Meet Emma Bust – wife, mother of two… and straight mate to Toowoomba’s LGBTI community.
Emma was raised Catholic with a strong belief of “do unto others as you would have them do to you,” but she’s since left the church “because of its hypocrisy,” she tells Same Same. However, she feels that she’s “all good with God.” She has a loving husband called Khris and two children aged 6 and 2. What makes Emma so interesting is, she’s swiftly gaining the reputation as the gays in Toowoomba’s “straight ally”.
Working alongside Queensland’s Healthy Communities and members of the LGBTIQ community in the ‘Garden City’ located in the state’s south, Emma organised a rally on Saturday protesting same-sex rights. But it was unfortunately cancelled at the last minute on Friday afternoon when the local council suddenly decided to withdrew its approval.