|
Rodney Peter Croome AM is an Australian LGBT rights activist and academic. Croome currently serves as the spokesperson for the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, National Convenor of Australian Marriage Equality and one of the founders of the Australian Coalition for Equality (ACE).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rodneycroome.id.au/pages_more/66_0_4_0_M )〕 Croome grew up on a dairy farm in Tasmania's North West and studied European History at the University of Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988. He was the founding president and long-term board member of the Tasmanian LGBT support organisation, 'Working It Out' as well as serving on various other similar organisations and had been in a leading role in the establishing challenging-homophobia education in Tasmanian state schools and in the Tasmanian Police, as well as the instituting of anti-discrimination laws in Tasmania.〔 He also fronted the successful campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania, which until 1 May 1997 was a criminal offence punishable by up to 25 years in jail.〔 That campaign saw Tasmanian activists take their case to the United Nations (''Toonen v Australia''), the Federal Government and the High Court.〔 In 1997 in the case of ''Croome v Tasmania'', Croome applied to the High Court of Australia for a ruling as to whether the Tasmanian laws were inconsistent with the Federal Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act (1994). The Tasmanian Government repealed the relevant Criminal Code provisions after failing in its attempts to have the matter struck out. For his extensive work in this area he was made the inaugural recipient of the Tasmanian Humanitarian of the Year Award and awarded the Chris Carter Memorial Award for contributions to the gay and lesbian community by the Australian Democrats in 1991. In 1994, he was shortlisted for Australian of the Year. In January 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for "service and extensive contribution to gay and lesbian law reform" and in June 2003 he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the community as a human rights advocate, particularly through promoting tolerance and understanding of the human rights of gay and lesbian people". In early 2004, Croome and a small group of activists established Australian Marriage Equality and predicted that the Howard Government would legislate to rule out the possibility for same-sex marriage. On 13 August 2004, such a law was passed by the government, with support from the then Labor Opposition and in 2012 Croome became the National Director of Australian Marriage Equality. In 2009, Croome was named one of the 25 most influential gay Australians by readers of the website samesame.com.au.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.samesame.com.au/25/2009 )〕 In 2010, he co-authored a book presenting the cases for and against marriage equality, entitled ''WHY vs WHY: Gay Marriage'' (Pantera Press).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.panterapress.com.au/shop/product/4/why-vs-why-gay-marriage )〕 In addition to his advocacy work, Croome has been the editor of the Tasmanian literary journal, 'Island', a research consultant for the Port Arthur Management Authority and the Australian National University-based Freilich Foundation, and an Honorary lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania. On 8 May 2013 Croome debated Patrick Langrell on Same Sex Marriage at the University of New South Wales.〔(Same-Sex Marriage Discussion with Rodney Croome and Patrick Langrell )〕 In September 2013 Rodney Croome wrote to the group Community Action Against Homophobia CAAH expressing his concerns in regards to the radical campaigning methods they use in same-sex marriage campaigns saying, "It is a double standard to demand respect for same-sex relationships without showing the same respect in return". Croome supports Australia's trans and intersex communities in their quest for marriage equality saying, "the marriage equality campaign must be inclusive of all loving committed couples regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status" In 2015, Croome released his latest book, "From This Day Forward: Marriage Equality in Australia" (Walleah Press).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://store.walleahpress.com.au/RODNEY-CROOME--From-This-Day-Forward-Marriage-Equality-in-Australia_p_68.html )〕 Croome was named Tasmanian Australian of the Year for 2015, and was a finalist for 2015 Australian of the Year.〔(2015 Tasmanian Australian of the Year Recipients Announced )〕 In 2015 Tasmanian Archbishop Julius Porteous distributed a political booklet titled, "Don't mess with Marriage" that advised parents to lobby MPs against same-sex marriage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Booklet says Don’t Mess With Marriage )〕 Croome encouraged parents to submit complaints to the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner. The ABC ''Media Watch'' program reported that Croome, along with Christine Forster, had been interviewed 32 times on the subject of same-sex marriage, in the first 12 days of August 2015. ==Publications== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rodney Croome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|