First witness addresses Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ+ hate crimes

A supplied image obtained on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, shows Senior Counsel Assisting Peter Gray providing a statement during the Special Commission of Inquiry into historical LGBTIQ deaths, at the Chief Secretary’s Building in Sydney. Led by Justice John Sackar, the Inquiry is looking into all the unsolved deaths of LGBTIQ+ people (or people presumed to be LGBTIQ+), that may have been hate crimes, between 1970 and 2010. (AAP Image/Supplied by Special Commission, Paul Milazzo) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY Credit: PAUL MILAZZO/PR IMAGE

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