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Flat Earth: Goodbye, sailor

Maryann Bird
Saturday 23 April 1994 23:02 BST
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SINCE Tasmania's anti-homosexual laws were attacked by the United Nations a fortnight ago, gay activists have been busy 'outing' other statutes they say reflect a Tasmanian time warp. Dame Edna Everage, beware] By appearing in Tasmania, you are probably breaking a law that forbids men to dress as women between sunset and sunrise. The measure apparently was enacted during the Second World War to stop transvestite men from soliciting sailors on the docks.

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