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For Immediate Release

NEW POLITICAL PARTY LAUNCH TODAY

The Australian Equality Party (AEP) is launching today Sunday 2nd February in Melbourne. A new voice in Australian politics, the AEP will offer a policy platform, including marriage equality, to end all discrimination against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (GLBTIQ) people and their families in all sectors of Australian society. The party aims to win its first senate seat for Victoria in the next Federal election, before going on to contest senate and lower house seats at local, state and federal elections. AEP Convenor and potential Senate candidate Jason Tuazon-McCheyne will officially launch the Party along with members of the AEP Committee and the GLBTIQ community at today's 2014 Melbourne Pride March. "The GLBTIQ community needs its own political voice inside the Australian Federal Parliament and the AEP aims to provide that. We must step up to the political stage and end discrimination against GLBTIQ people and their families. We are deeply committed to creating a society where GLBTIQ Australians are afforded the same rights and protections as all other Australians", says Jason Tuazon-McCheyne. The aims of the AEP are to: Achieve marriage equality for all Australians regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity; Work towards an Australia free from discrimination against GLBTIQ people and their families; Act as a voice for GLBTIQ people in local, state and federal politics in Australia; and Provide a human rights approach to political discourse for the benefit of all Australians. Jason Tuazon-McCheyne continued, "We call on all members of the GLBTIQ community, their friends and families and those who support equality, to join our party. You dont have to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender - we welcome support from all Australians who see equality as an ideal they subscribe to. People can show their support for equality by joining the AEP at www.australianequality.org. The party is being launched at the 2014 Pride March at St Kilda where a group of members are marching for the first time under the AEP banner. ENDS. Details: Who: Jason Tuazon-McCheyne potential Senate Candidate and AEP Convenor. Where: 2014 Melbourne Pride March When: 2pm, Sunday 2 February, 2014 For information, interviews or images, contact: Doug Weller: 0412 298 905 Pete Dillon: 0409 142 365