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NSW to get relationship register
Same-sex couples in NSW will finally have access to a state relationship register. NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos yesterday announced Government plans to establish state-based registers along the lines of those in ... Read more
Wed February 24th, 2010 - 22 Comments
Quakers support gay marriage
The Australian Quakers this week called on the Federal Government to amend the Marriage Act to give full and equal legal recognition to all marriages, regardless of the sexual orientation ... Read more
Tue January 12th, 2010 - 2 Comments
Australia ‘falling behind’
Australia’s marriage equality advocates say Australia is falling further behind other countries following a decision by the Portuguese Parliament to allow same-sex marriage. Australian Marriage Equality national convener Alex Greenwich said ... Read more
Mon January 11th, 2010 - 6 Comments
Letters
CONGRATULATIONS #1 When the first issue of Sydney Star Observer was published over 30 years ago, Sydney’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community was slowing emerging. Just three years later, HIV/AIDS began ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - No Comments
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Senate marriage inquiry count underway
Although the official final count is unknown, more than 20,000 submissions have been received by the Senate Inquiry into same-sex marriage. The Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, introduced by Greens Senator ... Read more
Thu September 3rd, 2009 - 5 Comments
Religious right fears marriage win
Changes to Labor policy have backed the religious right into a fighting corner as they escalate their campaign to deny same-sex relationship recognition. As same-sex marriage advocates ramp up their push ... Read more
Tue August 25th, 2009 - 33 Comments
Last days for submissions
With just two days left to make submissions to the Federal marriage inquiry, Australian Marriage Equality is reminding people to get involved -” and if you have done that, start ... Read more
Tue August 25th, 2009 - No Comments
Double push for marriage
Australian Marriage Equality has launched two parliamentary petitions to remind politicians the demand for same-sex marriage isn't going away. AME national convenor Peter Furness said they were hoping for 10,000 signatures ... Read more
Tue August 11th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Expats contribute to marriage debate
Australian expatriates married or living in countries that allow same-sex marriage are being encouraged to contribute to the Senate marriage inquiry currently underway. We're calling on Australian same-sex partners married and ... Read more
Tue August 11th, 2009 - No Comments
Christian right lobbying against same-sex marriage
Australian Marriage Equality (AME) has issued an urgent call to supporters of marriage equality to contact delegates to this week's ALP National Conference. AME spokesperson Alex Greenwich said far-right Christian groups ... Read more
Tue July 28th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Marriage supporters speak up
There's just two weeks left to make a submission to the first ever full-scale government inquiry into same-sex marriage. Supporters of same-sex marriage are being encouraged to make a submission or ... Read more
Tue July 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments
Rights charter faces long wait
The call for a charter of rights dominated the final public hearings of the National Human Rights Consultation, but even the less-publicised proposals presented a step forward for gay and ... Read more
Tue July 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments
Labor takes on Prime Minister
A South Australian Labor MP has broken party ranks on gay marriage and called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to engage in debate on marriage equality. Hot on the heels of ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 8 Comments
Poll backs same-sex marriage
A new poll showing about 60 percent of Australians support same-sex marriage has prompted a new push for changes to the Federal Marriage Act. The Greens will next week introduce a ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - 25 Comments
Get writing to avoid a bad bill
This week, a reminder for all readers to get their submissions in to the National Human Rights Consultation on an Australian bill of rights by the June 15 deadline. A bad ... Read more
Tue June 2nd, 2009 - 2 Comments
Salt Shakers call for retraction
The Salt Shakers, a Christian fundamentalist group, have called on the owners of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes to retract their support for same-sex marriage on the Australian Marriage Equality (AME) ... Read more
Tue June 2nd, 2009 - 23 Comments
New call for Rudd to recognise overseas gay marriage
Australia's marriage equality activists have reacted with disappointment to the 6 to 1 California Supreme Court decision to accept the voter-initiated Prop 8 ballot limiting marriage between a man and ... Read more
Thu May 28th, 2009 - 14 Comments
Census to count gay marriages
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) plans to release data on same-sex couples who tick the -˜married' box on the 2011 national census. Previously same-sex couples who tried to declare a ... Read more
Tue May 12th, 2009 - 28 Comments
Corporate supporters stand up to religious right
The owners of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes are encouraging other businesses to speak out against homophobia after receiving hate mail from FamilyVoice members after they registered as supporters of Australian ... Read more
Tue May 5th, 2009 - 14 Comments
Labor’s gays miss out
Advocates of federal civil unions and same-sex marriage were dealt a blow with the release of the ALP's draft new policy platform on Monday which keeps the policy of state-based ... Read more
Wed April 8th, 2009 - 22 Comments
Nations united to support global gay and lesbian rights
By Lyndon Barnett In the days following July 19 2005, photographs of two teenage boys dangling by the neck in the ironically named Justice Square in Mashhad in north-eastern Iran permeated ... Read more
Wed March 4th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Pledge to continue fight for marriage
Australian Marriage Equality have taken the arrival of new year and new same-sex entitlements, as an opportunity to renew their pledge to continue fighting for equal marriage rights. AME have once ... Read more
Tue January 13th, 2009 - 15 Comments
Marriage anger not going away
Same-sex marriage advocates will rally under the I have a dream mural in Newtown on International Human Rights Day next Wednesday as part of a protest involving almost 20 other ... Read more
Thu December 4th, 2008 - 12 Comments
Current Issue
Tony, please think before speaking
You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more