This Project documents long term gay and lesbian committed relationships. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the median length of an Australian marriage is 8.7 years so I have used this number as the minimum length of time to be part of this project.
I believe that gay,lesbian and transgendered relationships deserve the same legal rights and public respect as heterosexual ones.
But this project is about more than just "gay marriage" I really hope that these simple images of loving couples will help reduce homophobia, will inspire young people to keep their romantic dreams and for parents to know that their gay, lesbian and transgendered children have just as much chance of having a long term and happy family life as anyone else.
The Commitment Project is aimed to show the wider community that for all our differences we still fundamentally want the same thing, to be allowed to love who we love.
Adam is a born Australian, while Clay is a transplant to Sydney from the US in 2000 (and has since become an AU Citizen).
We met in (approximately) A...
Love, honor and committed to each other, through life's ups and hard times. We work together, but also know we always can be there for other, in what ...
Together for 18 years in January 2012.  Our beloved daughter is nearly 4 years old. It’s time to make marriage about love and commitment, not ge...
We discussed the possibility of having a British Civil Union with the British Consul in Sydney. She was very eager to conduct the ceremony but when we...
Totally committed to each other and our relationship for life. Our anniversary date is extra-special because we share the day with our precious cocker...
We are a German and American binational couple, together now for over 20 years. We were married in Germany and are looking forward to getting married ...
Twenty-five years ago it was a commonly held belief that same sex relationships didn’t last. Back then we simply agreed that we’d stay together a...
We met at the exchange hotel at 3am on ANZAC day 1993 and have never been apart since. All we want is to be able to legalise our commitment to each o...
We met in June 1992 and have spent the past 20 years creating a world where we are free to express our true commitment to each other.  We enjoy the ...
We should all be allowed to have a slice Happy Ever After. Â These photos are proof that no matter who you are, if you have found 'the one' you have h...
We were married in Montreal Canada on 06/08/2006 during the OutGames. Two other couples from Adelaide, one gay, one lesbian, were married on the same ...
I see so many sad couples around me who fight, argue and perhaps should go their separate ways. What saddens me the most, however, is that these heter...
When we began our lives together, there was no thought in our minds that marriage would ever be an option. Our relationship has survived for over th...
11 years ago we met and knew we belonged together. We always put each other first and still after 11 years we still get excited to see each other af...
When Jewel first proposed, I told her I look pasty in white and I ain't the marrying kind. Â She then went about extending and enriching me beyond bel...
We are the definition of "average". We both grew up in suburbia, went to uni, met, fell in love, had a commitment ceremony, bought a house and had a b...
We met completely by chance when Judy happened to walk into a store I was managing, looking for her friend who worked there too. We clicked from the f...
We’ve been together for 12 years and had a wonderful wedding in New Zealand 9 years ago. For us, we don’t feel we’re in a “same sex marriageâ€...
We became 'civilly partnered' under British law in March 2007. Our families and friends (gay and straight) came to the party afterwards - some came fr...
During our first year as a couple, we spent every day together. We still love each other's company and believe our family deserves recognition, equali...
When you know you have found something unique, special and worthwhile you invest in it. The dividends are priceless. Even now, we are still learning m...
 The photographs of loving couples on this site eloquently demonstrates what I have known for a long time - that many lesbians, gay men and people of...
Graeme and I met at the Red Raw in Melbourne in January of 1995 while I was traveling around Australia. We spent an incredible month together before I...
At the time of this photo we are in our tenth year together. We always wanted to wait for marriage to be legally available to us before having a ce...
We met at "Panthers" in 2002 and moved in together after a week! Â We got married in San Francisco in 2008 and hope to have our marriage recognised in...