by Alex Greenwich | Feb 9, 2011 | Australian news, News
The shop assistants’ union led by right-wing powerbroker Joe De Bruyn faces a rank-and-file challenge to its ban on same-sex marriage, beginning in Brisbane tonight. Shop Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association shop steward Duncan Hart, who works...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 9, 2011 | Australian news, News, Uncategorized
Malcolm Turnbull is canvassing views on gay marriage, on which, he says, he has an open mind. The federal Liberal frontbencher has sent an email survey to about 20,000 electors in his eastern suburbs seat of Wentworth, and to about 50,000 people elsewhere. Coalition...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 8, 2011 | News, World news
It’s too early to know whether the Maryland General Assembly will pass a bill in coming weeks to allow same-sex couples to marry. But this much is clear: There isn’t much interest among lawmakers in compromising by allowing civil unions. In a handful of...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 8, 2011 | Australian news, News
Jimmy Yan was only 16 when he had his first real experience of homophobia. It happened two years ago at a highly sought-after government school in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, but he remembers it like it was yesterday. At the time, Yan was in year 11, putting up...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 7, 2011 | Australian news, News
Unprecedented public debate around the issue of same-sex marriage in recent months has shaped the overall theme to this year’s Mardi Gras parade. With parade entry applications now officially closed, New Mardi Gras (NMG) revealed on Friday there were at least 15...
