Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands information
2004–17 putative micronation in Australia
Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands
Unrecognized micronation
Claimed territory of the kingdom
Dates claimed
14 June 2004 – 17 November 2017
Location
Coral Sea Islands Territory
The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands (also known as the Gay Kingdom of the Coral Sea) was a putative micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in Australia. Declared in 2004 in response to the Government of Australia's refusal to recognise same-sex marriages, it was founded on Australia's external overseas territory of the Coral Sea Islands, a group of uninhabited islets east of the Great Barrier Reef.[1] The Kingdom was dissolved on 17 November 2017 following the "Yes" vote in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey legalising same-sex marriage.[2]
The Coral Sea Islands Territory is an external territory of Australia which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. The territory covers 780,000 km2 (301,160 sq mi), most of which is ocean, extending east and south from the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef; it includes Heralds Beacon Island, Osprey Reef, the Willis Group as well as fifteen other reef/island groups. Cato Island is the highest point in the Territory and a camp site on the island called Heaven was the claimed capital of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.[3]
^Nick Squires (4 May 2010). "The world's micronations unite to demand recognition". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^"Coral Sea Islands – De Facto". defactoborders.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^Geoscience Australia. Coral Sea Islands Archived 21 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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