Whitney Fitzsimmons, Author at Star Observer /author/whitney-fitzsimmons Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:46:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Whitney Fitzsimmons, Author at Star Observer /author/whitney-fitzsimmons 32 32 PM should lead on marriage equality, or lose MPs /opinion/pm-should-lead-on-marriage-equality-or-lose-mps/139989 /opinion/pm-should-lead-on-marriage-equality-or-lose-mps/139989#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:45:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=139989 Just as Australia thought there was no turning back on the path to marriage equality, the Coalition blocked a free vote until the 2016 election. In this month's Hotseat, Whitney Fitzsimmons explains why Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his supporters need to act like proper leaders.

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Tony Abbott’s views on marriage equality need to change /opinion/tony-abbotts-views-on-marriage-equality-need-to-change/138868 /opinion/tony-abbotts-views-on-marriage-equality-need-to-change/138868#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:23:39 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=138868 Thanks to the surge in momentum that followed the introduction of same-sex marriage in Ireland and the US recently, Australia is now the closest it has ever been to achieving marriage equality. In the latest Hotseat segment inside the Star Observer's August edition, Whitney Fitzsimmons gets to the bottom of what needs to be done in order for it to soon become a reality.

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Why marriage equality will be worth it /opinion/why-marriage-equality-will-be-worth-it/137698 /opinion/why-marriage-equality-will-be-worth-it/137698#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2015 02:53:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=137698 LAST night I had a swirling, whirling dervish of a dream. My friends and I all in white, dancing and singing to ABBA’s “I do I do I do I ...

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