The direct and discuss what we can do, or what we should do, when we find out the resultsWednesday morning at 10am.

Speaking at the Community Forum:

Carolyn Evans –Professor and former Dean of Melbourne Law School and an international recognised expert in religious freedom (hear a podcast of their talk at the forum here)

David Marr – reporter, biographer and social commentator reporting LGBTI issues since the 1978 Mardi Gras (hear a podcast of their talk at the forum here)

Brenda Appleton – long term LGBTI and trans and gender diverse advocate (hear a podcast of their talk at the forum here)

Rodney Croome – long-time LGBTI equality advocate (hear a podcast of their talk at the forum here)

Thank you to The Wheelers Centre for recording the audio and Rainbow Families Victoria for organising the event.

Dean Arcuri & Ruby Susan host this episode of The Informer.

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Australian Christians for Marriage Equality announced  its endorsement of the Marriage Amendment Bill prepared by Senator Dean Smith, declaring that there is no basis for any new rights to discriminate against LGBTI people.

“Let us be clear: there is no basis in either democratic principles or the practice of Christian faith for undermining marriage equality with new forms of discrimination against LGBTI people”

This segment aired on The Informer on JOY 94.9 on 13th November 2017

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Not only we will break down these bills, but we will speak to Pastor Brad Chilcot from Australians for Marriage Equality and ask him what religions really need to be protected from, as well as speak to Buzzfeed reporter Lane Sainty who has covered this issue in depth about her reaction to the bill, and what this kind of legislation really.

But first up, Dean and Star Observers Matthew Wade get in the ring and go head to head in a Bill vs Bill knock down to find out just what equality these bills are providing. Is this about freedom of speech, or equality for all?

Dean Arcuri & Daniel Roberts hosted this episode of The Informer

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Ruby Susan speaks to Noah Nicholson from Huffington Post Queer voices and looks at what is going on with the queer communities whose rights are slowly eroding and being slowly chipped away.

But first up, religion and marriage equality, it’s been one of the many issues at the forefront of the postal survey narrative in Australia over recent months, and last night, it took center stage on TV.

As we head towards the final countdown of the postal plebiscite, the marriage equality debate was the hot topic issue during last nights episode of Q&A on the ABC where actress and author Magda Szubanski, as the only LGBTI person on the panel, did us all proud.

But that wasn’t the only space in which religion and equality was being discussed. As the Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives hosted a panel on the History of Religious Activism.

So how different were the two discussions? We find out.

Dean Arcuri & Ruby Susan hosted this episode of The Informer on JOY 94.9

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Lara speaks to Headspace CEO Jason Trethowan about their mental health space where young people are helping other young people to reveal the simple things they do to look after their mental health.

Plus we touch base with some sock puppets for marriage equality, in a creative way to lift not only our spirits, but our resolve during the postal survey.

Have you posted your postal survey yet and added your voice to whether or not same sex marriage should be made legal in Australia? If not now is the time to do it.

There’s just over a month before the results come out, and you have until next Friday to request a replacement form from the ABS. The last date to make sure your postal vote is in a post box is the 27^th of October but why delay, put it in the post today.

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