The Brisbane rally, under the banner of "Equal Love. Equal rights." is sponsored by:
- Australian Marriage Equality
- Rainbow Labor
- QUT Student Guild
- Equal Love
- Metropolitan Community Church
- National Union of Students
There will be similar rallies in other capital cities. The purpose of the rallies will be to launch the year of action for same-sex marriage rights.
Brisbane
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: Queens Park, George and Elizabeth Sts- opposite the Treasury Casino
Sydney
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: Sydney Town Hall
Melbourne
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: State Library
Canberra
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: Garema Place, Civic
Adelaide
When: 11 am Saturday 28 November
Where: Parliament House
The August 1 Equal Love march had around 10,000 people nation wide; 5,000 people in Melbourne. Some people say that was the record for the highest attended march for same-sex marriage ever in Australia.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope, with the warm weather, the political atmosphere making people more and more angry, and plenty of campaigning, we will get more people to attend this time.
And by the way: after the rally in Melbourne, there will a special meeting called Sexuality and Capitalism at 3pm. The slogan is 'Why the system is to blame for homophobia?'
It will be a speech given by the National Union of Students Queer Officer Liam Byrne, who on August 1 also made a speech to the thousands of people just before the march.
The march will end near Parliament House; only a very short walk away is the Imperial Hotel (cnr of Bourke and Spring) which is where the meeting will be held.
Check out my blog for my report on how the rally went. I also took some photos.
ReplyDeletehttp://internationalannual.blogspot.com