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  2. LGBTQ history in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Whilst identifying as LGBTQ is not uncommon amongst Indigenous Australians today [1] there is no record of it being a phenomenon in pre-colonial Australian societies. . Anthropologists Bill Stanner, Norman Tindale, A. P. Elkin and Ralph Piddington found evidence of polygamy [2] and other non-binary behaviours, but not of homosexualit

  3. LGBTQ rights in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia's peak Buddhist and Hindu organisations have expressed support for LGBT rights such as same-sex marriage. [303] With the advance of LGBT rights in Australia, religious opponents have increasingly used religious freedom arguments to justify continuing opposition against LGBT people on the grounds of their personal beliefs. [304]

  4. History of same-sex marriage in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The history of same-sex marriage in Australia includes its express prohibition by the Howard government in 2004 and its eventual legalisation by the Parliament in December 2017. Although a same-sex marriage law was passed by the Australian Capital Territory in 2013, it was struck down by the High Court on the basis of inconsistency with federal ...

  5. Category:LGBTQ history in Australia - Wikipedia

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    LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) history in Australia Pages in category "LGBTQ history in Australia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.

  6. LGBTQ people in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia is one of the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world. [1] In a 2013 Pew Research poll, 79% of Australians agreed that homosexuality should be accepted by society, making it the fifth most supportive country in the survey behind Spain (88%), Germany (87%), and Canada and the Czech Republic (both 80%).

  7. Australian Marriage Equality - Wikipedia

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    Australian Marriage Equality (AME) was an advocacy group driven by volunteers who came together to pursue the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia. AME partnered with a diverse range of organisations and supporters across the country to end the exclusion of same-sex LGBTIQ couples from marriage in Australia. [ 1 ]

  8. The rainbow Pride flag, the most enduring symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement, was created by seamster Gilbert Baker nearly half a century ago for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade in June ...

  9. LGBTQ rights in Victoria - Wikipedia

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    The Victorian LGBT community monitored events in South Australia surrounding the decriminalisation of homosexuality which took place between 1972 and 1975. In 1976, The Age reported that police had used entrapment to make mass arrests at Victoria's Black Rock Beach which angered the LGBT community and gave the issue wide public attention across ...