For gay men and lesbians, Australia is very different place today than it was 40 years ago, when gay rights activist Dennis Altman released his influential text, Homosexual: oppression and liberation. Regressive anti-homosexual laws have been repealed and discrimination is far less commonplace, though some bigotry remains. Today many gay men and lesbians aspire to get married and have kids. Is this The End of the Homosexual? Paul Barclay talks with Dennis Altman.