Tasmania takes a historic step to repair harm from its past anti-gay laws

By Kristina Kukolja

Published November 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM EST

Tasmania is launching Australia's first compensation program for men once criminalized under anti-gay laws, raising difficult questions about how to measure and remedy decades of harm.

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