At the turn of the century opportunities arose through which legal and constitutional challenges to Section 377A, the law which criminalized homosexuality, could be made. There was not much optimism that any of these would be successful. In this episode Stuart explains how he thinks parliamentary change works and how an oficial review of the Penal Code led to the galvanizing of the community through a petition process. It was also the start of a series of legal challenges to the law. At the same time what seemed like an organized movement awoke more conservative elements within society…

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