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  • The Yellow Line
    Salamanca market tribute unveiled

    It’s been five years in the making but a new public artwork in Hobart will commemorate the largest act of gay rights civil disobedience in Australian history. Community members and city officials attended the unveiling of The...

    • Posted 23 hours ago
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    Brazilian court ruling allows gay marriages

    Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed news that Brazilian gay couples should be allowed to marry now after a top judicial body ruled that same-sex couples shouldn’t be denied marriage licenses. AFP reported the National Council of Justice,...

    • Posted 7 days ago
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    Take two: Marriage bill back to Parliament

    Greens Melbourne MP Adam Bandt is reintroducing a marriage equality bill into Parliament in June despite fears it will fail if the Coalition are not granted a conscience vote. On Thursday, Bandt announced he would put his...

    • Posted 13 days ago
  • rainbow tasmania
    “Small win” after local elections

    Marriage equality advocates are remaining positive after last weekend’s Tasmanian Upper House election results which saw no effective movement towards candidates who support for same-sex marriage. Tasmanians took to the polls on Saturday for the three Upper...

    • Posted 14 days ago
  • rainbow tasmania
    Flyers draw fire from gay advocates

    Anti-gay flyers recently distributed in Launceston have prompted Tasmanian gay rights advocates to lodge a complaint to the state’s Anti-Discrimination Commission. The flyers condemned homosexuality as “unhealthy”, stating that Bible scripture and “secular media and academia” could...

    • Posted 44 days ago
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    Gays look down on women: Liberal MP

    In extraordinary scenes at NSW Parliament, a state MP has claimed that HIV awareness organisation ACON was “taken over by gay men” in the 1980s and that the male gay community has an “attitude problem” towards women....

    • Posted 65 days ago
  • Buttrose hailed for win

    Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the new Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose for her long-time support of gay rights and HIV awareness. Buttrose urged the Labor members to back marriage equality at the Australian Labor Party’s...

    • Posted 112 days ago
  • Bernard-Gaynor
    Katter loses candidates, walks out of interview

    A Victorian candidate for  Bob Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) who linked gay people with paedophiles has quit, while a Queensland Senate nominee has had his membership suspended in fallout from yesterday’s extraordinary display of anti-gay animus from...

    • Posted 117 days ago
  • Give equality this Christmas

    Australian Marriage Equality (AME) have unveiled a new video encouraging people to talk about same-sex marriage around the Christmas dinner table this year. Launched Thursday, it’s accompanied by social media skins and e-cards that encourage conversations about...

    • Posted 153 days ago
  • Hundreds turn out for marriage BBQ

    Organisers of Tasmania’s first Marriage Equality Beach BBQ, held in Hobart last week, have hailed the event “a great success” with more than 200 people attending. Event organiser Helen Richardson said its popularity shows marriage equality has strong...

    • Posted 166 days ago
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