Summary
- NSW Premier Chris Minns will issue a formal state apology for historic laws criminalizing homosexuality until 1984
- The apology will acknowledge and express regret for the harm caused to individuals and the LGBTQIA+ community
- Labor’s Leader Penny Sharpe will also issue an apology in the upper house
- The NSW government’s apology comes just before the 40th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexual acts in the state
