Ali Hogg

Who is Ali Hogg?

Ali Hogg is an Australian LGBTI activist, based in Melbourne, Victoria. She is known for her campaigning for same-sex marriage and gay rights. As convenor for Equal Love in Victoria, Samesame.com.au reported that Hogg was voted the country's most influential LGBTI Australian in 2011 and the sixth most influential Melburnian by The Age for her activism that same year. She was highly critical of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's decision to allow Labor MPs a conscience vote on same-sex marriage at the 2011 ALP National Conference, calling it "a slap in the face and a betrayal". In 2012 she was ejected from a Lygon Street café for yelling at Federal Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott, labeling him a bigot for his opposition to same-sex marriage. Abbott, who was dining with The Australian's foreign editor Greg Sheridan was reportedly unimpressed. Hogg studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and became a freelance photographer; a profession she considers "paradoxical", as it includes some wedding photography. She is also a member of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative.