Gay News Week

29 May 2013

Rainbows (Surprise, Surprise!), France, SDA & Australian Marriage Vote

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RAINBOWS (Surprise, Surprise!): Ashfield Council in NSW has approved a vote which will see the suburb of Summer Hill become the home of the first permanent rainbow crossing in Australia.

FRANCE: The first same-sex wedding is about to be held in France after French President François Hollande signed an historic bill into law on April 24. All Out Senior Campaign Manager Guillaume Bonnet is attending the wedding and joined the team to talk about the special occasion.

SDA: Members of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) are challenging their management’s stance on Equal Marriage.

AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE VOTE: The chance of having a federal vote on marriage equality before the September election looks all but gone after Parliamentary Selection Committee voted to allow four more speakers on the topic, but failed to allocate time for MPs to cast their vote. The Greens had hoped their bill would go before Parliament before this year’s election.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS ROUND-UP: Each week the Gay News Week team hand pick stories making news from around the nation.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ROUND-UP: GayStarNews.com’s Asia-Pacific Correspondent, Andrew Potts brings us the very latest news from around the globe.

HOSTS: Katie Larsen, Geoffrey Devine & Matt Thomson