by Alex Greenwich | Jun 28, 2011 | Australian commentary
Visions of Bob Hawke’s eldest daughter and wife being prised apart by federal police during a heated confrontation at an airport lounge somewhat detract from the epic love story that is Bob and Blanche. Not that anyone will be too surprised. A romantic saga that...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 27, 2011 | Australian commentary
Kerryn Phelps writes: The scenes outside the Stonewall Inn after the announcement that the New York Senate had passed the legislation to enable marriage equalitycould have not been more different to the riot that gave Stonewall its reputation as the epicentre of the...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 24, 2011 | Australian news, News
For Belmont teenagers Lea Mason and Karla Christensen Australia’s failure to legalise gay marriage makes them feel like second-class citizens. They would one day like the opportunity to have their relationship formally recognised and perhaps raise children....
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 20, 2011 | Australian commentary
Jacqui Tomlins writes, it’s time to get over this and move on: My partner, Sarah, and I have good cause to want to have dinner with the Prime Minister. It was our marriage in Canada in 2003 that prompted the Howard government to amend the Marriage Act to exclude...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 19, 2011 | Australian news, News
The Labor Party in Queensland passed a motion today calling on federal Labor and the ALP national conference to support same-sex marriage. Queensland branch president Andrew Dettmer said the move, if passed at national level, would end the last vestige of...
