Around 100 people marched down King Street in Newtown last Friday evening to protest homophobia and transphobia and mark the International Day of Action Against Homophobia (IDAHO).
Organised by Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH), speakers included Rachel Evans for Socialist Alliance and Greens Senator Kerry Nettle.
The march started outside the Gloria Jeans café, which closed early, to draw attention to the organisation’s links to Mercy Ministries and the Hillsong Church. Protesters marched to the Martin Luther King ‘I have a dream’ indigenous rights mural.
“If Newtown can get rid of McDonald’s, Newtown can get rid of Gloria Jeans,” Senator Nettle said on the night. “It’s great to see this place shut; I’d love to see it removed completely.
We need to get the message out into the community that it’s about equality, it’s about the principle of discrimination, and that needs to apply across the board. If you don’t support discrimination, you don’t support it in any arena. How is it not discriminatory to not allow people to have access to same-sex marriage?”
Oh no! I didn't know... Otherwise I would have come along.
... written by Naomi Johnson , 21 May, 2008
OMG this is fantastic.
I'm one of the original girls who spoke out about Mercy in the SMH articles that went to print in March. I'm constantly overwhelmed at the difference that speaking out has made, and it's early days yet. I'm overwhelmed at how many people care and have rallied against Mercy Ministries, GJ's etc.
Around 100 people marched down King Street in Newtown last Friday evening to protest homophobia and transphobia and mark the International Day of Action Against Homophobia (IDAHO).
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