On June 14th, 2004, a micronatn lled The Gay and Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands was found as a symbolic polil prott by a group of gay rights activists as a rponse to the Atralian ernment’s refal to regnize same-sex marriag. The ia for the foundg of a gay kgdom was taken durg the Brisbane Gay and Lbian Pri…
Contents:
- GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
- QUEER SOVEREIGNTY: THE GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
- GAY HISTORY: JUNE 14, 2004 – THE GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF CORAL SEA ISLANDS IS FOUND OFF THE COAST OF ATRALIA
GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
A set of stamps om the Gay & Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea IslandsWikimedia.
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On June 14, 2004, the activists arrived at Cato island on the Gayflower ship, raised the rabow pri flag and clared the Coral Sea Islands an pennt gay and lbian state. The Kgdom was dissolved November 2017 after Atralia legalized gay marriage.
QUEER SOVEREIGNTY: THE GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
The Gay and Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands (also known as The Gay Kgdom) was erected by gay right activists 2004 to prott agast the Atralian ernment refal to regnize same-sex marriage. Based on the law of ‘Unjt Enrichment’ and wh reference to ternatnal law, which stat ‘Opprsed people of overseas terrori have a right to self ernment and self termatn’, the activists claimed ‘terrorial pensatn’ by tablishg an pennt gay state on a group of unhabed islets east of the Great Barrier Reef. The kgdom was dissolved when the Atralian ernment legalized gay marriage 2017.
Seal of the Gay and Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands.
GAY HISTORY: JUNE 14, 2004 – THE GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF CORAL SEA ISLANDS IS FOUND OFF THE COAST OF ATRALIA
On June 14th, 2004, a micronatn lled The Gay and Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands was found as a symbolic polil prott by a group of gay rights activists as a rponse to the Atralian ernment’s refal to regnize same-sex marriag. The ia for the foundg of a gay kgdom was taken durg the Brisbane Gay and Lbian Pri Ftival 2003.
Gay activists believed that change the marriage law, particular the ernment’s plan to amend the marriage act so as to prevent homosexual upl who were married overseas to have their relatnship regnised, had taken om homosexual people the right to be treated equally, “whether be marriage, superannuatn, hospal viss, adoptn or IVF treatments”. ”) and wh reference to ternatnal law, which stat “Opprsed people of overseas terrori have a right to self ernment and self termatn”, the activists claimed “terrorial pensatn” by tablishg an pennt gay state, claimg The Coral Sea Islands as s terrory. So after sailg on a ship lled “The Gayflower” to a group of small, unhabed tropil islands the Coral Sea northeast of Queensland, activists clared Cato Island an pennt gay and lbian state.