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First ABS Statistics Since Australian Marriage Equality

First ABS Statistics Since Australian Marriage Equality

Image: Our wedding in a New Zealand storm. 09/03/2017 Sarah Webber Photography. It’s been a year since marriage equality passed the Australian parliament and the nice people at the Australian Bureau Of Statistics released some data to show us just how many same-sex marriages we celebrated in the first six months of this year. In the 2016 Census, there were almost 46,800 same-sex households in Australia, which is 0.9 per cent of all couples living together in Australia. Almost

LGBTI Rights Threatened By Scott Morrison As PM Says Louise Pratt

LGBTI Rights Threatened By Scott Morrison As PM Says Louise Pratt

Image: Labor's new Shadow Assistant Minister For Equality, Louise Pratt The Australian Labor Party’s new Shadow Assistant Minister For Equality, Senator Louise Pratt, has warned that LGBTI rights are under threat from Prime Minister Scott Morrison's "next generation" of leadership. The 46 year old openly lesbian Senator from Western Australia has been an LGBTI activist since her university days and has one child with her former partner, a trans man and LGBT activist. They co-

Uniting Church Of Australia Ministers Can Perform Same-Sex Weddings

Uniting Church Of Australia Ministers Can Perform Same-Sex Weddings

The Uniting Church Of Australia National Assembly has decided to allow ministers the freedom to conduct or refuse to conduct same-gender marriages. The National Assembly has been meeting in Melbourne since July 7, the first time it has convened since marriage equality was introduced in Australia last year. The National Assembly had earlier requested a report by The Working Group On Doctrine (WDG) to determine whether the church's existing statement of belief on marriage shoul

Tim Wilson Marries Ryan Bolger Three Months After Proposing In Parliament

Tim Wilson Marries Ryan Bolger Three Months After Proposing In Parliament

Photo Credit: @TimWilsonMP Twitter They've been engaged for nine long years, and on Sunday 11th March, Liberal MP Tim Wilson finally married the love of his life, Ryan Bolger. On December 4, 2017, during his speech in the marriage equality debate, Wilson proposed for a second time to his fiancé of nine years, school teacher Ryan Bolger. It was a first for Australian parliament and a moment that made the news around the world. "In my first speech I defined our bond by the r

Apple Celebrates Australian Marriage Equality With New Iphone Ad First Dance

Apple Celebrates Australian Marriage Equality With New Iphone Ad First Dance

Apple is celebrating Australian marriage equality with its new Iphone X ad campaign 'First Dance.' The ads feature footage of real same-sex couples enjoying the first dance at their weddings. All of the footage was shot on the Iphone X and the soundtrack is Courtney Barnett’s cover of ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ by INXS. The campaign features a 60 second ad, plus three shorter versions which each feature one couple. The couples are Meg and Ann-Marie, Nick and Rob and Antony and Ro

Australia’s First Gay And Lesbian Wedding Magazine Is Here

Australia’s First Gay And Lesbian Wedding Magazine Is Here

Kadie & Jess didn't wait for Australia to vote yes, they wed in October. Photo Credit: Matt Rowe Photography It feels like every Aussie same-sex couple I know is getting hitched and luckily, some big players in the bridal magazine market are here to help everyone plan their big days. Paddington Publications, who publish On Trend Bridal and Brisbane Bride magazine have just launched Same Same Weddings Magazine, Australia’s first combined gay and lesbian wedding magazine. The S

Seven Of The Best Marriage Equality Moments Of 2017

Seven Of The Best Marriage Equality Moments Of 2017

Who dreamed that victory would taste this sweet? From the joy and elation of celebrating Australia's first same-sex weddings between Amy Laker and Lauren Price and Amy and Elise Macdonald, to the bittersweet relief of watching Cas Willow and Heather Richards make it to the altar in time, love won big this year. But many small steps led to Australia's big leap, and other countries embraced marriage equality milestones of their own. Here, we look back at some of the moments tha

Melbourne Couple Cas And Heather Are Getting Married On Monday

Melbourne Couple Cas And Heather Are Getting Married On Monday

Cas, Heather and their fur baby Peppa On Monday December 18, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne will host one of Australia’s first legal same-sex marriages for palliative care patient Cas Willow, 53 and her partner of 17 years, Heather Richards, 56. The wedding will take place at the Peter MacCallum Wellness Centre, and the couple will be surrounded by close friends and family, including Cas’ three children from her first marriage. Last Monday the couple were granted

First Legal Australian Same-Sex Wedding To Be Held Saturday

First Legal Australian Same-Sex Wedding To Be Held Saturday

Photo: Lauren Price Facebook Crack the champagne and pass the confetti, the first legal same-sex wedding under Australia’s new marriage equality laws will be held this Saturday. Due to the 30 day waiting period under Australian law, the first same-sex weddings were expected to begin on January 9 2018. However, lesbian couple Lauren Price, 31 and Amy Laker, 29 have been granted the right to hold their legally binding wedding ceremony this Saturday in Camden, NSW. The couple h

Australia Achieves Marriage Equality Without Conservative Amendments

Australia Achieves Marriage Equality Without Conservative Amendments

After a marathon week in the House Of Representatives, marriage equality has finally come to Australia. It was a festive mood at Parliament House on Thursday, with marriage equality advocates and supporters gathered on the lawn outside and watching in the gallery, MPs Adam Bandt and Warren Entsch wearing rainbows ties and opposition leader Bill Shorten showing off a pair of rainbow socks. In a stunning win for the LGBT community, and after four days of speeches and debate, th

