Gay pollies to battle it out for Brisbane seat
FOR the first time in Australian political history, two openly-gay candidates representing both major parties will go head-to-head during the Federal election.
FOR the first time in Australian political history, two openly-gay candidates representing both major parties will go head-to-head during the Federal election.
Ahead of his upcoming campaign against the idea of a plebiscite on marriage equality, the openly gay Labor candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, Pat O’Neill, has said it would be a form of bullying, and that it would grant a platform for bigots while forcing LGBTI people to “beg” for equal rights.
Star Observer speaks to Pat O’Neill, the new Labor and openly-gay candidate for the federal electorate of Brisbane.