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1966

1966-01-22Police raid in South Africa

A headline in the Rand Daily Mail, a major South African newspaper, announces “350 in Mass Sex Orgy!” The article described a large gay party raided by the police in a suburb of Johannesburg. The incident led to proposals by the South African government to make male and female homosexuality an offense requiring compulsory imprisonment.

 

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