Marriage Equality Passes The Senate Without Conservative Amendments

Marriage Equality Passes The Senate Without Conservative Amendments

On Wednesday the Senate passed marriage equality 43 votes to 12, with Labor, the Greens, the Nick Xenaphon Team and Liberal marriage equality supporters voting down conservative amendments aimed at weakening discrimination protections. The Senate chamber erupted with applause after the historic vote, with Senators hugging and crying. "This is the Senate's day," said Liberal senator Dean Smith, whose bill was being debated. "This is a demonstration that working across the cham

An emotional Dean Smith Opens Debate On His Marriage Equality Bill

An emotional Dean Smith Opens Debate On His Marriage Equality Bill

After Australia voted Yes to marriage equality on Wednesday, Liberal Senator Dean smith, Labor, the Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch, introduced their marriage amendment bill to parliament. On Thursday, Smith opened debate on the bill by paying tribute to one of it's architects, long-time marriage equality campaigner, Liberal Warren Entsch. "When I look at this victory and the thousands who made it possible, I keep thinking of one man - the one who carried the

Love Wins As Australia Votes Yes To Marriage Equality!

Love Wins As Australia Votes Yes To Marriage Equality!

Australia has voted YES to marriage equality in the same-sex marriage postal survey. The survey results were announced in a press conference at 10am and posted on the Australian Bureau Of Statistics website. The results were YES 61.6% and No 38.4%. Prime Minister Turnbull has done a deal with the cross bench, the Greens and Labor to debate the cross-party marriage equality bill written by Liberal Senator Dean Smith and supported by Labor. He has rejected Senator Jam

Same-Sex Marriage Postal Survey Results To Be Announced Tomorrow

Same-Sex Marriage Postal Survey Results To Be Announced Tomorrow

The Same-Sex Marriage Postal Survey has finally come to an end, with results to be announced tomorrow at 10am Eastern Standard Time in a press conference in Canberra. They will also be posted on the Australian Bureau Of Statistics website and the ABC and SBS will air the results live. The Equality Campaign has organised a range of viewing events in capital cities around Australia, so jump on to their website to find one near you. Liberal Senator Dean Smith has designed a cros

Dancing With Her Is The World’s First Lesbian Bridal Magazine

Dancing With Her Is The World’s First Lesbian Bridal Magazine

Photo credit: Joesl Skingle Photography If the polls are accurate, Australia will be celebrating a Yes vote in the marriage equality postal survey this month. That makes it the perfect time to pore over other queer couples’ wedding photos in search of inspiration for your own big day. That’s exactly what Australian couple Tara Baker and Arlia Hassel, founders of Dancing With Her, tried to do after Tara proposed last year. “The very next day we went to a three-story magazine s

The Same-Sex Marriage Postal Survey Deadline Is Finally Here

The Same-Sex Marriage Postal Survey Deadline Is Finally Here

While polling shows that the Yes vote is set to win the marriage equality postal survey and PM Malcolm Turnbull expects equality to be legislated before Christmas, conservatives plan to stall legislation and weaken protections for LGBTI people. 6PM on Friday 27th October is the deadline to post your marriage equality postal survey back. Any forms received by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) after November 7 will be invalid and the results of the survey will be publis

Join The #PostYourYes Campaign & Urge Aussies To Vote Yes For Marriage Equality

Join The #PostYourYes Campaign & Urge Aussies To Vote Yes For Marriage Equality

The same-sex marriage postal survey is upon us and Australian Marriage Equality wants marriage equality supporters to take some simple steps to get the Yes vote over the line. We all know haters are going to hate and we know what they're going to say, so AME is urging us to stop helping them make the news by reacting to their bile and join the #PostYourYes campaign instead. "While they seek to mislead and dehumanise, we must get out the vote and put a face to who Australia

Margaret Court Compares Gay Activists To Hitler & Talks Of The Devils Work

Margaret Court Compares Gay Activists To Hitler & Talks Of The Devils Work

Last week Australian tennis great Margaret Court, 74, wrote an open letter to the West Australian newspaper announcing her boycott of Qantas because of their support for marriage equality. “I am disappointed that Qantas has become an active promoter for same-sex marriage,” Court wrote in a letter to The West Australian newspaper. “I believe in marriage as a union between a man and a woman as stated in the Bible.” “Your statement leaves me no option but to use other airlines w

AMA Tells Government We Need Marriage Equality Now

AMA Tells Government We Need Marriage Equality Now

As the government allocates money for a marriage equality plebiscite in the budget, the AMA says no to a plebiscite and yes to marriage equality. In November last year, the marriage equality plebiscite was defeated in the Senate after Labor, The Greens, Derryn Hinch and the Nick Xenophon Team decided that people’s human rights should not be put to a popular vote. Despite strong public support for a parliamentary free vote on marriage equality, hidden in this month’s Federal b

Enid And Her Two Mums: A Little Book With A Big Heart

Enid And Her Two Mums: A Little Book With A Big Heart

Enid And Her Two Mums author Jessica Skogstad wrote a little children’s book with a big message for everyone. “It's crucial for us to teach kids to accept each other and embrace diversity," says Melbourne English teacher and author of Enid And Her Two Mums, Jessica Skogstad. “People aren't born discriminating against others. That ugly trait is taught.” Jessica wrote the story for her niece, Quorra, who has two mums. “The push to write the book was when my niece started asking

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