June 18, 1779

1779 – On this date Thomas Jefferson prepares a draft of Virginia’s criminal statute, envisioning that the punishment for sodomy should be castration. Possibly earlier, in 1777, though the drafts and edits continued into 1800.  Also, the proposed new sodomy law would have eliminated the death penalty and replaced it with castration for males and the boring of a hole through the nose of a woman. The proposal did not become law, but clearly showed that women were subject to prosecution under current legal thinking.

Sources: 

https://ronnisanlo.com/today-in-lgbt-history-june-18-3/

https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/virginia.htm

Julian P. Boyd, ed., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 2, (Princeton: Princeton University, 1950), page 325.

A Collection of All Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia 1802, (Richmond: Pleasance and Price, 1803), page 179, ch. C [50], enacted Dec. 10, 1792.