It’s yes. It’s not legally binding, but it’s yes. I’m so fucking overwhelmed right now, I keep bursting into tears. I can’t help thinking that this result is cruel – it’s teasing at the idea of equality without actually giving it to us. That’s still down to our parliament, which for decades has been putting off and putting off and putting off what they laid the groundwork for EIGHT YEARS AGO when they started taxing same sex couples the same as straights. They’ll take our money, but won’t give us the rights a straight de facto couple has by default. Inheritance. Medical and hospital decision making. Funerals. Adoption and custody. Fostering. And that’s just a handful of things. The inequality in the law permeates every aspect of my relationship. It’s a sword of Damocles that I can never escape.
Catch the fuck up, Australia.
knitting in the dark 