All historical gay sex convictions in the ACT are set to be erased.
Homosexuality was illegal in the ACT up until 1976, when laws introduced to parliament by then federal attorney-general Kep Enderby - who died on Wednesday - were enacted.
Now the ACT government wants to change existing laws to allow men convicted of consensual homosexual acts to have their conviction expunged.
The number of men convicted of offences such as attempted buggery, buggery on a male person and indecent assault on a male person is unknown.
Attorney-General Simon Corbell said the government would be guided by schemes developed in NSW, Victoria and the UK.
"Erasing historic offences is a complex and sensitive area of criminal law," he told ABC radio on Friday.
Mr Corbell will introduce legislation to the ACT Legislative Assembly later in 2015.
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