How ‘gay panic’ defence reform was brought about by a straight man’s death

Queensland has moved to repeal the ‘unwanted homosexual advances’ defence after it was used during the trial of two men who bashed Wayne Ruks to death in a churchyard

• The Guardian
• Joshua Robertson

Wayne Ruks was not gay, says the woman who raised him as a single mother.

His opinion was in fact that…

• How ‘gay panic’ defence reform was brought about…