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Contents:
- GAY HISTORY: THE WALL & GREEN PARK, DARLGHURST, NSW.
- GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS
- GAY BASHGS, HOMOPHOBIA: FORMER P RELLS HORROR YEARS NSW POLICE FORCE
GAY HISTORY: THE WALL & GREEN PARK, DARLGHURST, NSW.
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Th parks, beach, promenas, quiet bh walks, or open woodlands, known as beats gay parlance, have all been ed by gay men at some time or another as discreet plac for meetg other gay men. Sexual accs has often been an important purpose for such beats, but beats have always played an important role as mere meetg plac for gay men, sce legimate mercial venu for meetg other gays have emerged only the very recent past. Gay and Lbian Holot Memorial, Green Park, Darlghurst c2005 (Curty Sydney Cy Council).
GAY BASHGS, HOMOPHOBIA: FORMER P RELLS HORROR YEARS NSW POLICE FORCE
At the top of the slope, the verted pk triangular prism backed by black pillars is the Gay & Lbian Holot Memorial.
The memorial was found by the late Dr Kty Fischer, who as a young Jewish girl Achwz was kept alive by food smuggled to her by a gay mate forced to wear the pk triangle.
(Photo curty of Ian Gray, Lost Gay Sydney).