It wasn't that long ago that it was a crime for men to have sex with other men in Australia.

In 2014, Victoria became the first Australian jurisdiction to expunge the criminal records of those men - with other states following.

The research and advocacy of human rights scholar Professor Paula Gerber helped spur that change and influenced other more recent compensation reforms in Tasmania. 

• Guest: Professor Paula Gerber, human rights scholar Monash University and chair of the Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation.