consent in North America

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Female homosexuality was never illegal in the former Colonial England colonies; male homosexuality was legalized in 1969 with the age of consent being set at 21; Then in 1988 the age of consent was lowered to 18.

If this is true (there aren't any citations) my question is: Why? Why was male homosexuality singled out as being illegal while the law didn't affect female homosexuality? 156.34.218.57 (talk) 00:06, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• • Well . . . there are probably better citations than this; however, I do recall reading text accompanying a pictoral in a 1976 (USA Bicentennial) edition of Playboy (that happened to feature female homosexuality (which was, in fact, quite delightfully portrayed)) quoting Queen Victoria saying that "women don't do that sort of thing." 24.84.233.33 (talk) 21:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Tackling Violent Crime Act has passed the Canadian Senate ( http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/crime_bill_080227/20080227?hub=Politics ) and the age of consent is now 16 in Canada. I don't know if I edited it correctly in the Canada section, but it needs to be adjusted to be known as 16 years old. Also the world map of age of consents needs to have Canada changed to the correct colour. Young, Conservative, Canadian, Capitalist 00:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by YoungConservative (talk • contribs)

Why is there a citation needed link connected to the statement that Lawrence v. Texas invalidated Kansas' ban on homosexuality? The case is linked to and that provides the outside source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.213.239.18 (talk) 19:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

how come Nevada isn't listed? Do they not have an age of consent? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.167.203.177 (talk) 06:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin isn't listed either. 70.121.237.145 (talk) 16:04, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]