A recently uncovered Australian newspaper article showed gay couples were trying to celebrate marriage almost 80 years ago. But, um… the reviews were pretty bad.
Published March 4, 1932, in the Australian tabloid The Arrow, the article described "wide open immorality among Brisbane perverts," i.e. gay guys trying to get married. Needless to say, every line was absolutely ridiculous:
When they refer to weddings and ceremonies as quote-unquote "weddings" and "ceremonies."
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When they call the gay population "the pervert population" and Brisbane the headquarters for "hundreds of these queer semi-feminine men."
