Abortion and gay marriage have officially been legalised in Northern Ireland A midnight deadline has officially passed meaning laws against same-sex marriage and abortion are repealed and

The renewed conversation about gay marriage in Australia has been prompted by the legalisation of same sex unions in Ireland after a national referendum.

Civil partnerships, commonly referred to as civil unions, have been legal in Queensland since April 2016. The state Parliament passed the Discrimination Law Amendment Act 2002 in December of that year, which created non-discriminatory definitions of "de facto partner" with respect to 42 pieces of legislation.

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The term LGBTI is increasingly used in Australia, rather than just LGBT, with the I denoting intersex people. Organisations that include intersex people as well as LGBT people include the National LGBTI Health Alliance and community media. Also used are the terms LGBTQI, and LGBTQIA, with the A denoting asexual people, and Q queer people.

Many opponents of same-sex marriage still believe the change masks a secret gay agenda — and they’re right. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen Source:News Corp Australia On that latter point, the

Australia legalised same-sex marriage on 9 December 2017. Sydney has been named one of the most gay-friendly cities in Australia, and the world as a whole. However, LGBT Australians may still face some social challenges in areas with large socially conservative populations, typically found in the divisions that had the highest amount of "no" votes on the Australian Marriage Law Postal

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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017.The legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received …

South Australia was the first jurisdiction to decriminalise male homosexual activity on 17 September 1975, with the Australian Capital Territorys decriminalisation, first proposed in 1973, approved by the Fraser Federal Government with effect from 4 November 1976.

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Australia is recognised as one of the most LGBT-accepting countries in the world, with opinion polls and the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey indicating widespread popular support for same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage will officially be legalised in Australia after both houses of Parliament voted in favour of the historic change. The House of Representatives voted to pass same-sex marriage into

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