by John | Aug 12, 2012 | Australian news, News
THOUSANDS of same-sex partners across Australia have their champagne flutes and credit cards poised, waiting for Tasmania to give the green light to gay marriage. Since Premier Lara Giddings said last week that Tasmania would push to legalise same-sex marriage,...
by John | Aug 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has announced his support to legalise same-sex marriage in the state. It follows Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings’ announcement last weekend of her intention to move similar legislation. On the steps of Parliament House in...
by John | Aug 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
The premiers of South Australia and Tasmania have told gay rights supporters they will legislate for same-sex marriage regardless of what federal parliament does. Thousands of demonstrators have marched in seven Australian cities almost eight years after the Howard...
by John | Aug 10, 2012 | Australian news, News
The following media release was issued by the Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group (TGLRG) on 10.08.12. — POLL SHOW MAJORITY OF TASMANIANS SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND WANT THEIR STATE TO LEAD THE WAY / HIGH YOUTH SUPPORT SHOWS REFORM WILL BE...
by John | Aug 9, 2012 | Australian news, News
A mass illegal wedding, marches, rallies and a handing over of a major petition are planned for this Saturday as the marriage equality campaign heightens. It’s all to mark the eighth anniversary of the day John Howard changed the Marriage Act to ensure same-sex...
by John | Aug 8, 2012 | Australian news, News
The leader of US national campaign group Freedom to Marry told GSN the story of how the fight for marriage equality had begun in the US, where it will be going in the year to come, and why we will win in the end. US civil rights lawyer Evan Wolfson spoke to a packed...
