Saturday 11 June 2011

"Does gender decide our Australian identity?"

Dear Gai,

You have been a help to me with my friend in prison. Thank you for this.

I write this letter because I feel, as a gay man, that marriage equality is important. My brother was able to marry the woman he loved, but I have not been able to do the same with the man I love here. This makes me feel that I am less an Australian than he is. Does gender decide our Australian identity? Does it confer special legal benefits?

I hope that if the issue comes before you, you will help those of us who want equality and breadth of human life.

Many thanks,


James Loftus

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