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.