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THE SECRET HISTORY OF ATRALIA'S GAY DIGGERS

In a short perd of time Atralia's crimal law has shown a dramatic shift perceptns regardg gays and lbians. * gay history in australia *

In a sense, lonial Atralia was found on homophobia. It is certa that Phillip, generally regard as a product of the European Enlightment, uld not have forseen that such a society would prise regnised muni of gay men and lbians. After all, the ncepts of homosexualy and ‘the homosexual’ were not to be nceived for another 81 years and gay liberatn lay a further 100 years beyond that.

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It is not until the late 19th century that we have evince of the rise of a nascent male homosexual subculture, particularly Sydney. The ‘Cleveland-street prosecutn’ is a reference to a celebrated raid on a London homosexual brothel 1889.

This applied particularly to homosexual men. In the words of historian Garry Wotherspoon, homosexual men were ‘nghty, sick and sful’, and wh regard to the latter, generally rema so.

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