# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOt7ionlRIN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34635963-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-17T21:00:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

On this day in 1975: South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality.

The reform was sparked in part by public outrage over the m**der of law student George Duncan in 1972, a case that exposed police violence and rallied public support for change.

It marked the beginning of a decades-long push for LGBTQ+ law reform across the country, culminating in nationwide decriminalisation by 1997.

#OnThisDay #LGBTQHistory #Australia #QueerRights

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## Tags

australia, queerrights, lgbtqhistory, onthisday

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