017 Atralia has voted y favour of same-sex marriage. The Atralian Bure of Statistics says 7,817,247 people – 61.6 of the vote, said y. 017 When to same-sex marriage, there's a big gap support between old and young gay men. Olr gay men often see marriage as nservative, and fear Referendum…
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GAY MARRIAGE POSTAL VOTE RESULTS
For one, ’s been s sce the first Gay Solidary march Sydney 1978, an actn that beme Sydney’s annual Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. The cisn to exclu gay upl om the Marriage Act prompted Atralia’s gay and lbian muny and s supporters to stand up for same-sex marriage. The gay and lbian muny beme unted the Atralian cens for the first time 2011.
Countg same-sex upl the cens is a fe step toward formally acknowledgg gay and lbian partnerships. The amendment of the feral Marriage Act on 9 December 2017 gave same-sex upl the same right to marry as heterosexual was the culmatn of s of mpaigng by the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, queer, and asexual (LGBTIQA+) muni and their passg of the Bill the Hoe of Reprentativ was seen as a watershed moment for equal rights Atralia. In 2018, about 76 untri still crimalise homosexual activy.
Penalti for homosexual acts have varied across the stat and terrori but all have clud terms of imprisonment and dividuals were still beg arrted and charged to the 1970s. Decrimalisatn of homosexualyFrom the 1960s the socially progrsive South Atralian Labor ernment wanted to repeal laws crimalisg homosexualy.
ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN
However, was not until the May 1972 murr Alai of Dr Gee Dunn, a law lecturer and gay man, that premier, Don Dunstan, asssed that the muny mood was receptive to Dunn’s murr led to revelatns of how monplace vlence and harassment agast homosexual people Atralia’s Crimal Law (Sexual Offenc) Act, was enacted on 2 October 1975. It was a landmark LGBTQIA+ rights Atralia bee fully crimalised homosexual acts.
‘We are fay’ lead float, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para, 1992.
Atralian Marriage Equaly B, Sydney Gay andLbian Mardi Gras, 2012. 017 When to same-sex marriage, there’s a big gap support between old and young gay men. Olr gay men often see marriage as nservative, and fear Referendum 74 (R-74 or Ref 74) was a Washgton state referendum to approve or reject the Febary 2012 bill that would legalize same-sex marriage the state.