Bob Brown, Climate Activist, Gay In, Greens Co-Founr, Celebrated In New Film

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Brown spent 19 days jail, but on the day of his release he was elected to the Tasmanian state legislature, beg that body’s first Green, as well as s first openly gay, reprentative. Durg his tenure the Tasmanian legislature, Brown proposed legislative iativ on nuclear regulatn, thanasia, and gay rights. His electn to the Atralian senate ma him the first openly gay man parliament and his mpaigns for the environment led to the formatn of the first Greens party the world.

Bob Brown beme the first openly gay polician Atralia’s feral parliament.

Brown was the first openly gay person the Atralian parliament, and the first party lear who was gay. Dty Sprgfield was open about her sexualy, even makg bold statements about happily beg gay the early 1970s.

ON THIS GAY DAY: BOB BROWN WAS ELECTED TO FERAL PARLIAMENT

Bob Brown facts. Robert Jam Brown, also known as Bob (born 27 December, 1944), is a former Atralian Greens Senator and former Parliamentary lear of the Atralian Greens. He was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Atralia and the first openly gay lear of a polil party Atralia.[1] Prr to that, he served as a member for Denison the Tasmanian Hoe of Assembly om 1983 to 1993 and Lear of the Tasmanian Greens om their foundatn 1992 to 1993. On 13 April, 2012, Brown rigned as Greens lear and was succeed by his puty Christe Milne and dited his tentn to rign om the Senate June. In May 2012 the replacement was selected and has been named as Peter Whish-Wilson who is an enomist and wemaker who has prevly stood o the greens and assumed office on 21 June 2012 and Senator Brown rigned on 15 June 2012. * bob brown gay *

At this time there were very few openly gay artists.

ON THIS GAY DAY: BOB BROWN WAS ELECTED TO FERAL PARLIAMENT

Bob Brown troduced var private members’ iativ cludg gay law reforms, ath wh digny, lowerg parliamentary salari, among others. Bob Brown openly admted that he had a gay partner (durg a newspaper terview 1976).

Durg that time, homosexualy was a crime Tasmania. A later, a bhwalk and a bag of croissants were the only aphrodisiacs they I met Pl the late 1980s when he asked me to speak to a meetg of the Gay and Lbian Law Reform Group Hobart. Like me, he’d grown up gay and been trapped a homophobic culture.