This year’s Australian Federal Election has a record number of openly gay candidates contesting seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Whether you’re a capital C conservative, a small L liberal, a Leftie or a Green, there’s a gay candidate in your stripes. Remarkably, in two seats (Higgins and Brisbane), there are two openly gay candidates competing against each other from opposite sides of the political spectrum.
For the LGBTI voter, the elephant in the room is marriage equality – and it looms very large and very pink!