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QTOPIA: A tour of Sydney’s first Queer Museum

QTOPIA: A tour of Sydney’s first Queer Museum

By: Sophie Kennedy White

Podcast: The Sydneyist

At long last Sydney has its first queer history museum. From HIV to LOTL (Lesbians on the Loose) from the 1890s to the 78ers to Mick Fuller’s apology, it’s a story that needed to be told.

In a delicious form of revenge-served-cold, the museum colonises the old Darlinghurst police station, a lovely arts and crafts building by Walter Liberty Vernon that was nevertheless home to endless cruelty including ‘phone booking’ and the infamous ‘Darlo drop.’

I spoke with founder David Polson, one of the first 400 men to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and one of only 32 alive today about what this museum means for Sydney.

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