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LGBT rights in New South Wales
Summary
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the Australian state of New South Wales have most of the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexual cisgender people.
Private consensual sex between men has been legal in New South Wales since 1984, while lesbian sexual acts have never been criminalised.
The age of consent for all forms of sex was equalised in 2003.
Homosexuality was criminalised in New South Wales under section 79 of the Crimes Act 1900 (consent provisions were dealt with in section 78) which stated thus: "Whosoever commits the abominable crime of buggery, or bestiality, with mankind, or with any animal, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years." In 1951, with the support of Police Commissioner Colin Delaney, who was noted for his obsession against homosexuality, Attorney General Reg Downing moved an amendment to the Act to ensure that "buggery" remained a criminal act "with or without the consent of the person", removing the previously existing legal loophole of consent.
The Campaign Against Moral Persecution, also known as C.A.M.P., was founded in Sydney in September 1970 and was one of Australia's first gay rights organisations. C.A.M.P. raised the profile and acceptance of Australia's gay and lesbian communities.
On 24 June 1978 gay rights activists in Sydney staged the Day of International Gay Solidarity, which included a morning protest march, lunchtime talks, and evening Street Festival (Mardi Gras), in response to a call from the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Committee's call for international gay solidarity. Although the organisers had obtained permission, this was revoked, and the march was broken up by the police. Fifty-three of the marchers were arrested. Although most charges were eventually dropped, the Sydney Morning Herald published the names of those arrested in full, leading to many people being outed to their friends and places of employment, and many of those arrested lost their jobs as homosexuality was a crime in New South Wales until 1984.
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