Tag: Australia
Australian football makes history with first LGBT Pride Game
The rainbow flag took over Melbourne's Etihad Stadium Saturday night in a powerful statement of acceptance and love.
The Australian Football League (AFL) held its first-ever Pride Game to celebrate the LGBT community during a match between St Kilda and the Sydney Swans. Although the Swans ultimately triumphed, beating the Saints with a 70-point win, the importance of the game to fans of all stripes could not be diminished.
The Pride Game initiative was spearheaded by Victorian player Jason Ball, the...
Tom Was 20 and Jason Was 50 But They Were Happy
The story is based on real life events and participants with changed names.
It is hard to think of a relationship like this. However, in such situations to our help comes the cliché: “Love has no limits” and it actually proves to be true. Because otherwise, it would be beyond one’s strength to explain a relationship between a 20-year-old university student and a 50-year-old businessman.
Tom had met Jason in Australia where he was on a concert tour, as he was...
Trent Zimmerman first-ever elected out gay MP in Australia’s lower House
47-year-old Liberal, Trent Zimmerman announced that he has won a by-election in North Sydney, becoming the first out gay representative of Australia’s lower House.
Zimmerman has been in the North Sydney Council for eight years, and was VP of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association. He supports marriage equality, and mentioned that during his campaign in the by-election.
‘I would have supported a free vote and preferred it to be decided by the Parliament,’ Zimmerman said.
‘But that’s the path we are going to go down so I will...
U.K. – The Third Gender May Soon be a Legal Fact
A UK Parliamentary Select Committee will meet later this month to take evidence and discuss the case for a Third Gender being recognised in English law. This would bring England in line with countries including Germany, Australia and India, who already recognize that not all citizens identify as male or female.
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The Women & Equalities Select Committee chaired by the Conservative Maria Miller (previously Minister for Women and Equalities) will sit on 13th October, and hear evidence from a variety...
