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New poll shows support for marriage equality is dropping

New poll shows support for marriage equality is dropping

The latest Guardian Essential poll suggests that support for marriage equality is dropping. The new poll shows support for same-sex marriage has dropped four per cent in the last fortnight. The latest poll shows support has fallen from 59% to 54% in just two weeks. Support for the ‘No’ campaign has risen three per cent, […]

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Hundreds march on the streets of Perth for marriage equality

Hundreds of people took to the streets on Perth on Saturday to voice their support for marriage equality. The ‘winter vows’ rally saw a large crowd voicing their commitment to continue to fighting for the right for members of the LGBTIQ community to be able to wed. The public rally came as the issue of […]

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Equal Love rally in Perth’s CBD this Saturday

Equal Love rally in Perth’s CBD this Saturday

Perth LGBTIQ community, their families and friends will converge on the Murray Street mall on Saturday afternoon to rally for marriage equality. Speaking at the rally will be Equal Love’s Sam Cavallaro, Sally Rugg from GetUp, Greens MLC Alison Xamon, Labor’s Senator Louise Pratt, Anglican Minister Father Chris Bedding and transgender activist Jacqueline Blackburn. The […]

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Two years on from the massive ‘Love is Love’ rally for marriage equality

Two years ago today thousands of Western Australia’s gathered in Russell Square for GetUp!’s ‘Love is Love’ rally for marriage equality. It was the largest turnout there has ever been for a marriage equality rally in Western Australia, and the crowd had boundless enthusiasm as they stood in the pouring rain and heard speeches from […]

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Get Up glitter mail causes disruptions

Get Up glitter mail causes disruptions

Federal Liberal MP Craig Laundy has described a mail out by activist group Get Up as a “grossly irresponsible act”. Staff members for the member for  the Division of Reid in NSW were alarmed yesterday morning when they discovered a suspicious undeclared substance in their mail. They dialed triple zero and six fire engines and […]

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Watch the Videos: Love in Perth

Watch the Videos: Love in Perth

Did you get to hear all the speeches at the Love in Perth rally earlier this month. If you were way down the back, or unable to make it to the rally, now you can watch all the speeches. Hear what Ingrid Cumming, Sally Rugg, Joey Cookman McCauley, Stephanie Hastings, Ivan Hinton Teoh, Brian Greig, […]

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Senator Rachel Siewert: The time is now

Senator Rachel Siewert: The time is now

Ahead of the Love in Perth: Rally for Marriage Equality on Sunday, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert shares her thoughts on the campaign for marriage equality. There is a saying about campaigning that the hardest bit is just before you win, remember the Berlin Wall (well I’m sure some of you do) and the intensity […]

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Marriage Equality Rally Speakers Revealed

Marriage Equality Rally Speakers Revealed

Get Up! and Australian Marriage Equality have revealed who will be speaking at Perth’s massive rally for marriage equality on Sunday. Reverend Peter Emmanuel from St Andrews Anglican church in Subiaco will speak at the event alongside Steph Hasting, grandmother of a young gay father, and Joey Cookman-McAuley same-sex mother and founder of Playgroups with […]

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Prime Minister: Whose side are you on?

OUTinPerth’s July issue, which will be released tomorrow morning, features a satirical image of the Prime Minister fighting the growing wave of support for marriage equality. Western Australia’s free monthly publication for the LGBTIQ communities has highlighted how many people in the community feel about Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s continual dismissal of the calls for […]

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Over 10,000 RSVP to ‘Love is Love’ marriage rally

Over 10,000 RSVP to ‘Love is Love’ marriage rally

Over 10,000 people have sent an RSVP to the Facebook page announcing a major rally for marriage equality next weekend. Get Up! and Marriage Equality Australia are holding a ‘Love is Love’ rally in Russell Square at 1pm on Sunday July 5th. The rally was originally going to be held at te Northbridge Piazza but […]

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