COUPLES such as Legana's Chelsea Bullock and Katrina Pollington will still be together, whether there's gay marriage equality or not.
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The two yesterday rallied for marriage equality in Civic Square alongside members and supporters of Launceston's gay community.
There's still some discrimination against same-sex couples in Tasmania, according to Katrina, 17, but it shouldn't be such a big deal.
"It's a pretty personal issue for us, it affects us and people we know," she said.
"Whether marriage is allowed or not, we're going to be together anyway."
It's not just a fight for love, according to Katrina.
"It's the rights that come with it, things like hospital visitation rights," she said.
"You could be together with someone of the same sex for more than 20 years, but some relation you haven't seen for years could make all of the decisions about what happens to you.
"It's very frustrating ... (members of the upper house) need to start listening to the people."
Greens senator Peter Whish- Wilson, Rainbow Labor convenor Robbie Moore and marriage equality advocate Rodney Croome were among the speakers yesterday.
Mr Whish-Wilson described the fight for marriage equality as "a bit like eating an elephant".
"You do it one mouthful at a time, it's going to take a long time," he said.
The rally, co-ordinated by Natalie Jones, called on the Tasmanian upper house to support Murchison Independent MLC Ruth Forrest's motion to establish an inquiry into the constitutional issues behind some MLC's rejection of the same-sex marriage bill.
