What happens if you ask your kids if they are equal? I was asked to speak on the theme of ‘Equality’ for the Sydney Mardi Gras, Queer Thinking, EqualiTea Party. This is the text of my speech – thanks, Corin, for the biggest laugh of the day! – and I’ve added some recent pics from […]
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Thanks for the ride peeps!
If you are on the Australian Equality Party mailing list or are a Facebook friend, you may have already read this in a Newsletter or Note. This blog is for everyone else, and especially for my Canadian in-laws, who stay in touch by blog – and who’ve been extremely supportive of this venture. It’s also […]
The Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign
Recently, I was asked to present at the Australian Progress FWD+Organise event in Sydney on the Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign. The Rainbow Families’ campaign was led by Felicity Marlowe and was part of a bigger anti-plebiscite campaign coordinated by Rodney Croome, Ivan Hinton-Teoh and Shelley Argent. Since then, I’ve been asked by a number of […]
Why exactly did Howard change the Marriage Act when he did?
There have been a number of references in recent weeks to the original changes to the Marriage Act in 2004. Those changes were implemented in response to a specific series of events which I want to set down here. As has been noted many times, there was no plebiscite, just a swift and decisive change […]
An open letter to the kids of rainbow families who went to Parliament this week
Yesterday I travelled to Canberra with a group of Rainbow Families to urge parliamentarians to block enabling legislation for a plebiscite in the Senate. The main aim of the day was to give our kids a voice and an opportunity to talk about how a plebiscite would affect them. The kids were fantastic and, as […]