http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/jacqui-tomlins/ Jacqui Tomlins is a former teacher, now freelance writer, gay rights activist and mother of three, living in Melbourne, Australia. She has published two books (travel & health) and numerous articles on travel, lifestyle, gay rights and same sex families. In July 2011, Jacqui started a blog on Marriage Equality http://www.jacquitomlins.com and a community Facebook page SAME Plus to engage with the broader straight and gay community on the issue of Marriage Equality. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-kids-have-two-mums-and-theyre-just-fine-thank-you/ I sit watching the kids at dinner. Corin is eating his spaghetti with mind-numbing slowness. He has his book secreted on his lap and we are both pretending it isn’t there. The girls are talking non-stop - our youngest has just started Prep and she’s full of it. There’s a red dot on the page, she explains, and you start at the top and follow the lines and today we did “S”, which is very tricky, Mama! Then Scout, her older sister, takes up the story: Maddy was mean to Jenny, and Mia told Maddy she should say sorry, but Jenny had already gone off with Sophie. An ordinary family meal played out with some variation in millions of homes every night – except for one difference: sitting opposite me at the other end of the table is not my husband, but my female partner, Sarah. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jacqui Tomlins) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-kids-have-two-mums-and-theyre-just-fine-thank-you/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-kids-have-two-mums-and-theyre-just-fine-thank-you/#item7874 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:50:23 +0000 Jacqui Tomlins | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-hands-and-be-counted/ Most people won’t even register that there is something different about this year’s census, but I will be cracking open the champagne and waving a flag. A big, bright, rainbow flag. The Australian Bureau of Statistics gets a gong this week for being the first government department to recognise my overseas same-sex marriage to my partner, Sarah. One small tick for the box, one giant tick for the ABS. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jacqui Tomlins) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-hands-and-be-counted/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-hands-and-be-counted/#item6444 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:00:09 +0000 Jacqui Tomlins | Author bios | The Punch