Australia’s new ‘golden city of the gays’ (1982) | RetroFocus

At a time when homosexuality was still a crime in most parts of Australia, including New South Wales, Sydney was fast gaining a reputation as the San Francisco of the southern hemisphere. The ABC’s Four Corners aired this report in September 1982. Some parts of this program have been edited due to copyright. https://abc.net.au/#Celebrating90year... ​​​​​​​ Subscribe:    / abcnewsindepth   Read more here: ABC News In-depth takes you deeper on the big stories, with long-form journalism from Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, Australian Story, Planet America and more, and explainers from ABC News Video Lab. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel:    / newsonabc   Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia