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	<title>Star Online &#187; Andie Noonan</title>
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		<title>Greens move on inquiry</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/australia-news/new-south-wales-news/2012/02/07/greens-move-on-inquiry/71321</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New South Wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Marriage Equality spokesman Alex Greenwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PFLAG spokeswoman Shelley Argent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage bill 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Committee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will today move a motion to establish a Senate inquiry to review the Greens 2010 same-sex marriage bill. On the first parliamentary sitting day of the year, Hanson-Young will move to establish a Senate committee to investigate the issue and offer the public a chance to have a say. It&#8217;s likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pride marches on rain, hail and shine</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/02/06/pride-marches-on-rain-hail-and-shine/71068</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bronwyn pike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Port Phillip Mayor Rachel Pownin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Greens MP Adam Bandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former Liberal senator Judith Troeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens MP Sue Pennicuick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Barber.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobsons Bay City Council Mayor Tony Briffa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Foley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prahran MP Clem Newton-Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride March Victoria president Brett Hayhoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Wynne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Emmett Dunne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was a wild, windy day, but crowds still gathered en masse along Fitzroy St on Sunday to show their colours at Victoria’s 17th annual Pride March. Organisations from around Victoria braved the weather including Victoria Police, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, Ambulance Victoria, political parties of all stripes, and LGBTI community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish support for queer inclusion</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/02/02/jewish-support-for-queer-inclusion/70814</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/02/02/jewish-support-for-queer-inclusion/70814#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive Judaism Victoria (PJV) has launched a new program to educate Melbourne’s Jewish community to deal sensitively with issues of sexuality and gender identity. The educational program — Keshet — hails from the US and aims to educate Jewish leaders to create more welcoming environments for young LGBTI people. PJV board member Jonathan Barnett is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay business group turns 20</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/02/02/gay-business-group-turns-20/70829</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20th anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmer Dave Graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLOBE president Peter Stephenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jade Leonard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professor Kerryn Phelps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne business group the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Business Enterprise (GLOBE) will kick up its heels to celebrate its 20th birthday this weekend. A gala dinner will be held on Saturday, February 4, 6.30pm, at the ANZ Pavilion, Victorian Arts Centre. Former Australian Medical Association head Professor Kerryn Phelps, former Big Brother contestant Farmer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bisexual group’s slur warning</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/31/bisexual-group%e2%80%99s-slur-warning/70717</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/31/bisexual-group%e2%80%99s-slur-warning/70717#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bisexual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bisexual Alliance Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Dominguez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride MArch Victoria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bisexuals have issued a plea ahead of this weekend’s Pride March for an end to biphobic comments as they march down Fitzroy St, St Kilda. Bisexual support group Bisexual Alliance Victoria (BAV) says it will not tolerate biphobic jeers from the crowd. BAV president James Dominguez stressed that most people gathered to watch the LGBTI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil unions back on the boil?</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/30/civil-unions-back-on-the-boil/70623</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/30/civil-unions-back-on-the-boil/70623#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Greenwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Marriage Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor MP Stephen Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland MP Warren Entsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two federal MPs from opposite sides of the divide look set to reignite the debate on same-sex civil unions with revelations the pair are considering introducing a civil unions bill. The Australian newspaper today reported Government Whip Joel Fitzgibbon and opposition counterpart Warren Entsch have discussed jointly sponsoring a bill to allow same-sex civil unions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanstone urges Abbott rethink</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/australia-news/new-south-wales-news/2012/01/30/vanstone-urges-abbott-rethink-on-conscience-vote/70589</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/australia-news/new-south-wales-news/2012/01/30/vanstone-urges-abbott-rethink-on-conscience-vote/70589#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New South Wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Vanstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conscience vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opposition Leader Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Howard government minister Amanda Vanstone has accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of stifling internal party debate on the issue of same-sex marriage. In the opinion piece published in The Age online today, Vanstone said Abbott should also allow Coalition MPs a free vote when a bill calling for the legalisation of gay marriage comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court: being gay a result of child abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/29/court-being-gay-a-result-of-child-abuse/70574</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/29/court-being-gay-a-result-of-child-abuse/70574#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian tennis great Margaret Court has waded further in controversy, telling the Sunday Herald Sun she believes homosexuality may be the result of child abuse. She told the newspaper &#8220;many, many&#8221; gays and lesbians she knew of had been abused which caused them to be attracted to the same sex. When asked whether she believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage fight continues</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/27/marriage-fight-continues-3/70202</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/01/27/marriage-fight-continues-3/70202#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ali Hogg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDAHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Day Against Homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage equality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian marriage equality activist group Equal Love has vowed to keep fighting in 2012 with another rally scheduled for May 12, the weekend before the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) on May 17. Equal Love convenor Ali Hogg said although the Labor Party has changed its party platform to support change, there were no guarantees. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give people a chance to grow</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/soapbox-opinion/2012/01/27/give-people-a-chance-to-grow/70322</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/soapbox-opinion/2012/01/27/give-people-a-chance-to-grow/70322#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soapbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amélie Mauresmo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martina Hingis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow Flags Over Rainbow Court Arena]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it can be wise, to use a sporting analogy, to let some things go through to the keeper. I know there are some LGBTI activists who will ardently disagree with me on this. I’m not saying homophobic comments shouldn’t be called out — I believe they most certainly should. Always. But we also need [...]]]></description>
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