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STRAIGHT VS. GAY AGE OF CONSENT: THE DIFFERENCE
BY DALE MILLS SYDNEY — For years, NSW has had one of the most backward gay age of nsent laws the Wtern world. That changed wh the May 27 passage of the Crim Amendment (Sexual Offenc) Bill through NSW parliament. The bill rc * gay age of consent nsw *
the age of nsent is 16 years for all persons - the old differentiatn between unlawful homosexual and heterosexual acts and age of nsent wh the crimal law has been abolishedthe provisns of the crimal law relatn to sexual offenc mted by mal or femal apply equally relatn to certa specifilly fed relatnships, the age of nsent is 18 years for both mal and femal.
SYDNEY — For years, NSW has had one of the most backward gay age of nsent laws the Wtern world. The bill rc the age of nsent for gay men om 18 to 16, brgg le wh the heterosexual and lbian age of nsent.
In Queensland, while the age of nsent for gay and straight people is equal, anal terurse is banned for both until 18 years of age. The age of nsent for gay sex is 16 Bra, Belgium, New Zealand, Germany, Norway and Portugal.
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France has had an age of nsent for gay and straight sex set at 15 sce 1810.
The NSW equalisatn was an important step towards endg discrimatn agast young gay men. Young gay men need to be able to approach health workers and sympathetic adults whout havg to adm to a "crimal" activy. The NSW AIDS Council has poted out that the prev law meant that tors, doctors and social workers feared prosecutn unr sectn 78Q of the NSW Crim Act, which uld have punished "cg" or "advisg" a 16- or 17-year old on how to have gay sex wh two years' imprisonment.
But illegaly produc an atmosphere of hostily and fear, rather than support for young men growg up a homophobic environment. Acrdg to the parliamentary briefg paper prepared for the vote, young gay men are more than three tim more likely to m suici than their straight male iends. Homophobia.
In a short perd of time Atralia's crimal law has shown a dramatic shift perceptns regardg gays and lbians. * gay age of consent nsw *
There was a nsirable mory opposed to rcg the gay age of nsent.
Those who wished to display their homophobia had plenty of opportuny to do so, both si and outsi of parliament. The May 18 issue of Catholic Weekly quoted the Archbishop of Sydney, Gee Pell: "Parliament should not enshre the iologil claim that homosexual and heterosexual activy are morally equivalent. " As a good Catholic, Pell adopts the Pope's le that homosexualy is herently "disorred".