Penny Wong married Sophie Allouache in Adelaide
Sydney:
Australia’s Overseas Minister Penny Wong, the nation’s first overtly homosexual feminine parliamentarian, has married her companion Sophie Allouache, Wong stated on Sunday.
“We’re delighted that so a lot of our household and mates might share this special occasion with us,” Wong stated on social media platform Instagram, alongside a photograph of her and Allouache in wedding ceremony apparel and holding a bouquet of flowers.
Wong and Allouache have been collectively for practically twenty years and tied the knot on Saturday at a vineyard in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Wong represents the state of South Australia within the senate.
A Labor senator since 2002, Wong is the primary Asian-born particular person to carry an Australian cupboard place.
Similar-sex marriage grew to become authorized in Australia in 2017, a watershed for a rustic the place homosexuality was not decriminalised in all states till 1997.
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