1.0Star ObserverRodney Croome/author/rodney-croomerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="By0Z0N0y6N"><a href="/opinion/soapbox-opinion/badge-of-belonging/131163">Badge of belonging</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/opinion/soapbox-opinion/badge-of-belonging/131163/embed#?secret=By0Z0N0y6N" width="600" height="338" title="“Badge of belonging” — Star Observer" data-secret="By0Z0N0y6N" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Screen-shot-2014-12-17-at-2.50.54-PM.png993531Today the National Museum of Australia opens its exhibition of items that represent the work of state and territory nominees for Australian of the Year 2015. Tasmanian Australian of the Year, Rodney Croome, explains the badge he chose to represent his work as a gay rights advocate.