News Switzerland to vote on same-sex marriage as final step to legalisation by Brendan Neville The Swiss parliament has approved a bill on Friday allowing same-sex marriage, falling in line with the rest of Europe on gay rights. The Swiss…
News Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalise same-sex marriage by Rachel Daniel On Tuesday, Costa Rica became the first country in Central America to allow same-sex marriage after a landmark court ruling came into effect at midnight….
Features The tale of John Williamson, Australia’s last true bush poet by Luke Saunders What is Australiana? Tin roofs rusting in the ochre sand? Burnt feet padding on the summer tarmac? Bushrangers and Ned Kelly? Wherever we look for…
News Hundreds marry on Taiwan’s first day of legal same-sex marriage by Sarah Gillard Last week Taiwan made history as it became the first Asian nation to legalise same-sex marriage, in a legislative vote that LGBTQI+ activists have advocated…
News Taiwan makes history in Asia by legalising same-sex marriage by Sarah Gillard In 2017, Taiwan’s constitutional court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to legally marry and the parliament was given a two-year deadline to pass the…
News In protest of same-sex marriage laws, a gay Japanese couple will marry 26 times in 26 countries by Joanna Panagopoulos Japan-native Misato Kawasaki faced what many gay children unfortunately feel in high school – that she was abnormal. Since Japan has no nationwide consensus on…
News Courtney Barnett covers INXS in new Apple campaign supporting same sex marriage by Freya McGahey Apple is amongst the latest big corporates to integrate their support for same sex marriage into their marketing strategies, this time using the vocals of…
News Enough is enough: Australian Medical Association calls out Parliament on marriage equality by Happy The country’s largest and most influential association of medical practitioners has publicly called out the Australian Parliament on their marriage equality policies. This follows on…
News Australia’s shithouse same sex marriage laws are earning New Zealand $550 million per year by Happy In case it wasn’t already embarrassing enough that two people of the same sex still can’t get married in our country, this ought to do…
News PREMIERE: Sail away on a ship of Modern Love with Captain Dreamboat by Happy They’re, silky, they’re slinky and they’re sexy. Captain Dreamboat are the Brisbane collective winning hearts everywhere with spellbinding vocals, sultry jazz melodies and that tasty big…
News Northern Rights: Finland becomes the 22nd country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by Happy As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to shed your old life, drop everything and head straight to the ancient and picturesque Finland, here’s…
News Time to change: a study has linked legalised same-sex marriage to fewer youth suicide attempts by Happy Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University have just published the results of a study which asked a simple question: is same-sex marriage legislation related…
News Tassie become the first state to fully pass support on same-sex marriage by Chloe Kay Richardson Tassie’s State Parliament have passed in-principle support for marriage equality through the upper house, making the state the first in Australia to do so. One small…
