The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry.
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"When they worked out we were both gay men and probably about to m an offence, they jt gave a good thumpg and told to go and see a psychiatrist. " Bill Rutk says young gay men often enuntered vlence. Bill Rutk says some police officers Queensland monly ed "entrapment" methods to arrt gay men.
'Lovg' uple's nvictn galvanised ph for changeFor most of his life, nsensual homosexual activy was illegal – punishable wh up to seven years 1988, a male uple on the Gold Coast was mted for trial for havg sex their own home. Newspaper reportg about a uple who were charged for homosexual acts their Gold Coast home. Two s after the trial, laws expungg homosexual nvictns were Potts says he reprented hundreds of men charged wh homosexual offenc.
" Policians warned that repealg anti-gay laws would lead to a "gay flood".
FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
(ABC News: Alexanr Lewis/State Library of Queensland)The then Labor opposn ed the se to advote for the repeal of anti-gay laws. Dpe nservativ warng of a "gay flood" if the party was elected, Wayne Goss beme premier the followg 1991 the Sunshe State beme Atralia's send-last jurisdictn to crimalise homosexual acts between nsentg adults.
The airle now has a float the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. But even prentg as a man did not protect her om the Albert Park public toilet Sprg Hill, a well-known gay beat, Ms Turnbull says she was asslted by two police officers.
(ABC News: Mart Dobras)She says while her fay were supportive "to the bt of their abili", they still believed homosexualy was sful.