by John | Nov 20, 2012 | AME media releases, News
ADVOCATES WELCOME STEP TOWARDS MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN NSW / MPS TO ADDRESS SYDNEY FORUM ON “WHERE TO?” FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY Marriage equality advocates have welcomed progress towards state marriage equality legislation in NSW with parliamentary supporters...
by John | Nov 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
SPRINGHURST couple Jaime and Taylor Hegarty held hands and wiped away tears as they sat among about 300 people in QEII Square for Albury-Wodonga’s first rally for marriage equality. Marriage was once a pipe dream for the lesbian couple, who have been engaged for a...
by John | Nov 19, 2012 | Australian commentary
Barack Obama just got four more years as US President, and he didn’t need to say it, but he did. ”It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or...
by John | Nov 14, 2012 | Australian commentary
ALP Senator Louise Pratt’s impassioned speech reminds us that watching parliamentary debates on marriage equality reform is an exercise in emotional and intellectual labour. From awe to anger, whether good or bad, the political rhetoric is intensely affective....
by John | Nov 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
The main stories coming out of the recent elections in the United States have of course been that Barack Obama won a second term, and which party controls the House and the Senate. However, the election produced a number of other interesting outcomes, not least of...