Former Australian PM Tony Abbott attended his lesbian sister’s wedding and was surprisingly nice despite anti-LGBT rhetoric
The lesbian sister of Tony Abbott finally married her partner after years of waiting for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Australia, and her former PM anti-LGBT brother turned up and was surprisingly nice.
The right-wing politician was one of the leading voices in the ‘No’ campaign during the same-sex marriage referendum in Australia.
Tony Abbott
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Abbott, who led the country until he was deposed in an internal party coup in 2015, repeatedly called on Australians to vote against equality.
His anti-LGBT rhetoric directly affected his own sister, Christine Forster, who had been waiting for years for the right to marry her long-term partner, Virginia Flitcroft.
However, the pair has now finally tied the knot after 10 years of partnership.
The happy couple wore navy in the cocktail-themed wedding which took place in the centre of Sydney.
(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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They hosted 200 guests including friends, family, drag queens and of course, the former PM.
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