"I know there are men out there ... for whom this will make a difference," Rodney Croome says. Photo: Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS

Nation-first redress for people convicted of past homosexuality offences is set to be formally approved by a state parliament, with advocates urging others to follow suit.

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Tasmania in 1997 became the final Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise homosexuality, and it was also illegal to cross-dress in the state until 2001.

The state government in 2017 apologised for the criminalisation of homosexuality and passed legislation for the expungement of historical

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