Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1057 Wednesday 26 January 2011
Happy
Australia Gay
Whatever you’re doing this Australia
Day, we hope you are doing it safely!
Enjoy the sun, sand, surf and, of
course,...
More
Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1057 Wednesday 26 January 2011
Happy
Australia Gay
Whatever you’re doing this Australia
Day, we hope you are doing it safely!
Enjoy the sun, sand, surf and, of
course, the day off.
Australia
to face
marriage
grilling
ANDREW M.
POTTS
Australia will face questions on human
rights issues and the GLBT community
on Thursday when it appears for its
UniversalPeriodicReviewattheUN.
The Netherlands has flagged that it
will ask what the Australian Government
will do to ensure same-sex couples are
recognised under federal law, and if this
willincludemarriage.
“Concerning the rights of samesex couples and the prevention of
discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation and gender identity, what
specific measures will the Government
take to ensure equality before the law
of all its citizens regardless of sexual
orientation, and will this include
allowing same-sex partners to marry
and recognise same-sex
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