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Australia Votes YES!<\/b><\/p>\n

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In a pivotal moment in LGBTQ history, Australians cast their postal survey ballots in favor of marriage equality<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today celebrated Australia\u2019s vote to bring marriage equality Down Under with 61.6% of the vote<\/a>. While the survey itself is not legally binding, Australia\u2019s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has vowed the momentum of a YES vote would cause a bill to legalize marriage equality to \u201csail through<\/a>\u201d parliament, with a goal of passing marriage equality by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anti-equality politicians and activists in Australia have already launched a plan to distort these results by\u00a0rallying behind a marriage bill<\/a>\u00a0that would override non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ Australians through religious exemptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the rising tide of anti-LGBTQ laws and crackdowns around the world, citizens of Australia stood up for fairness and equality by supporting the right for everyone to marry the person they love,\u201d\u00a0said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President & CEO<\/strong>. \u201cNow it is on the Australian government to heed the will of its people and pass fully equal marriage without exemptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the voting period,\u00a0GLAAD teamed up with\u00a0Australian celebrities<\/a>\u00a0including Yvone Strahovski, Luke Hemsworth, Hugh Sheridan, Dan Macpherson, and Courtney Act to push voters to exercise their civic duty and cast their ballots in support of advancing\u00a0LGBTQ equality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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