tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post3048551562700670471..comments2024-02-26T02:02:51.364-05:00Comments on Queers United: Equal Love - Nov 28th Australian Marriage RalliesQueers Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-8112585215853133952009-12-01T21:29:29.307-05:002009-12-01T21:29:29.307-05:00Check out my blog for my report on the event and w...Check out my blog for my report on the event and with some photos:<br /><br />http://internationalannual.blogspot.com/Mikhail Silverwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981370631370607531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-80118255524429944162009-11-17T19:45:38.576-05:002009-11-17T19:45:38.576-05:00The August 1 rally was truly amazing. We had over ...The August 1 rally was truly amazing. We had over 10,000 people Australia-wide; 5,000 in Melbourne. Some people say that this was a record for the most people to attend a same-sex marriage rally in Australia.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InSPUFL-Drs<br /><br />A great majority of these people were in their 20s and 30s and teens. The tide is turning in Australian politics; the liberal youth are pushing the country to the left, demanding that equal rights should be available to same-sex couples. It's absolutely fantastic to see.<br /><br />Neither Labor or Liberals support same-sex marriage; we have no other choice but to continue to protest and pressure them until they act.<br /><br />In case people are wanting to know: there will be a post-rally meeting.<br />The rally will start at the state library and end near Parliament house; a very short walk from there (cnr of Bourke and Spring) is the Imperial Hotel.<br />Upstairs, at 3pm, there will be a meeting 'Sexuality and Capitalism: Why the system is to blame for homophobia?'<br />More or less, it will be a speech by the NUS Queer Office Liam Byrne. In political activist circles, Byrne is a very well-known gay rights campaigner; he gave a speech on August 1 in Melbourne just before the march.<br />Everyone should come to the meeting.Mikhail Silverwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981370631370607531noreply@blogger.com