It’s staggering that homosexual acts between men were only made legal throughout Australia in 1994, the same year The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of the Desert exploded joyfully into cinemas the world over. Then the authorities came to their senses and ruled that instead, it merited a mere 20 years in jail – double the maximum sentence for statutory rape. Until 1949, having gay sex was a hanging offence in Victoria.
