On January 1, 1972, Oregon became the fourth state to decriminalize homosexuality in the U.S. after revised Sodomy Laws went into effect. Previously Oregon, like other states, criminalized non-heterosexual intercourse as “deviant” behavior. Portland State University history major Evan Smiley explores the the long struggle for civil rights in this podcast.

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