There were few openly gay men in the European colonies of North America at this time, due to legal consequences as well as social ostracism.
Anal porn was specifically prohibited by a statute passed in 1563 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and was copied by the North Carolina assembly in 1713. Since 1814 ' crime against nature' has been used as a legal term in published cases in the United States, normally defined as a form of sexual behavior that is not considered natural and is seen as a punishable offense in dozens of countries and several U.S.
States this often included homosexual sex.