Christine Forster stars with her partner in music video championing SSM in Australia
Singer has released a powerful new cover of George Michael鈥檚 鈥楩reedom鈥�, with a video featuring Tony Abbott鈥檚 sister Christine Forster as well as NRL player Ian Roberts.
Known for his duet version of 鈥楧on鈥檛 Let Go鈥� with En Vogue lead singer Maxine Jones, Gould released the new song to support marriage equality.
Gould was in the US when the marriage postal survey was announced.
鈥淚 really struggled not being in Australia with my community at the time,鈥� he said.
Christine Forster stars in the video alongside her real-life partner of 10 years, Virginia Edwards.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about having the same rights, the same protection and the same recognition as everybody else,鈥� said Forster.
鈥淢arriage is the bedrock of our society. Freedom is being able to marry the person you love, it鈥檚 that simple.鈥�
Ian Roberts also stars as a homophobic father.
鈥淚鈥檝e recently had four friends commit suicide because they have struggled with who they are,鈥� said Roberts.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about marriage. It鈥檚 about saving lives and letting young people know that they are okay.鈥�
Trans advocate Katherine Wolfgramme also participated in the video, wanting to make people aware that the issue of marriage equality also affects trans people depending on the gender marker on their birth certificate.
鈥淔reedom is being able to marry the person you love, regardless of gender,鈥� she said.
