MELBOURNE: An Australian state has formally apologised for “shameful” historical laws that saw people jailed for being gay, admitting that the “state-sanctioned homophobia” ruined lives.
Until 1981 in Victoria state, thousands of gay men were convicted and even imprisoned for up to 15 years for offences ranging from buggery and loitering for homosexual purposes to indecency.
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