1.0Star ObserverRobyn Kennedy/author/robyn-kennedy'Coming Out In The 1970s Was Fraught With Barriers And Challenges' - Star Observerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TjclHoH3oI"><a href="/opinion/__trashed-5/206203">‘Coming Out In The 1970s Was Fraught With Barriers And Challenges’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/opinion/__trashed-5/206203/embed#?secret=TjclHoH3oI" width="600" height="338" title="“‘Coming Out In The 1970s Was Fraught With Barriers And Challenges’” — Star Observer" data-secret="TjclHoH3oI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Coming-out-in-the-70s.png850600On National Coming Out Day, '78er Robyn Kennedy goes back in time to the 1970s, when sex between consenting male adults was illegal throughout Australia and there was little to encourage gay men and lesbians to publicly come out.