Hoax - Julia Gillard Admits Being in A Lesbian Relationship

Outline
Circulating image purportedly shows an old article clipping in which Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard states that she understands homosexual rights because she is in a lesbian relationship.



Brief Analysis
The image is a hoax. The text of the original clipping has been altered. The original article did not state that Julia Gillard was in a lesbian relationship.

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Last updated: 12th December 2011
First published: 12th December 2011
Article written by Brett M. Christensen
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Detailed Analysis
An image, which is currently circulating via email and social media, supposedly shows an old article clipping in which Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard admits to being in a lesbian relationship. A sentence in the article reads:

I will encourage action on women's rights, anti-nuclear policy and I understand homosexual rights as I am in a lesbian relationship."

However, the image is in fact a digitally altered version of the original article depicted in the following screenshot:

The original makes no mention of a lesbian relationship, but simply states:

I will encourage action on women's rights, anti-nuclear policy and homosexual rights.

Thus, it seems that some malicious prankster has made changes to an original article in a rather lame effort to further his or her own political agenda. The prankster has also added a grammatically incorrect "thank you" to the final sentence.

Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt notes the deception in a December 7 blog post.



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