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Nationwide Equal Marriage Rallies

July 7th 2009 18:56
marriage equality


Demand Same Sex Marriage Equality August 1st

Perth:
WA Community Forum on Relationship recognition Saturday August 1st 2:00pm to 5:00PM, University of Western Australia UWA

Families for Freedom and Community Support Day
Sunday 16th of August, 11:00am to 2:00pm

Cottesloe Foreshore, WA

Really Long Link or Keegan Martens
martek01@student.uwa.edu.au 0424 594 417
Really Long Link

Sydney:
Rally at Town Hall from Saturday, 12pm and March to the Sydney Convention Centre at Darling Harbour for a mass illegal wedding ceremony and to protest outside the National Labor Conference, demanding the Rudd government repeal the ban on Same Sex Marriage.

For more information, to get involved or to get married please call Ben Cooper
0412325231, email at ben8721@hotmail.com or check out
www.caah.org.au/nda
Really Long Link

Lismore – Northern NSW:
Rally at 12pm, Saturday August 1st starts at Spinks Park aka Lismore Transit Centre, Molesworth St and March to the Winsome Hotel, Bridge St North Lismore where an after party will be held from 1:30pm

For more info or to get involved call Sean Rich 0266221555 between 9am & 5pm or alternatively email at scrawny_seany@hotmail.com or check out Really Long Link


Canberra:
Meet at Garema Place, 1pm on August 1st, where there will be a rally followed by a march to Bob McMullen's office.

For more information or to get involved please check out www.cuaction.org/ or contact

John Kloprogge act@equallove.info 0422 913 942

Brisbane:
The Brisbane rally will be held at 1pm on August 1st at Queens Park.

To get involved, please email jessicapayne86@hotmail.com or call 0430375326. You can also check out the website at www.arcg.com.au

Adelaide:
The Adelaide rally is hosted by the South Australian Queer Lobby
Meet at Parliament House, corner of North Terrace and King William St, Adelaide, at 11am.
We will hold a demonstration at Parliament House, and then march to Barr Smith Lawns, University of Adelaide, where we will hold a picnic/bbq and speeches.
There will also be an after-party at Mars Bar.

To get involved or for more information phone Jason Virgo 0432 694 680 or email: saqueerlobby@gmail.com

Melbourne:
This year’s rally is on August 1st from 1pm at Federation Square

For more information, to get involved or to get married, please visit www.equallove.info or contact Tim Wright directly contact@equallove.info
0400 967 233

Hobart:
The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (TGLRG) will rally and be launching a petition for Equal Same-Sex Marriage at their Salamanca stall at 11am on Saturday August 1st.

For further information and to get involved please visit www.tglrl.org.au or email rodney.croome@tglrg.org or call 0409 010 668
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Rainbow Report on Homophobia

April 30th 2009 00:40
Homophobia
Graphic: BBC

This week Thu Apl 30 7-8pm AEST Joy 94.9 Melbourne, streaming live at www.joy.org.au The Rainbow Report looks at Homophobia.

Mention IDAHO to most people, and they think you’re talking about a US State that’s famous for potatoes and not much else. And no, it’s not the one where same-sex couples started marrying this week – that’s IOWA.

But our IDAHO is the International Day Against Homophobia, which is getting to be quite a big deal overseas but to date, Australia’s contribution has been pretty feeble. Greg Adkins hopes that’ll change this year – he joins us in the studio to explain what’s happening in Melbourne and how you can join in and have some fun.

We’re often accused of seeing homophobia where it doesn’t really exist, but is it magnifying the effect of the recession for some of us? Some of the first things companies drop to save money are gay-supportive initiatives and gay and lesbian staff. Harley Dennett of the Sydney Star Observer has the story.

Despite the name, Queensland could fairly be described as a homophobic state. with no relationship recognition, or recognition for same sex parents. The age of consent seems equal at 16, but anal intercourse with anyone under 18 is a criminal offence under a 1990 "sodomy law”. GLBTI Queenslanders have been campaigning its repeal, but back in October the Queensland government made it tougher instead. Miles Heffernan from QNews tells us all about it.

Joining me in the studio tonight, the feisty snappy-dressing co-convenor of the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, Hayley Conway; the man who lobbies the pollies on our behalf, Corey Irlam, with his response to the government’s response to the 2020 summit – anyone remember that? Seems a long long time ago. And Cathy Anderson, one of the Lesbians On The Loose at LOTL magazine.

And finally Kaye Sera pays tribute to Golden Girl Bea Arthur, who died last week. I was hoping she’d say something about swine flu, so I could do an intro about a pig in a poke bonnet, but you can’t have everything.

Don’t just sit there, we love to put your views to air too, so please agree, disagree, argue, praise, whatever by emailing onair@joy.org.au - text 0427 JOY 949, or call 9699 2949.
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Rainbow Report on Centrelink

April 22nd 2009 05:38
Australian Gay Flag
Advance Australia Pink


If you're retrenched, will you still be eligible for benefit?

Join us on The Rainbow Report, Joy 94.9FM (streaming at www.joy.org.au) between 7-8pm AEST Thursday April 23, by calling 61 3 9699 2949, email onair@joy.org.au or SMS 0427 JOY 949.

This Thursday we devote the show to Centrelink.

