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Friday 20 December 2013 | Issue 1206 | starobserver.com.au
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Slaying
homophobia
with a smileNational
Miles...
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Australia's most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 20 December 2013 | Issue 1206 | starobserver.com.au
HOLIDAY SEASON GUIDE PAGE 18GWS GIANTS AFL PAGE 16DOLLY PARTON PAGE 15ACT MARRIAGE FALLOUT PAGE 03
Slaying
homophobia
with a smileNational
Miles Heffernan
FOR many years, Shelley Argent was PFLAG
Australia’s national spokesperson, a high-profile
position that took her deep into the halls of power
where her determined commitment to equality was
devastatingly administered to those who thought
her son James was a second-class citizen.
Sincesteppingdownfromtherole,theworldwide
head of PFLAG, former Queensland Premier
Anna Bligh and some of Australia’s leading human
rights voices and politicians have reflected on the
“housewife” from a leafy Brisbane suburb.
Adjectives like “brave”, “charming”, “incredibly
well-researched”, “intelligent”, “dogged” and
“pioneering” have been used to describe her.
Combined,itsuggeststhatArgentisahistoricfigure
in the making - if not already.
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