O le faalapotopotoga e faaigoaina o le Equal Voices ma na faia la latou sauniga muamua i le malumalu o le Ekalesia Egelani, Saint James Anglican Church ananafi.
E aofia i le sauniga se faatoesega i tagata na sauaina e Ekalesia ona o lo latou tulaga faaletagata - lea e faaigoaina o itupa LGBTI.
O se tasi na faavaeina le Equal Voices, o le alii o Benjamin Oh, o se alii e afua mai i Meleisia.
Na ia ta'ua o lona olaga atoa na tapuai ma lona aiga i le Ekalesia Katoliko Roma ae le'i malaga mai i Ausetalia nei.
OH
"Church was, for Malaysian Catholics, a very, very ... very important part of community life -- family life -- and I remember, growing up, having nightly prayers. It's very much a part of who you are."
I le taimi o talavou na ia lagona ai o ia o se faafafine, ma na faaalia e le'i faigofie ona taliaina e le lotu ma lana Ekalesia i Ausetalia nei lona tulaga faaletagata - o se faafafine.
OH
"I thought that Australia might have passed that, but that wasn't the case. I heard church leaders, Catholic leaders, saying things that were very, very demoralising and dehumanising. So, that was part of the experience."
O le sauniga na taitaia e faifeau o Ekalesia Anglican, Uniting and Catholic churches.
Na auai foi iai le ulugalii o Elaine ma John Dietch.
O le auai o le ulugalii o le fia faatoese i la la tama o Mark na tele tausaga o la teena lona tulaga faaletagata o se faafafine, ma i'u ai ina feagai mark ma ni faafitauli faalemafaufau ma taumafai e pule i lona ola.
DIETCH
"I know that there are mothers out there who want to also say, 'I'm sorry. Sorry for things like praying that God would heal you when there was nothing to heal. God accepts you just as you are, and we need to accept you just as you are, and we're sorry that we didn't always do that.'"
