Steps are finally being taken by Australian parliament to bring equality to the marriage act, with the Australian senate passing the Dean Smith private members bill this week. The plebiscite and the public ‘debate’ that was happening in Australia was deeply damaging to the LGBTI community and hugely polarising across the country. However I am glad …
Written by Josh Milton (Originally published on Pink News) Actress Magda Szubanski has emotionally railed against the Australian same-sex marriage postal vote, saying that some LGBT people “did not survive” the survey. Speaking as the Senate debated the legalisation of same-sex marriage, Szubanski – who starred in TV show Kath & Kim – said the Australian …
I love Blue Planet 2, some of the cinematography is simply amazing… But the powerful gut punch of a message at the end of each episode, simply must bring viewers to change their ways. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8HGJid-Jo[/embedyt] This ep’s end point of the pilot whales really kills me :'( Totally and honestly – it always …
“And be aware that your emotions may not be that simple. You can feel relief, exhaustion, grief and generally overwhelmed, no matter what the result. It’s okay to feel negative emotions even if you got the result you wanted, and vice versa.” Source: https://www.sane.org/the-sane-blog/wellbeing/self-care-after-hearing-the-same-sex-marriage-result
Leading up to the result of the Australian Marriage Equality vote I was so very apprehensive. This debate has been ugly. And it has been a tough and scarring free for all at times. Sure it’s easy to say ‘both sides’ behaved badly, but that is way too simplistic. Personally I feel this never should …
