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For we are glorious…

For we are glorious…

by Jac Tomlins · Mar 9, 2018

I am sitting in the dining room of the Holiday Inn at Potts Point with Sarah and the kids. It’s the morning before Mardi Gras and, as I glance around the room, I realise its chock-full of queers: older gay male couples, tables of fit boys, and groups of middle-aged dykes. I do a quick […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Mardi Gras 2018, marriage equality, rainbow families, Rainbow Families Community

The Day the World Changed: Behind the Scenes at the Parliament

The Day the World Changed: Behind the Scenes at the Parliament

by Jac Tomlins · Dec 20, 2017

Last week Star Observer ran this story about our trip to Canberra and I shared it on social media. This version – with added pics – is for the record and all the non social media peeps. The girls cartwheel across the Parliament forecourt as Corin parkours up the surrounding sloping walls. Given the events […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, Rainbow Families Victoria

It’s OK to feel like crap!

It’s OK to feel like crap!

by Jac Tomlins · Nov 20, 2017

It’s been a few days since the announcement and I’ve been trying to process how I feel. It’s complex. Difficult. Messy. And it’s taken time. But I’ve had some good conversations and I think I’ve got it now. I’ve been listening to other people too and I think some of you might be in the […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: marriage equality, rainbow families

We fought for marriage and equality

We fought for marriage and equality

by Jac Tomlins · Nov 12, 2017

For my non-Facebook followers. I’ve been following the discussion about what happens after ‘Yes’ very closely. This is a personal perspective – in The Guardian today. Jac

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: Dean Smith, marriage equality

I love what we just did

I love what we just did

by Jac Tomlins · Jul 6, 2017

On Tuesday morning, I was extremely excited and enormously relieved to reach the target for my crowd-funding campaign. The campaign was to cover the costs of self-publishing, ‘The Curse of Grandma Maple!’ a book for primary school kids that features a rainbow family. That evening – happily exhausted – I wrote this to say,  ‘Thank […]

Filed Under: Books and writing, Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: rainbow families

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