Austrian consultant Michael Woditschka well remembers the fateful day when he was summoned by police over his relationship with a teenage boy and subsequently convicted in court. The 44-year-old is one of about 11,000 gay people who until two decades ago faced prosecution in Austria but are, since February, now eligible for financial compensation. Even though Austria decriminalized homosexuality in 1971, certain discriminatory provisions remained in force until the early 2000s. Woditschka says he will accept the money offered as compensation to him by the Austrian state, which has officially apologized for convicting him of homosexuality in 1999. But the...