Australia to gays: We're sorry
Source: Associated Press
By Associated Press · Thursday, May 11, 2017
An Australian state parliament on Thursday apologized to hundreds of men convicted decades ago for having homosexual sex, as the government introduced legislation to throw out their criminal records.
Queensland State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk delivered the apology to those affected by a prohibition on homosexual sex, which was repealed in 1990.
Once the legislation is passed, Queensland will join three states and the national capital in expunging criminal records for homosexual sex, which is no longer illegal anywhere in the country. Two states and a territory have not.
“You have been maligned and shamed, and for that we express our deep regret for the hurt you have suffered,” Palaszczuk told the Legislative Assembly.
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