Police 'seemed obliv' to gay beat near cliff ath | St Gee & Sutherland Shire Lear | St Gee, NSW

Contents:

• DOZENS OF SPECTS NOT PURSUED GAY-HATE KILLGS
• INQUIRY HEARS OF VLENCE AT GAY BEATS
• GAY HATE CRIM AT WARATAH'S BRAYE PARK
• STIGMA LGERS THE SHIRE FOR YOUNG GAY PEOPLE
• GAY CISG SUTHERLAND SHIRE
• GUILTY VERDICT FOR 1987 MURR SYDNEY 'GAY BEAT'
• GAY GUI TO SUTHERLAND SHIRE
• GAY DISTRICT SUTHERLAND SHIRE
• POLICE 'SEEMED OBLIV' TO GAY BEAT NEAR CLIFF ATH
• GAY STREET SUTHERLAND SHIRE
• GAY DISTRICT CRONULLA
• GAY TIMES
• VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY

DOZENS OF SPECTS NOT PURSUED GAY-HATE KILLGS

(Dean Lews/AAP PHOTOS)Up to 100 spects s volvg gay men beg thrown off Sydney cliffs the 1980s were not pursued by police, an quiry has been intified by police as "persons of tert" were also not qutned by strike force officers re-vtigatg the Gray, unsel assistg an quiry to LGBTQI hate crim, grilled a homici squad tective about the lapse durg a hearg Sydney on Tuday.

"No, " retired senr tective Michael Willg force Neiwand, overseen by Mr Willg October 2015, was signed to look back at aths that occurred the Bondi area between 1985 and 1990, when gay men were targeted, asslted and forced off the cliffs by gangs of separate cints Ross Warren, John Rsell, and Frenchman Gil Mattai were found ad near a popular gay beat at Marks Park.

INQUIRY HEARS OF VLENCE AT GAY BEATS

(PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)Men at a popular Sydney gay beat had to stter when a r reered towards them "like was on a kangaroo shoot", an quiry has r's headlights and an apparent spotlight were blazg as the r drove at men at Rhcutters Bay Park Sydney's east, the 1990s.

"It was a by Saturday night and men were stterg everywhere, nng like the dickens, " Barry Charl said on 72-year-old long-time gay rights activist was givg evince at the NSW Special Commissn of Inquiry to LGBTIQ hate is vtigatg historil hate crim agast the queer muny, particularly a wave of gay hate homicis and other crim Sydney durg the AIDS epimic of the 1980s. Dcribg himself as a "beats queen", Mr Charl said he was aware that vlence agast gay men at beats was occurrg before the equented them between 1969 and 1998, visg at least 40 different on around Sydney. "Hangg around for longer than necsary was dangero, bee you knew you uld be apprehend, or were danger of vlence and some men were at risk of beg exposed as gay, " he Charl listed a strg of vlent acts he wnsed or experienced at beats, tellg the quiry he managed to sprt over the footbridge away om the r at the Rhcutters Bay cint.

GAY HATE CRIM AT WARATAH'S BRAYE PARK

Another time an adolcent boy h him wh a tree saplg om the park, which was later the scene of a bashg murr of a gay outled his years of activism, notg a gay solidary Sydney rally phed the marchers back and began arrtg people after they cid to lay a wreath at the war memorial, to memorate gay and lbian service people.

STIGMA LGERS THE SHIRE FOR YOUNG GAY PEOPLE

"Durg the early 1980s, the gay muny's growg visibily and nfince also meant growg vlence agast he rejected opns that the advent of HIV/AIDS gave rise to more anti-gay vlence wh beg ed as an exce or jtifitn.

GAY CISG SUTHERLAND SHIRE

HOMOPHOBIC gangs are targetg vulnerable men at a known suburban sex beat, threateng them wh kniv before beatg there are fears many of the victims have remaed quiet bee of ncerns their behavur would be unvered by loved Newstle Herald has learnt that sr of men - some have timated more than 100 a day - have been flockg to Waratah's Braye Park for sual they have been followed by groups of young men keen to asslt them what some victims have scribed as ser hate men who equent Braye Park have ntacted the Herald out of fear of further attacks at the se, which is on a hill overlookg the cy.

GUILTY VERDICT FOR 1987 MURR SYDNEY 'GAY BEAT'

Picture: Jane DysonGROWING up gay the suburbs n be difficult and, as a rult, many young people flock to the cy as soon as they n afford cisn to stay the suburbs is somethg that Matthew Harn, of Dolans Bay, has found he has to to Harn said that wh the gay muny there was a stigma that Sutherland Shire was behd the rt of Sydney s acceptance of gay people.

GAY GUI TO SUTHERLAND SHIRE

"In 2005 a report om The Atralian Instute mappg homophobia Atralia reported Sydney's southern suburbs had the hight proportn of rints who nsir homosexualy to be Harn said the shire, along wh the rt of the world, had e a long way but the stereotype of homophobia remaed. Danielle Flay is the -ordator of GLISTEN Youth Group, a support service for same-sex attracted, genr diverse and qutng young people St Gee and the Flay said there was still much to be done to unter homophobia. "Mr Harn said there wasn't much on offer culturally for gay people the shire and outer by the culture and nightlife, a move to the cy was often a natural progrsn for many gay young people as offered acceptance and a sense of for now Mr Harn was happy wh his cisn to stay put.

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GAY DISTRICT SUTHERLAND SHIRE

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POLICE 'SEEMED OBLIV' TO GAY BEAT NEAR CLIFF ATH

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GAY DISTRICT CRONULLA

(Bian De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)When police found 18-year-old Mark Stewart ad at the bottom of a cliff near a known gay beat on Sydney's northern beach, they quickly led out foul a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim has heard NSW Police should have done more to vtigate if Mr Stewart was ath near Manly 1976 is the last a tranche of four s beg examed by the probe, which was lnched at the urgg of a NSW parliamentary quiry to LGBTQI hate crim om 1970 to is unclear whether Mr Stewart fell to his ath as a rult of suici, accint or homici, unsel assistg the quiry William Mars told the hearg police should have done more to nvass the area for potential evince or Mars cricised police for losg Mr Stewart's se file as well as a potentially tellg note found on his body, which uld have been the clue on whether he had met up wh a potential romantic tert at a Kgs Cross gay bar.

GAY TIMES

Officers appeared obliv to the fact Mr Stewart may have been the area bee was a known gay beat, even though police had been btg men for homosexual activi there, Commissner John Sackar was hate asslts were a mon occurrence Manly durg the 1970s but the police report found "no spic circumstanc" surroundg the ath. Earlier, the quiry examed the se of Carl Stockton, a 52-year-old tra driver who was found lyg on an ner Sydney street 1996, vered blood and sufferg severe head Stockton, who was openly gay, died five days later at St Vcent's Mr Stewart's se, there was not enough evince to terme that Mr Stockton was targeted for his sexualy, even though he had prevly been the victim of several gay hate attacks, unsel assistg the quiry Christe Melis told the did not follow up on tip-offs about a group of men the area who were allegedly bashg patrons at Bar Cleveland, a pub equented by gay men that Mr Stockton attend on the night he staed his was mon for victims of LGBTQI bias crim not to report to police at the time due to "mistst and act relatns", Ms Melis said. Homosexual nduct was crimalised NSW 1984 but homophobic attus were still rife the muny durg the 1980s and '90s, and anti-gay bashgs were special missn is due to liver s report to the NSW ernor June.

VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY

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