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"Poofter bashing" - when Sydney's gay men were hunted for sport
by kleinbl00

    “There was a series of gangs,” said Stephen Page, a former New South Wales detective who reopened some of the cases years later. “They wouldn’t just hit one beat, they’d be aware of all of them.”

    Few victims would have gone to the police, Professor Tomsen said. Most gay men were closeted, and many would have feared being assaulted by the police themselves. After the city’s first gay Mardi Gras parade was broken up by the police in 1978, some marchers were beaten in their jail cells.

    “Any gay who was attacked would be seen as a foolish risk-taker if they reported that attack to police,” Professor Tomsen said.