Greenwich told BuzzFeed News The Equality Campaign had remained quiet about the threats it received over the course of the campaign due to police advice that publicising them may encourage others to jump on the bandwagon.



In his submission to the inquiry, Greenwich wrote: "It is my view that the LGBTIQ community would have been spared the severity of attacks they endured during the survey if the federal parliament had done its job and legislated for marriage equality.



"Older LGBTIQ people shared with me the trauma caused by reminding them of the terrible history of assault, discrimination and abuse many faced in the 70s and 80s. For younger LGBTIQ people this was the first time many had been subjected to this treatment, and many found it distressing."

NSW health organisation ACON, which specialises in HIV prevention and LGBTI health, used its submission to hit back at the claim by prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and other government MPs that the "yes" vote and large turnout vindicated the process.



"This is not true," wrote CEO Nicholas Parkhill. "The same result could have been

achieved through a free vote in Parliament, without the associated harms that the survey generated."



Parkhill wrote that older people had been "re-traumatised" as the process brought back memories of violence and abuse from their past. He also note that people felt isolated, that ACON had recorded an increase in people seeking help for anxiety and depression, and that the survey contributed to the triggers and stressors for clients struggling with drug and alcohol problems.

"Clients also expressed anger about the postal survey," he wrote. "In particular, they felt anger at the humiliation of having one’s equality at law and human rights subject to popular opinion, anger at the lies told about the LGBTI community by the 'No' vote proponents, anger at feeling powerless in the face of those lies and arguments against the 'Yes' campaign, and anger that LGBTI people have had to wait so long for equality."

Parkhill also briefly outlined some experiences reported to ACON by clients, including a child asking if they would be removed from their dads if the "no" campaign won, and a person who applied to move to a different public housing complex after being taunted with names such as "homo", "faggot" and "pedo" during the survey.

The Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation put in a submission to the inquiry about barriers to access to the postal survey among Alice Springs town camps, where people cannot enrol their home addresses with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

As of Thursday morning, other submissions received and published by the inquiry mostly consisted of people sending in examples of "no" campaign material that they found offensive or misleading.



Among the multiple examples of flyers and ads sent to the inquiry was the "Stop the Fags" poster seen in Melbourne, a flyer comparing seatbelts to gay relationships that went viral on Twitter, and an email from Coalition for Marriage spokesperson Sophie York.

Just one submission appeared to be from somebody who was against same-sex marriage but thought the survey should not have gone ahead.

BuzzFeed News has previously reported on an anonymous submission from a person who said they are an employee at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and slammed the survey as "disrespectful" to the history of the organisation.

Government departments including the ABS, the AEC and the departments of human services and finance have also sent submissions.

Wednesday was the final day people could send in a submission. The inquiry is due to report on February 13.