by Jen | Feb 17, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Hear a selection of messages sent through to MPs. Wendy Harmer reveals her reason for being the voice of #EQUALITYCALLING MPs have begun to receive calls through the new #EqualityCalling initiative. To hear a selection, click here or go to...
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Today, Alabama became the 37th state in the US to legalise same-sex marriage. The first same-sex marriage licenses were handed out this morning at the Birmingham courthouse, where many couples then chose to wed.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Penny Sharpe, the gay Labor candidate for the seat of Newtown, says she wants Opposition leader Luke Foley to change his mind on marriage equality.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Janet Rice is one of Australia’s strongest campaigners for marriage equality and her passion has a very personal backstory. The Greens Senator talks to SBS about her relationship with her transgender wife, Nobel Prize winning climatologist Penny Whetton.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Labor representative for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing is the first out lesbian MP to be elected to the Parliament of Victoria, and said in her inaugural speech yesterday she was “determined to do the right thing by the LGBTI community – my community.”