Pissed-off queers secede from Australia, form own kingdom

matt_mcl · September 12, 2004, 4:06am

A group of angry Australians have colonised a string of tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean and declared them the first all-gay country. … With the strains of Gloria Gaynor filling the tropical air, they hoisted the rainbow flag above the palm trees and white, sandy beaches. The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands was born. …

Newly-appointed Emperor Dale Anderson, who claims descent from England’s gay King Edward II, explains: “We are deadly serious in our declaration. We have done five years of planning for this and covered everything, both legally and financially. Every politician in Australia as well as the Governor General, the Queen’s representative, has been sent a copy of the declaration and the necessary paperwork to cede the territory from Australia.” Following the government’s decision to push through the bill, the new nation’s leaders say they felt they had no alternative but to take radical action. According to Emperor Dale: “We live under a regime of apartheid. Homophobia is nothing less than sexual racism. We are people first and foremost. We work, we have lives, we love and have relationships. We are family. Yet, despite being citizens, voters and taxpayers, lesbian and gay Australians do not have the same rights that heterosexual people take for granted.”

Hence the idea to create their own state, where gays and lesbians from around the world can settle and live their lives as they want, including getting married. The kingdom’s Prime Minister David Smith says he wants gay people everywhere to know they will always be welcome. “Their sexuality is their passport,” he said.

In common with all sovereign nations, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands has a flag, the rainbow flag, and a national anthem, disco classic I Am What I Am by Gloria Gaynor.

Here’s the link: Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands

Those whores. This was MY idea!

:mad: :eek:

flickster · September 12, 2004, 4:38am

errr - shouldn’t that be Queendom of the Coral Sea Islands?
ducks behind cover

astro · September 12, 2004, 5:19am

…and the anthem of this new nation is?

Necro_Romancer · September 12, 2004, 5:27am

One Two

andygirl · September 12, 2004, 6:44am

Wow.

Just… wow.

Be a great place for a honeymoon, I suspect.

MidnightRadio · September 12, 2004, 7:12am

I just don’t know what to think. It’s nice to see a group of gays taking the steps they feel necessary to… I don’t know, stand up for their rights or whatever, but the whole thing just seems so goddamn campy. I mean, using a Gloria Gaynor song as their anthem? And not one of them was creative enough to design a flag? And the “prince’s” hobbies are “politics, music, shopping, and boys”? Barf.

Maxxxie · September 12, 2004, 7:33am

Disclaimer: I am Australian, and I am a lesbian.
That having been said, this whole thing smacks of Stoopid. “Emperor”? “Lord”? I know, let’s recreate the entire medieval power structure! That’ll show 'em! Wankers.

That assumes, of course, that this is for real. Have a look at the “declaration of independence”. I can’t decide if it’s sincere, or one big piss-take. And if it’s for real, who on earth wants to live under Emperor Dale’s rule? The guy sounds like a complete :wally

And his grammar sucks too!
Max.

Necro_Romancer · September 12, 2004, 7:34am

It’s a joke.

Maxxxie · September 12, 2004, 7:39am

Yeh, the more I read it, the more I realise it. :smack:

I guess they were just throwing out a line to see what they’d catch. It seems they caught a record-weight Maxxxie!
:smack: :smack: :smack:
Max

Caught_Work · September 13, 2004, 1:24am

What’s the right of succession?
Is eldest male child is out of the question?

Polycarp · September 13, 2004, 2:01am

Now, that’s an intriguing point!

They’d have to go with the system of 2nd Century Rome – Emperor adopts a competent successor as his heir.

(That, or it becomes the duty of the Emperor to beget an heir.)

Otto · September 13, 2004, 3:48am

Yeah, I had wondered about the wisdom of setting up a gay nation with a hereditery monarchy.

andygirl · September 13, 2004, 5:20am

But don’t we all know that it runs in the Family?

matt_mcl · September 13, 2004, 5:24am

Hm. His Imperial Majesty is kind of cute in a blowsy, pixieish way, but the crown prince is downright humpy.

Maybe a royal marriage could be arranged. I’d bear his children.

levdrakon · September 13, 2004, 5:56am

Why didn’t they just grab an abandoned oil platform or a small island that doesn’t already belong to somebody? Are there such things still around?

Anyway, I always figured if I established my own nation I’d want a lesbian president/matriarch. None of this emperor crap. Sounds like a drag queen or leather organization.