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Ask Your Questions at Melbourne Election Forum
Now’s your chance to ask the questions that matter to you and your community directly to the three major political parties at a community forum with representatives of the ALP, Coalition and Greens in...
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Welby and Rudd Give Anglicans Hope on Marriage Equality
In recent days both the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd have made statements about the need to accept homosexuals as people – people who can and do love, and...
View ArticleMarriage Equality fight won’t go away
A gay man who considers himself married to his male partner tells the story of their life as a couple in Wollongong and explains why he hopes the rest of society will accept same-sex marriage. We met...
View ArticleWhat Next for Marriage Equality Rights in Tony Abbott’s Australia?
‘Incremental’ is the marriage equality buzzword to look out for in the next three years. Part of this evolution could involve a debate about civil unions, but it isn’t enough Last week was a...
View ArticleMedia Release: Labor Leadership Contenders Asked to Defend A.C.T. Marriage...
Australian Marriage Equality has called on the Federal Labor leadership contenders, Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese, to commit to defend the ACT’s right to legislate for same-sex marriage. If the ALP...
View ArticleMedia Release: Australia Falls Further Behind As Illinois Passes Marriage...
A third of Americans now live in states that support marriage equality following the passage of the reform through the legislature of the US state of Illinois, sending a strong message to Australian...
View ArticleACT Same-Sex Marriage Laws: First Couples Give Notice to Wed
“This is about enhancing my human rights as a woman who wants to marry her partner” -Darlene Cox Darlene Cox and her partner Liz Holcombe are making plans to be the first women to say ‘I do’ under the...
View ArticleThat Doesn’t Sound Very Christian To Me
G’day Fred, I suppose congratulations are in order for your triumph over the dark forces of homosexual love with the defeat of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in NSW Parliament this week. You...
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Opening Shot: Growing Up Gayby (ABC2)
OPENING SHOT is back with new docos made by Aussie’s next generation filmmakers. First up, GROWING UP GAYBY follows director Maya Newell, herself raised by two mums, as she explores the impact of gay...
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This kid Is All Right
Maya Newell writes about growing up a “gayby” with two lesbian mothers. When I was seven, my mother Liz and I walked into the local butcher’s shop to buy some offcuts for the dog. It was the only...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage: The Waiting Game
The Commonwealth’s challenge to the A.C.T.’s Marriage Equality Bill has left many same-sex couples hoping to marry in limbo. (Shawn Gearhart – Getty Images) With the High Court set to decide whether...
View ArticleCNN Asks Gillard: “Why Did You Not Support Same-Sex Marriage?”
In her first television interview since she lost her Prime Ministership, marriage equality was among the topics Julia Gillard has tackled in conversation with CNN host Christiane Amanpour. “Some of...
View ArticleGreens: Governor-General Marriage Stance ‘Influential’
Governor-General Quentin Bryce’s open support for same-sex marriage will be hugely influential across all voter groups, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says. Ms Bryce said during a lecture in Sydney...
View ArticleAustralian Marriage Equality Seeking To Be Heard In Defence of SameSex...
Australian Marriage Equality is seeking to be heard by the High Court in defence of the ACT’s same-sex marriage law. The advocacy group has argued its “submissions will assist the court” when the full...
View ArticlePope Calls A Truce In Culture War
Julian Porteous, the former auxiliary Bishop of Sydney under Cardinal George Pell, has been a tireless opponent of marriage equality. Despite his recent appointment as Archbishop of Hobart, Porteous...
View ArticleDanielle Buhagiar: I’m Gay And I Love Weddings
Many heterosexual couples are altering their own marriage vows in support of marriage equality. That means a lot to Danielle Buhagiar – who would like to throw a killer wedding of her own The wedding...
View ArticleTwo Of Us
Virginia Edwards (left), 56, and Christine Forster, 49, met when their sons attended the same preschool. They left their respective husbands to be together and are now engaged. Virginia’s story I still...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage and the High Court: Previewing the Arguments
This week, the High Court will begin hearing the Commonwealth’s challenge to the ACT’s Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013. But don’t expect lofty rhetoric about equality; the case is really about...
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Media Release: Marriage Equality Supporters Re-elected to S.A. Parliament –...
Advocates have welcomed the re-election of key marriage equality supporters to the South Australian parliament. Australian Marriage Equality, national director, Rodney Croome, said, “Ian Hunter has...
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Media Release: Advocates congratulate Ruby Rose & Phoebe Dahl on Their...
Australian Marriage Equality has congratulated Australian TV personality Ruby Rose on her engagement to fashion designer Phoebe Dahl. Deputy Director of AME, Ivan Hinton, said, “It is always wonderful...
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