Mr Croome said that moment made him realise that 'not only did we change laws, but we saved lives'. Mr Croome said the man told him: 'If you can do that, if you can turn things around in Tasmania, then I shouldn't be so fearful, I can live a happy life here.' 'He came up to me after and said, 'You don't know me, but I was once deeply closeted and felt the only way for me was to take my own life and then I heard about what all you people were doing in Tasmania'.' 'I was approached by an elderly man when I was giving a speech in a hall in Gippsland, Victoria. Mr Croome said while there had been many significant moments over the past 25 years, there was one that stuck in his mind.
The Working it Out support service was set up after the 1990s campaign to decriminalise homosexuality.
