Jt three weeks after a natnal referendum showed strong support for gay marriage, Parliament voted overwhelmgly to follow the public’s lead.
Contents:
- IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ATRALIA
- THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ATRALIA
* why gay marriage should be legal in australia *
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. 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.
THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
Gay marriage is now legal Atralia as a rult of a natnwi plebisce that occurred 2017. Homo and hetero sexual marriag are nsired equal. * why gay marriage should be legal in australia *
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.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
This was a nservative amg that nveniently overlooked many gays and lbians also beg workers.
Siarly, the US, gay and lbian activists ed legal challeng to laws prohibg marriage at state level. Rather, gay and lbian activists had to rely on tryg to change major party policians’ views. Kenny’s words raise qutns about what msage Atralia’s transigence on same-sex marriage up to now is sendg ternatnally – as well as to s own gay and lbian cizens.