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May 25
Two bears from the burbs
Hah, in your face every major religion in Australia. Last night 60 Minutes had a great piece on two Melbourne bears who are the first gay couple in the country to have children via commercial surrogacy. Earlier this month they became fathers to twin girls. It all came at a hefty price; they paid a total of $40,000 for their sperm to be inserted in a donor egg, then implanted into an unrelated woman in India. Surrogacy like this is currently illegal in Australia.
Unfortunately Channel 9 haven’t put the video up, but you can read a transcript of the story on their site. Looking from the most cynical perspective, current affair stories like these are great at helping dispel the myth that same sex couples are too promiscuous and too unstable to care for kids in the long term. You can tell these guys really are committed to their new family. It only reiterates my feelings that if drunk hetero bogans can have a sloppy one nighter, end up with a mistake foetus and carry it to full term all the while feeling it’s a burden, same sex couples who really will care for their kids should have the right to conceive.
Some interesting comments from Gautum Allahbadia, the doctor who oversaw the surrogacy (and also pinged on my gaydar).
I believe every human being has a right to procreate and as long as I’m practising medicine within the purview of Indian law I would offer this service to anybody
Liz Hayes also asked a Muslim woman, who had previously been a surrogate, how she’d feel if her baby went to a gay couple:
I would rather do it for a couple who’s really looking for children
It’s going to take a while to change attitudes like these, in both India and Australia.
May 15
A day off…
I’ve been a bit slack lately, and I don’t have anything huge or controversial to report right now. But, I would like to say…
Tomorrow when you go to your local place of voting, VOTE YES for Daylight Savings! Bring Perth alongside the rest of the world and give us more time to spend outdoors with our friends and family in the summer. VOTE YES!
Even if you were going to vote no, just do me a favour and vote yes this one time 
… your yes vote will help negate people getting too much of the media spotlight.
Stay tuned to gay rage, I have some cool Perth related items to post over the weekend. I’m also toiling hard to add the function to allow readers to comment on posts. In the meantime, here’s a video for all of the Perth Bears who read this blog. If you’re a fan of parody, you might want check out the original. Love when he breaks a nail:
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