Rodney Croome AM is the spokesperson for the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, campaign coordinator of Australian Marriage Equality, and one of the founders of the Australian Coalition for Equality (ACE).
He fronted the successful campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania, which until 1 May 1997 was a criminal offence punishable by up to 25 years in jail. That campaign saw Tasmanian activists take their case to the United Nations (Toonen v Australia), the Federal Government and the High Court.
He has also been the editor of Tasmanian literary magazine Island.
In early 2004, Croome predicted that the Howard Government would legislate to rule out the possibility for same-sex marriage. On 13 August 2004, such a law was passed by the government, with support from the then Labor Opposition.
Croome continues to advocate marriage equality and other LGBT causes. In 2010, he co-authored a book presenting the "Yes/No" cases for marriage equality, entitled WHY vs WHY: Gay Marriage (Pantera Press).
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