What was it like to be LGBTIQ+ in the 1970s?
Peter De Waal Source: SBS
It's almost 50 years since the first Mardi Gras in Sydney wound its way down Oxford Street... and was marred by police violence and a large number of arrests. Known as the 78-ers, this brave group of activists are touted as having paved the way for modern LGBTIQ+ rights in Australia, demanding to be seen in the midst of social stigma and discrimination in the 1970s.
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