With more and more people becoming unemployed thanks to the global recession – yes, we can call it that, the PM and the Reserve Bank have used the R word - and with evidence to suggest that gays and lesbians are among the first to be retrenched, more and more of us are likely to be turning to Centrelink for help.

As everyone ought to know by now, from July 1 Centrelink will treat same-sex relationships exactly the same as opposite-sex de facto relationships. That means, for example, that if you’re one half of a couple and claiming benefit, your partners income will be taken into account when assessing your eligibility for payment.

Centrelink has been running adverts to let everyone know of the change – you may have seen the two toothmugs with two sets of toothbrushes, with the caption, “Couples Are Couples.”

Do you understand the changes to your Centrelink benefit calculations for same sex couples that will happen from July 1? What do you think they are?

Are you in a relationship with someone? Are you or your partner claiming benefit due to age, disability, unemployment or for any other reason? Do you realise you might no longer be entitled to benefits after July 1?

Call us between 7-8pm AEST Thursday on 61 3 9699 2949, email onair@joy.org.au or SMS 0427 JOY 949 to put your questions and comments direct to the man responsible for implementing these changes, Hank Jongen, the General Manager of Centrelink in the studio.

Also in the studio will be Dale Nelson, from the Welfare Rights lobby, Andie Noonan, from Southern Star, and Adam Christou from Joy.

We’ll begin with looking at the issue of “who is a couple.”

Almost all social security entitlements provided by government assume that heterosexual couples are financially interdependent. Basically if you are in a relationship that the government recognises, the government says that you are financially supported by your partner and provides less support. Persons who are married or in a relationship similar to marriage are paid at the (lower) couple rate. But how does Centrelink define a couple?

It’s a bit confusing.

“A same-sex de facto relationship is where two people of the same sex are living together (or usually live together) and are members of a couple.
“Establishing whether two people are members of a couple involves consideration of financial aspects and social aspects of the relationship, nature of the household, presence or absence of a sexual relationship, and nature of the commitment.
“Evidence relating to these factors is considered, although not all factors need to be present for a decision that a person is in a de facto relationship to be made.”

Centrelink says they’ll treat us the same as heterosexual de factos.

As a rule of thumb, Centrelink treats a man and a woman couple as a de facto couple if they sleep together more than twice a week.

As a rule of thumb, Centrelink treats a man and a woman as a de facto couple if they’re living in the same house, even if they’re separated or divorced. They may treat you as two individuals for a short while after your separation – usually no more than 3 months. After that, one of you has to get out – or go back onto couple benefit.

These rules will now apply to same-sex couples. Worried?

Join us on The Rainbow Report, Joy 94.9FM (streaming at www.joy.org.au) between 7-8pm AEST Thursday April 23, by calling 61 3 9699 2949, email onair@joy.org.au or SMS 0427 JOY 949 to put your questions and comments direct to the man responsible for implementing these changes, Hank Jongen, the General Manager of Centrelink
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Homos Away in Summer Bay storm

March 29th 2009 05:28
Stormy weather
"Take the lesbian below, Mr Christian!"


Two female characters snogging in a disposable bit of moving wallpaper called ‘Home & Away’ created a tsunami of manufactured outrage last week, redoubled when Channel 7 ‘caved in’ and censored the lezzo liplock


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Diversity Matters

March 1st 2009 21:43
Doug Pollard at BIFB ChillOut Prize
On my soapbox


Text of the speech I gave yesterday at the awarding of the second ChillOut Photography Prize, in association with the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, at the Novotel Forest Resort, Creswick.
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Rainbow Report tonight 11/12

December 10th 2008 22:57
Another hour of news and current affairs for the Rainbow Crew.

Jayne Crawley - team leader for Arts & Culture with the City of Melbourne – talking about OutCities, a program of Melbourne queer arts and events being staged at Copenhagen OutGames next summer


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Allegro Non Troppo Sunday 11-1

September 27th 2008 08:49
This weekend I’ll be taking the Addam Stobbs seat on Allegro Non Troppo, Sunday 11.00am – 1.00pm. Although I’m not exactly ‘musical’, Addams longtime co-presenter Peter Fortey and producer Robert Brierley assure me they’ll get me through the first hour.

In the second hour, produced by Bianca Johnston, I’ll be looking at the issue of aged care for gay and lesbian seniors. A recent report by the Matrix Guild and Vintage men painted a disturbing picture of the situation for the retired members of our community and those approaching retirement


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Should Jeff Kennett Apologise?

July 27th 2008 22:37
I wrote about this yesterday.

The story also made Channel 7 news last night


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Footy trainer slandered by mayoral candidate

July 27th 2008 00:14
Jeff Kennett
Jeff Kennett, Hawthorn chairman
Jeff Kennett, the former Liberal premier of the state of Victoria and current would-be mayoral candidate for the city of Melbourne, has weighed into the Ken Campagnolo story, equating Ken's bisexuality with paedophilia.

Ch 7 NEWS INTERVIEW WITH KEN CAMPAGNOLO TONIGHT


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Tonight on the Rainbow Report

July 24th 2008 06:51
Joy 94.9 FM
I have a cold/bug thingy, so the show will be hosted tonight by Tim Newton 7-8pm AEST Joy 94.9FM if you're in Melbourne Australia, streaming live at www.joy.org.au. Podcast available in a day or so from the Joy website.

Joining Tim in the studio tonight we have Demetra Giannkopoulos, co-convenor of the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, which is planning another Equal Love Rally on August 3


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