History
Founded in June 2004, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands was created by a group of gay protesters against the refusal of the Australian government to acknowledge same-sex marriages. They chartered a ship called the Gayflower and chose the Coral Sea Islands as their location. The main island chosen for their new micronation is called Cato Island. The leader of the protesters, Dale Anderson, was "declared emperor" of the kingdom, becoming Dale Anderson I. Currently, other than the protester inhabitants, the island itself is uninhabited and the kingdom is not recognised by the Australian, or any world, government. After spreading to a number of other Coral Sea Islands nearby to Cato Island, Emperor Dale also appointed a "high court" and "chief justice".
On Cato Island itself, the settlers found a "disused weather station" and converted it into a post office, where they obtain funds for their kingdom by "selling its unique coins and stamps".
In May 2010, Dale Anderson attended a conference in Sydney for the leaders of all the micronations in the world, in order to determine ways to obtain recognition as sovereign countries.
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