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MARTYN GODDARD:
Until 1984, in New South Wales, gay sex was illegal, punishable by...
14 years in jail. DUNCAN:
And that's why beats were almost a haven. Part of the attraction was the anonymity. You go and do what you wanted to do
and no one would ask any questions, you wouldn't have to make them
breakfast in the morning. There's not much in the way
of judgment, utterly anonymous. Which is why they held so much appeal,
also, for happily married men
Until 1984, in New South Wales, gay sex was illegal, punishable by...
14 years in jail. DUNCAN:
And that's why beats were almost a haven. Part of the attraction was the anonymity. You go and do what you wanted to do
and no one would ask any questions, you wouldn't have to make them
breakfast in the morning. There's not much in the way
of judgment, utterly anonymous. Which is why they held so much appeal,
also, for happily married men
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MARTYN GODDARD:
Until 1984, in New South Wales,
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gay sex was illegal, punishable by...
14 years in jail.
00:00:08.608 --> 00:00:12.999
DUNCAN:
And that's why beats were almost a haven.
00:00:12.999 --> 00:00:15.114
Part of the attraction was the anonymity.
00:00:15.181 --> 00:00:18.001
You go and do what you wanted to do
and no one would ask any questions,
00:00:18.117 --> 00:00:19.852
you wouldn't have to make them
breakfast in the morning.
00:00:19.919 --> 00:00:23.998
There's not much in the way
of judgment, utterly anonymous.
00:00:23.999 --> 00:00:27.693
Which is why they held so much appeal,
also, for happily married men.
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Movie Summary
In 1988, the body of Scott Johnson, a 27-year-old gay American doctoral student, was found sprawled below a cliff on a rugged beach in Sydney, Australia.
