One of the highest-profile campaigners against marriage equality, Lyle Shelton of the Australian Christian Lobby, has endorsed a US hate group that has campaigned for the criminalisation of homosexuality in the United States and internationally.
A Nepali transgender woman and a man registered their marriage, a first in the country, the couple said Saturday, despite an absence of laws legalizing same-sex or transgender unions.
Polls show broad public support for same-sex marriage. Politicians say they’re determined to let the people have their say. So why are so many Australians who want the law changed unhappy with plans for a national vote on it?
Openly gay Labor frontbencher Penny Wong has delivered an emotion-charged speech to the Senate opposing the government's plan to hold a plebiscite on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. Below is an edited transcript of her speech.
