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Marriage Equality Debate Harmed LGBT Aussies Mental Health

Marriage Equality Debate Harmed LGBT Aussies Mental Health

Image Credit: Accidentally Alex A "Yes" campaign sign hanging in Elwood, Melbourne during the same-sex marriage postal survey Researchers from the University Of Sydney have found what LGBT Australians already know – the hate-filled 2017 marriage equality postal survey debate caused serious psychological harm to the LGBT community, increasing our levels of depression, anxiety and stress. Researchers examined the mental health of same-sex attracted Australians during the postal

Single Again: Ruby Rose Has Split With Jessica Origliasso

Single Again: Ruby Rose Has Split With Jessica Origliasso

Photo Credit: Screenshot from On Your Side music video Ruby Rose has announced on Twitter that after two years together, she and Jessica Origliasso broke up a few months ago. Fans speculated that the tweet was an April Fools Joke, but Rose responded by tweeting “I understand it’s “April 1st” but I would never use something so personal as an April fools joke.” The couple first dated in 2008, stayed friends and then reconnected in 2016, with Rose starring in and directing The V

Alison Standen Becomes First Openly Lesbian Member Of Tasmanian Parliament

Alison Standen Becomes First Openly Lesbian Member Of Tasmanian Parliament

Photo Credit Alison Standen Facebook. Alison Standen, left, and Kate Grady. Alison Standen has become Tasmania’s first openly lesbian member of parliament. During the divisive and hate-filled Australian same-sex marriage postal survey in October last year, Labor’s then candidate for the seat of Franklin in Tasmania, Alison Standen, told The Mercury why she was running for public office. “In years to come, whether I’m elected or not, I want to be able to look into my son’s eye

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

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

UN Committee Slams Australia's 'Unacceptable" Human Rights Record

UN Committee Slams Australia's 'Unacceptable" Human Rights Record

On Tuesday October 17 Australia was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three year term, joining 14 other nations who are responsible for safeguarding human rights around the world. A day after being elected to the council, the United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR) blasted Australia for conditions on Manus Island, declaring the detention centre an “imminent humanitarian crisis” and a "looming humanitarian emergency". The UNHCR inspected the

On World #MentalHealthDay Bill Shorten Asks Aussies To Help With The "Clouds Around The Rainbow

On World #MentalHealthDay Bill Shorten Asks Aussies To Help With The "Clouds Around The Rainbow

Tuesday October 10 is World Mental Health Day and opposition leader Bill Shorten has marked the day by urging Aussies to go "…beyond the rainbow filter and the #voteyes hashtag – to reach out to the (LGBTI) people we care about.” In an opinion piece for the Huffington Post on Tuesday, Shorten highlighted the toll the marriage equality postal survey is having on the LGBTI community. Mental health organisations have reported a sharp increase in requests for support from LGBTI p

Watch The Adorable Video For Marriage Equality Song "Love Is Love" By Leela Varghese

Watch The Adorable Video For Marriage Equality Song "Love Is Love" By Leela Varghese

Meet singer, songwriter, guitarist, TV presenter and passionate marriage equality supporter, Leela Varghese. Leela wanted to put something happy and beautiful out in the world during this vile same-sex marriage postal survey time, so she wrote #VoteYes song "Love Is Love," with a very simple message: Love is love whether you're gay or straight It's just common knowledge it's not up for debate And nobody should ever have to wait To be able to marry their soul mate "I'm pass

Love Wins As Macklemore Sings 'Same Love' At NRL Grand Final & Calls For Equality For Al

Love Wins As Macklemore Sings 'Same Love' At NRL Grand Final & Calls For Equality For Al

US rapper Macklemore ends a week of same-sex marriage postal survey controversy by singing ‘Same Love’ at the NRL final and calling for ‘equality for all.' The controversy started last week when the Coalition For Marriage supported a petition by former NRL player Tony Wall to ban Macklemore, real name Ben Haggerty, from performing his same-sex marriage anthem ‘Same Love’ at Sunday night’s NRL grand final. Macklemore wrote ‘Same Love’ in 2012 after reading about a gay 13 or 14

AFLW Stars Moana Hope & Erin Phillips Shine Bright For Equality On The Brownlow Red Carpet

AFLW Stars Moana Hope & Erin Phillips Shine Bright For Equality On The Brownlow Red Carpet

On Monday night, Australian Football League Women's stars Moana Hope and Erin Phillips showed that work functions can be both fun and an opportunity to give much needed positive publicity to the Yes campaign for marriage equality. Adelaide Crows co-captain Erin Phillips walked the red carpet at the Brownlow Medal with her wife Tracy Gahan while Collingwood's Moana Hope blew up twitter by bringing her girlfriend, model Isabella Carlstrom. Last week the AFL, who are long-term s

Vote Yes In The Postal Survey If You Care About The Kids Say Australia's Peak Mental Health Bodi

Vote Yes In The Postal Survey If You Care About The Kids Say Australia's Peak Mental Health Bodi

Five of Australia’s peak mental health organisations have intervened in the marriage equality postal survey ‘debate’, urging Australians to vote Yes because marriage equality could prevent 3000 teen suicide attempts each year. After weeks of urgent talks due to a surge in demand for mental health services from LGBTI people and their families because of the postal survey, Black Dog Institute, headspace, ReachOut, Brain and Mind Centre at University of Sydney and Orygen, the Na

Mental Health Organisations Struggle To Cope With Increased Distress In The LGBTIQ Community

Mental Health Organisations Struggle To Cope With Increased Distress In The LGBTIQ Community

On Monday, Prime Minister Turnbull defended No campaigners for writing “Vote No” in the sky over Sydney on Sunday, ignoring the toll his same-sex marriage survey is having on the LGBTIQ community. Meanwhile, mental health organisations are struggling to cope with a sharp spike in demand for support from the LGBTIQ community. The Prime Minister told reporters on Monday morning that the views of both No and Yes sides have to be respected in the postal survey. “It is a matter of

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

Turnbull & Shorten Campaign For Marriage Equality While Abbott Marries Himself In A Mural

Turnbull & Shorten Campaign For Marriage Equality While Abbott Marries Himself In A Mural

Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull spent Sunday campaigning for the Yes vote in the same-sex marriage postal survey, while Tony Abbott married himself in a Sydney mural. Over the weekend, Sydney graffiti artist Scott Marsh, who is famous for his Kanye Loves Kanye mural, created a new work depicting Tony Abbott in a suit and rainbow tie marrying another version of himself. Abbott the bride was dressed in a strapless ivory wedding dress and veil, holding a bouquet of flowers. "W

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