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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Wisconsin have many of the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexuals; however, the transgender community may face some legal issues not experienced by non-trans residents. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Wisconsin since October 6, 2014, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal in the case of ''Wolf v. Walker''. Wisconsin is also the first state to have an LGBT U.S. Senator, Democrat Tammy Baldwin. ==Law regarding same-sex sexual activity== Wisconsin was part Michigan territory in 1836, when it adopted a prohibition on sodomy that applied to both heterosexual and homosexual sexual activities, excluding cunnilingus. The criminal prohibition was retained when Wisconsin became a state in 1848. The definition was expanded to include fellatio in 1897 as well as the new crime of "taking improper liberties" with a minor.〔William N. Eskridge, ''Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003'' (Penguin, 2008), 50, 54〕 In the 1950s, following a series of high-profile sex crimes, Wisconsin criminalized cunnilingus and increased the penalties for "sexual perversion". In 1959 the State barred persons convicted of "sexual perversion" from using an automobile or any vehicle requiring a license.〔 In 1966, the Wisconsin Young Democrats approved a resolution urging "the abolition of all legal restriction on sexual relations between consenting adults which do not violate the rights of others", one of the first major political organizations in the United States to do so. Republican Gov. Warren P. Knowles referred to supporters of the resolution as "homocrats" and some Democrats of various ages distanced themselves from the language. In the 1970s, court challenges to the sodomy law on privacy grounds failed, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the law should not apply to private and consensual acts between a husband and wife. In 1976, the state repealed its ban on newspapers' covering sodomy trials. In 1977, the state reclassified consensual sodomy as a misdemeanor.〔Eskridge, ''Dishonorable Passions'', 201〕 In 1983, Wisconsin legalized private, non-commercial acts of sodomy between consenting adults.〔Eskridge, ''Dishonorable Passions'', 219〕 In order to obtain sufficient votes among legislators, the bill stated that Wisconsin did not approve of "any sexual conduct outside of the institution of marriage." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Wisconsin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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