"The thing I'm most proud about Number 96 is that it saved lives", David Sale told us at tonight's fortieth anniversary screening of the legendary Australian television show. As the creator of the show, and as a gay man, he was speaking about the impact of the program's character, Don Finlayson, on the large number of young gay men who watched the show, like me, as teenagers. Don was reputedly, the first "openly gay character" (as we we called it then, and sadly, still now) on Australian … [Read more...]
