by Alex Greenwich | Mar 30, 2011 | Australian news, News, World news
As a Dutch parliamentarian in the 1990s, Boris Dittrich was instrumental in making The Netherlands the world’s first nation to legalize same-sex civil marriages. Now a leading human rights advocate, he is spreading the message of equality around the world, writes Kees...
by Alex Greenwich | Mar 29, 2011 | Australian news, News
They have been together for three years. They love each other and talk about starting a family. But because they are both men, they can’t be married and have their relationship recognised by the full extent of Australian law. Todd Hammond, 22, and his partner...
by Alex Greenwich | Mar 29, 2011 | News, World news
International correspondent, Rex Wockner, looks back at the first same-sex marriages in the world, a decade ago on Friday… It was 10 years ago this coming Friday that the Netherlands became the first nation in the world to let same-sex couples marry. Now...
by Alex Greenwich | Mar 27, 2011 | Australian news, News
Perhaps it was a case of don’t ask, don’t tell. Last November, the House of Representatives called on MPs to ”gauge” voter views on same-sex marriage. But it turns out only about a dozen of the lower house’s 150 politicians have so far...
by Alex Greenwich | Mar 27, 2011 | Australian news, News
Yesterday, thousands gathered at the State Library of Victoria rallying for the government to amend the Marriage Act to include same-sex relationships. For a TV report, click here Photo credit: Michael Barnett
