At a time when homosexuality was still a crime in most parts of Australia, including New South Wales, Sydney was fast gaining a reputation as the San Francisco of the southern hemisphere.

The ABC’s Four Corners aired this report in September 1982. Some parts of this program have been edited due to copyright.

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