Tasmanian gay couple register for marriage rights
Michael Carnes and Bob Lavis will celebrate Australia's first state to officially recognize same-sex couples this week by registering as a couple. Tasmania, once thought of as a homophobic state having only recently legalized homosexuality, has now offered a wide public registry that includes rights for same-sex couples, two elderly friends living together, and for a caregiver and an invalid. Carnes and Lavis have been together for seventeen years, but they are taking this public step to support gay and lesbian young people around Australia who still face discrimination.
The Australian
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