sodomy, n.All

Sodomy (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠once a category of forbidden acts, and its doer nothing more than the legal subject of them — not yet a kind of person.