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When it comes to the issue of marriage
equality, Matt Moran doesn’t mince
his words. “The current situation is
ludicrous,” he states. “Some of my best
friends are in gay relationships and they
should be able to make up their own
minds about who they want to love and
be with forever. To deny that is horrible,”
says the celebrity chef, 47. “It upsets me
that these right wing imbeciles don’t
get that. They need to start listening
to what the people want and stop
wasting stupid money trying to stop it.”NNEEEILL PPEERRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY
As a mentor to Kylie Kwong, culinary
icon Neil Perry is infuriated by the
boundaries placed on her relationship.
“That Kylie and [her partner] Nell can’t
have their love recognised is insane,”
scoffs Perry, 59. He’s also concerned for
the generation of Australians growing up
without marriage equality. “I have three
daughters, if any of them fell in love with
a woman, I wouldn’t want them to be
unable to get married because of a
religious argument,” he says. “It makes
me feel embarrassed to be Australian.”KKYYYLLIEEE KKKWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG
Growing up as a gay woman in Australia,
Kylie Kwong had plenty of moments of
anxiety. “There was a lot of stress – the
struggle of wanting to come out but
not wanting to upset my family,” she
recalls. Now 47, the acclaimed chef has
been with her partner Nell, an artist,
for 10 years. They became engaged in
2014 and plan to marry in a Buddhist
ceremony, not worrying that their
marriage won’t legally be recognised.
“We’re not the sort of people to let
that get in the way,” she says.“The overwhelming majority of people in this
country want this to happen – let’s get on with it!”- Neil Perry
40 marieclaire.com.au