How Sydney became an LGBTQ destination.

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An inspiring story that starts with convicts and ends with Cher.

It started as a Stonewall-like protest on a chilly winter night in May 1978: A handful of locals gathered in Taylor Square, in downtown Sydney, at 10 p.m., the end of what was dubbed the Day of International Gay Solidarity. The afternoon had been full of protests and meetings…