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Homosexuality wasn't decriminalised in Queensland until 1991, but the state has a long and rich queer history

Late at night on the banks of the Brisbane River, two young men settled on a spot between a Moreton Bay fig and a fence.

It was 1968. The teens had nowhere else to go and thought nobody could see them.

The liaison was short lived. A harsh light ripped away the darkness like a bed sheet. It was a policeman's torch.

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