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In , over kilometres off the coast of Australia, Emperor Dale Parker Anderson I officially declared the creation a new nation: The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. The nation was formed by queer activists, who boarded The Gayflower, flying to a patch of sand and grass in the Coral Sea Islands Territory. Tuesday, April 16, By: Charlotte Reagan. Let me know what you thought in the comments! And if you have a piece of trivia you'd like me to share, message me!

In , over kilometres off the coast of Queensland, a new, all-gay nation was created: the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. That year was a tough one for queer people in Australia. In May , the Howard government introduced an amendment bill to “protect the institution of marriage” by defining marriage “the union of a man and woman to the exclusion of all others”. The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in southeast Queensland Australia. On June 14, , the group claimed the Coral Sea Island Territory and seceded from Australia after sailing to the largest island in the group and raising the rainbow flag there. One of the group's members, Dale Parker Anderson born , was declared Emperor, as Dale I.

Gay Australia Guide. The best gay bars dance clubs, gay rated hotels, gay saunas, cruise clubs and gay massage spas in Australia. The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands also known as the Gay Kingdom of the Coral Sea was a putative micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in Australia. Declared in in response to the Government of Australia's refusal to recognise same-sex marriages, it was founded on Australia's external overseas territory of the Coral Sea Islands, a group of uninhabited islets east of the Great Barrier Reef. The Kingdom was dissolved on 17 November following the "Yes" vote in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey legalising same-sex marriage.

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands (also known as The Gay Kingdom) was erected by gay right activists in to protest against the Australian government refusal to recognize same-sex marriage. El Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands was a micronation established as a token political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in Australia. It was declared in in response to the refusal of Australian Government to recognize same-sex marriages. The territory of the Coral Sea Islands is external to Australia and is located northeast of Queensland It covers