Fa'ato'esega i itupa LGBTQI+ i NSW

I le fa'ato'esega a le palemene o New South Wales i tagata o itupa LGBTQI+, na saunoa le palemia setete, Chris Minns, "We're here to apologise for every life that was damaged or diminished or destroyed by these unjust laws. To those who survived these terrible years; and to those who never made it through - we are truly sorry".

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns formally apologises to the LGBTQI+ community for discriminatory laws at Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney, Thursday, June 6, 2024. NSW premier and leader of government in legislative chamber will formally apologise to members of the LGBTQI+ community for laws that criminalised homosexual acts. (AAP Image/Pool, Louise Kennerley) NO ARCHIVING Credit: LOUISE KENNERLEY/AAPIMAGE

E o'o mai i le tausaga 1984, o feusua'iga i le va o ni ali'i 'consensual sex between gay men,' na fa'asalaina i le 14 tausaga i le falepuipui.

Na saunoa Chris Minns - "We're sorry for every person convicted under legislation that should never have existed. For every person who experienced fear as a result of that legislation. Everyone who lost a job, who lost their future, or who lost the love of family and friends. We are very sorry for every person convicted or otherwise who were made to live a smaller life because of these laws. People who reached the end of their days without ever voicing who they really were; without ever experiencing the greatest of human joys, which is the joy of love. We are sorry, and as a state, we told you you were wrong, but the truth is you were never wrong. These laws were wrong. Today we can openly acknowledge that truth."