|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="4" style="float: right; width: 300px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
| + | Gay Marriage is a sin. |
| − | |+ style="font-size: 160%; margin-left: inherit;" | Gay & Lesbian Kingdom<br>of the Coral Sea Islands'''
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands flag.png|150px|Flag]]<br/> Flag
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | colspan="2" align="center" | <small>Motto: ''tba''<br />(English: ''tba'') <br />Musical Anthem: ''I am what I am''</small>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Type of entity:'''
| + | |
| − | | [[Micronation]]
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Location:'''
| + | |
| − | | [[Coral Sea Islands]]
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Area claimed:'''
| + | |
| − | | Coral Sea Island Territory
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Membership:'''
| + | |
| − | | Gay & Lesbian people
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Date of foundation:'''
| + | |
| − | | [[2004]] [[June 14]]
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Leadership:'''
| + | |
| − | | Emperor Dale I<br/>(Dale Parker Anderson)
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Purported organisational structure:'''
| + | |
| − | | [[Constitutional monarchy]]
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Language:'''
| + | |
| − | | [[English language|English]]
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Purported currency:'''
| + | |
| − | | [[Euro]]
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |}
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | [[Image:Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands territory.jpeg|left|thumb|Map of the claimed 'kingdom']]
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | 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]] [[activism|activists]] based in southeast [[Queensland]] [[Australia]].
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | On [[2004]] [[June 14]], the group 'claimed' the [[Coral Sea Islands|Coral Sea Island Territory]] and '[[separatism|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 [[1965]]), was declared [[emperor (title)|Emperor]], as Dale I. The "secession" was staged in protest at a decision to ban [[gay marriage]] made by the [[Australian parliament]].
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Since [[2005]] the Australian group has allegedly been embroiled in internal disputes and "secessions" by various factions. These include two American-based groups, the '''[[Gay and Lesbian Commonwealth Kingdom]]''', headed by Jaix Broox, and the '''[[Unified Gay Tribe]]''', led by Bill Freeman and Enrique Pérez, and the German based '''[[Gay Homeland Foundation]]''' led by Victor Zimmermann. Allegedly, none of these groups claims the territory of the Coral Sea Islands, so their organisational nature is unclear.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | The "kingdom's" claims are not recognised by any state, and as no permanent settlement has been established, the Coral Sea Islands remain uninhabited by [[human]]s.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==References==
| + | |
| − | * "Mini-states Down Under are sure they can secede", by Nick Squires, ''The Daily Telegraph (UK)'', [[2005]] [[February 24]].
| + | |
| − | * "If at first you don't secede...", by Mark Dapin, ''The Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend'', [[2005]] [[February 12]], pp 47-50
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==External link==
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.gayandlesbiankingdom.com/ Official website of the Kingdom]
| + | |
| − | * [http://hometown.aol.com/glkparliament/index.html/ Website of the "Gay and Lesbian Commonwealth Kingdom"]
| + | |
| − | * [http://gayhomeland.org/ Website of the "Gay Homeland Foundation"]
| + | |
| − | * [http://gaykingdom.org/ Website of the "Unified Gay Tribe"]
| + | |
| − | * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gaykingdom/ The "Gay and Lesbian Kingdom" discussion group on Yahoo.]
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | {{wikipedia|Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands}}
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | [[Category:Micronations]]
| + | |
| − | [[Category:LGBT civil rights]]
| + | |
| − | [[Category:Lesbian and Gay organizations]]
| + | |
