Once the location of Canberra's first publicly-organised LGBTQIA+ event, today Glebe Park acts as a meeting place for Lucy Dingwall and Sita Sargeant, two queer women waiting patiently to start their walking tour.
In 1973, the federal government took steps towards decriminalising homosexuality.
Decriminalisation of male homosexuality was first proposed by the ACT government in 1973, but the legislation was not able to take effect until the federal government allowed the laws to pass in 1976, with the help of the HLRS and, by way of a catalyst, Brian K.'History, gossip that doesn't hurt anyone'
A nosy around the Gorman Arts Centre, reveals the history of a women-only entertainment troupe that performed under the acronym WET in the 90s. Lucy and Sita acknowledge the history that may have been lost alongside those who lost died in the HIV AIDS crisis.
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