{"id":2133,"date":"2016-03-01T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/01\/conchita-wurst-isnt-pleased-about-australias-lack-of-same-sex-marriage\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T08:21:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:21:19","slug":"conchita-wurst-isnt-pleased-about-australias-lack-of-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/01\/conchita-wurst-isnt-pleased-about-australias-lack-of-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Conchita Wurst isn&#039;t pleased about Australia&#039;s lack of same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"72dcfe6126ea4b77bcdd0e35e2c9117d\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzAxL2E5LzcyZGNmZTYxMjZlLjUwZGVlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/efe94a7e\/12d\/72dcfe6126ea4b77bcdd0e35e2c9117d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Conchita+Wurst+isn%27t+pleased+about+Australia%27s+lack+of+same-sex+marriage&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F29%2Fconchita-same-sex-marriage%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F29%2Fconchita-same-sex-marriage%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the lead-up to Sydney&#8217;s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this Saturday, 2014 Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has taken aim at Australia&#8217;s issues with LGBT rights.<\/p>\n<p>Wurst, from Austria, has hit out at the inability for same-sex couples to be legally married in Australia, despite the country&#8217;s image as a free-loving, relaxed paradise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, we think everybody is very liberal, very open-minded, the whole city [is] celebrating Mardi Gras,&#8221; Wurst told the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/eurovision-winner-conchita-wurst-says-australia-looks-like-gay-heaven-but-the-reality-is-different-20160229-gn6lrk.html\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a><\/i>.\u00a0&#8220;And then I came here two years ago and they told me that gay marriage is just not happening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could not believe it. How can you combine those two worlds?&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/29\/conchita-same-sex-marriage\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/work-play\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Work Play<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/lgbt-rights\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lgbt Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/lifestyle\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lifestyle<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/sqy-0Xfl0gk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the lead-up to Sydney&#8217;s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this Saturday, 2014 Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has taken aim at Australia&#8217;s issues with LGBT rights. 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