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5,420 same-sex weddings later: Australians mark one year since voting 'yes'

Selwyn Lemos, left, and Ban-Foo Leong, right

Selwyn Lemos, left, and Ban-Foo Leong Source: Supplied

Thursday marks one year since it was announced Australians had voted in favour of marriage equality.


This time last year, married couple Selwyn Lemos and Ban-Foo Leong stood in Belmore Park in Sydney’s CBD, and marched in what they hoped would be their last ever campaign for marriage equality in Australia.

It was.

Days later, on November 15 2017, it was announced Australia had voted 'yes' to marriage equality.

“It’s a significant achievement, that we were part of that fight for equality. And now we have it and it feels good,” Mr Leong tells SBS News, as he stands in the park, a place where he and his now-husband feel they helped shape history.

 

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