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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