Personal Life
Penny Wong is lesbian, and was the first sitting member of the Australian Labor Party to come out while still in parliament. Her partner, Sophie Allouache, a public servant and former University of Adelaide Students' Association president, attended her swearing-in ceremony along with Wong's mother, Jane Chapman. Although her father remains overseas, they keep in touch. In December 2011, Allouache gave birth to their first child, Alexandra, after announcing the IVF-assisted pregnancy using donor sperm in August 2011.
In 2010, Wong was selected by readers of samesame.com.au as one of the 25 most influential lesbian Australians. Wong is a practising Christian, attending Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide.
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