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ACT leader Andrew Barr married his partner on their

20th anniversary

he Australian Capital Territory’s In his first speech, Barr paid tribute to his
Chief Minister Andrew Barr, our first longtime partner who was watching on
Topenly gay government leader, has from the crowded public gallery.
married partner Anthony Toms. “Anthony, I love you and I look forward to
The couple tied the knot at a “small family the day we can legally marry in this coun-
ceremony” on Wednesday at the histori- try,” Barr said. The couple first met at the
cal Longworth House in Anthony’s home- inaugural SpringOut LGBTIQ festival in
town of Newcastle, New South Wales. Canberra 20 years ago. Then a decade
Barr posted to Instagram a collage of later, in 2009, the couple celebrated a
wedding snaps. The ACT Labor leader civil partnership with a ceremony at the
thanked everyone who voted “yes” in the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
2017 same-sex marriage postal survey. In 2013, the ACT became the first juris-
“Anthony and I married yesterday on our diction in Australia to pass same-sex mar-
20th anniversary and the 10th anniver- riage laws in October that year. Thirty-one
sary of our ACT civil partnership,” he couples wed, before the marriage certifi-
wrote. “We had a lovely day and want to cates were sadly voided by the High
thank the 7.8 million Australians (and es- Court. The court struck out the ACT laws
pecially the 175,000 Canberrans) who for “conflicting” with the federal Marriage
voted yes to marriage equality.” Act.

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