by Jen | Feb 18, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews has barricaded himself against a new same-sex marriage campaign, by refusing to receive messages from his constituents who support the reform.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Today, Alabama became the 37th state in the US to legalise same-sex marriage. The first same-sex marriage licenses were handed out this morning at the Birmingham courthouse, where many couples then chose to wed.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Penny Sharpe, the gay Labor candidate for the seat of Newtown, says she wants Opposition leader Luke Foley to change his mind on marriage equality.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Janet Rice is one of Australia’s strongest campaigners for marriage equality and her passion has a very personal backstory. The Greens Senator talks to SBS about her relationship with her transgender wife, Nobel Prize winning climatologist Penny Whetton.
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Labor representative for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing is the first out lesbian MP to be elected to the Parliament of Victoria, and said in her inaugural speech yesterday she was “determined to do the right thing by the LGBTI community – my community.”
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Mass voicemail campaign is launched in response to politicians who say they receive few calls on the issue
