All the emotions… This video is truly amazing and summaries what so many of the LGBTIQ community can feel, during what should be a simple kiss. The video strikes a powerful chord… But I love the quote: “Normality is a crowd-sourced fantasy”
I can’t believe it has been over 6 yes since this video… But after 6 years, it really is time. And I can finally say marriage equality has finally been achieved in Australia. There are still so many emotions still running through my mind. But for me this brings it all back to a simple …
Written by Chris Hill Originally published on Facebook Today is a fucking amazing day because today after so many obstacles: love won ❤️???? This is the Australia i know and love ???️? I am so happy today for the older generation LGBTI who used to get beaten and kicked out of underground gay bars and …
Written by Lane Sainty Published on Buzzfeed Comedia, actress and marriage equality advocate Magda Szubanski has taken aim at prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for his “gloating” speech on same-sex marriage, saying the prime minister should check his demeanour. Szubanski, who is best known for creating and starring as the character of Sharon in Kath & …
The amendments to the Marriage Act to remove the decades old wording which discriminated against the LGBTI community has now passed its final hurdle in parliament. Simply put Marriage Equality has now passed both houses of parliament and will form passed legislation! It has been a long hard road to get to this point. And …
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 …
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 …
Originally Written By Samuel Leighton-Dore Nobody was calling for a respectful debate back in 2004, when I was thirteen-years-old, being beaten up on the schoolyard during my first day of high school. Boys were shouting “faggot” across the schoolyard and I was being held by my neck against a brick wall by one of the …
(An open letter I wrote to Tony Abbott, one of the most prominent ‘no’ campaigners against Marriage Equality in Australia) Although we don’t agree on much, I wanted to specifically talk to you about your decisive comments this week. You went on record to launch why you are voting no in the SSM plebiscite. Defending …
I am watching a powerful documentary, hitting on a number of struggles Olly Alexander (from Years & Years) and others have faced while coming out. It touches on quite a number of difficult themes relating to the coming out ‘process’, anxiety and depression. While it also talking about some of the serious mental coping mechanisms …