17 May 2012
The head of Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV) retired last month. After eight years of leadership, GLHV inaugural director Anne Mitchell has relinquished her role but will continue working in the community in other areas. Mitchell established the unit after it was announced in late 2003 as the first government-funded organisation of its kind [...]
Posted in Australia, News, Victoria0 Comments
16 May 2012
A new group catering to LGBTI parents in Brisbane and potentially wider Queensland is in the works, with organisers seeking input from families in regional and urban areas. Rainbow Families Queensland received a grant from Healthy Communities to develop a website, including a forum, which is now up and running. The organisation also wants to [...]
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30 April 2012
Queensland’s Healthy Communities is keen to assist in the development a gay men’s group focusing on home repairs. The idea was raised at a recent community meeting convened by Healthy Communities regarding the experiences of LGBT people during the 2011 Brisbane floods. Concern was expressed about the need to become more self-reliant through learning home-repair [...]
Posted in For Boys, Life + Style0 Comments
16 May 2012
Wednesday, May 16 NSW THE CLOSET – Gay night at Velvet Room, Parramatta. Free entry before 9pm, $10/15 after. DYKES ON BIKES – From 5pm at the Hampshire Hotel, Camperdown. All welcome. EDGE – Bingo Bitches hosted by Crystal Meth 6pm-midnight. IMPERIAL – Chix n’ Stix Lesbian Pool Comp 7-10.30pm. MIDNIGHT SHIFT – Glamahaus: The [...]
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17 May 2012
We are witnessing a historical shift in the way the broader Australian community responds to LGBTI inclusion in society. In a week when US president Barack Obama voiced his long-awaited support for marriage equality while our own prime minister dug her heels in opposition to it, one could be forgiven for thinking otherwise — but [...]
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17 May 2012
It won’t make its Australian stage premiere until New Year’s Eve, but buzz is already building for War Horse. The spectacular wartime drama employs lifelike puppets to tell the story of a horse sold to the cavalry at the outbreak of World War I and shipped to France. The buzz was helped by the recent [...]
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17 May 2012
The recently repaired relationship between two LGBTI world sporting rivals, the World OutGames and the Gay Games, has broken down. Two years after it was announced the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) and the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) would work towards a combined 2018 event, a joint statement released last week reveals [...]
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16 May 2012
Lady Gaga has been forced to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, the Associated Press reports. National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said Tuesday that the permit for her June 3 Born This Way Ball concert had been denied after opposition from the political and religious leaders [...]
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