Phyllis Papps and Francesca Curtis came out on national TV in 1970. Their actions changed Australia forever

Phyllis Papps and Francesca Curtis came out on national TV in 1970. Their actions changed Australia forever
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Phyllis Papps and Francesca Curtis are sharing their love story with Australia again.
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When the cameras started rolling on Phyllis Papps and Francesca Curtis in October 1970, both their lives and Australia would never be the same.
Fifty-one years ago, the pair made history by being the first lesbian couple to come out on national television, in an interview with the ABC's This Day Tonight.
"The early 1970s were very, very conservative ... Gay women were invisible, because people didn't think lesbians existed," Ms Papps says.

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