by Jen | Apr 26, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Demitri Levantis explains the importance of gay rights to straight people today I remember one of my tutors looking at my CV and noticing I’d written for Gay Star News before starting my journalism course and saying: ‘I assume you’re gay.’ The response I felt was of...
by Jen | Apr 26, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Far from being a protest on the periphery, the concept of same-sex marriage is winning over the conservatives. Gay marriage has become an interminably dull issue, one we will have to endure for perhaps another year or two. A year or two of same-sex couples declaring...
by Jen | Apr 26, 2013 | Australian commentary, News
After the New Zealand parliament has passed legislation to make same-sex marriage legal, Rodney Croome, national director of Australian Marriage Equality, argues why Australia should follow suit. In the wake of marriage equality in New Zealand many Australians are...
by Jen | Apr 25, 2013 | Australian commentary, News
New Zealand has introduced gay marriage. New Zealand! How stupid does that make Australia look? We think we are smart, sophisticated and sensible, but New Zealand has shown they are smarter and more sensible by allowing gay marriage. This is just proof our political...
by Jen | Apr 25, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
LABOR’S gay group – Rainbow Labor – will launch a national campaign to promote pro-gay-marriage MPs and senators and lobby for those who are willing to vote in favour of same-sex marriage in a bid to make the issue a key election theme. The strategy...
by Jen | Apr 25, 2013 | Australian commentary, News
AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY Media Release Wednesday April 24th 2013 A recent poll of members of the South Australian Lower House shows support for recognition of same-sex marriage from the leaders of both major parties – Of the 29 Lower House MPs who replied to...
