IDAHoBiT Marriage Equality Rally
Saturday the 17th of May marked IDAHOBIT Day, (or International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. On the day a crowd assembled in Perth’s Murray Street Mall to rally for the legalisation of same sex marriage.
Will Radicals Set Back the Marriage Equality Movement?
OPINION A gradual take over the Equal Love organisation by members of socialist groups is threatening to set back Australia’s long walk towards marriage equality. With increasingly more aggressive arguments being put forward and less people attending each rally, there is a danger that the organisers will eventually be standing alone. I attended my first […]
Hannah Gadsby Speaks at Equal Love Rally
Comedian Hannah Gadsby spoke at the rally for marriage equality in Stirling Gardens early today. In her speech Gadsby said, ‘There are many in this world who do not support gay marriage, and I don’t necessarily think of these people as homophobic, or bigoted, but more as inflexible thinkers. They just don’t like change. And […]
Large Crowd Marches For Marriage Equality
A large crowd, estimated at over a thousand people, attended today’s Rally for Marriage Equality in Stirling Gardens in Central Perth before embarking on a march around the city’s central business district. The crowd listened to speeches from a number of speakers including Lynn MacLaren MLC member for The Greens, Unionist Caroline Smith who is […]
Hundreds Support Equal Marriage Rally
For the first Equal Love rally of 2011, hundreds of people converged on the Perth city centre to support and reaffirm the need for same-sex marriage. Perth’s Equal Love organiser Jess McLeod said the numbers at the rally were ‘fantastic’. ‘There were about 500 people who turned out. It was very loud and vibrant and […]
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