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  • Italy to open transgender-only jail Italy to open transgender-only jail

    Italy is to open the world’s first prison facility to cater solely for transgendered people. The 30-bed facility, in the town of Pozzale, near Florence in Tuscany, was formerly a women’s ... Read more

    Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments

  • Russian church moderates voice on gays Russian church moderates voice on gays

    The new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill I, has stated his opposition to discrimination against homosexuals, in a seeming about-face on comments he made as a spokesman for ... Read more

    Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments

  • Drugs: you do have rights? Drugs: you do have rights?

    The NSW Council for Civil Liberties president has called for police to get rid of drug sniffer dogs so that resources can be channelled into prosecuting violent crime. Civil Liberties Council ... Read more

    Sat February 6th, 2010 - 4 Comments

  • Dogs: sniffing out the logic Dogs: sniffing out the logic

    For those planning on partying through the Mardi Gras season, the NSW Government has a warning for you ­— Don’t Do Drugs. NSW Police Minister Michael Daley has defended the use ... Read more

    Fri February 5th, 2010 - 4 Comments

  • United stand against violence United stand against violence

    The Anti-Violence Project (AVP) and NSW Police have launched a campaign to encourage gay and lesbian crime victims to come forward, just in time for the busy Mardi Gras period. The ... Read more

    Tue February 2nd, 2010 - 9 Comments

  • Policy vacuum on gay seniors Policy vacuum on gay seniors

    Gerontologist Dr Jo Harrison has called for sweeping reforms to the federal approach to the needs of gay and lesbian seniors. Currently the only recognition of gay and lesbian seniors in ... Read more

    Tue January 26th, 2010 - 13 Comments

  • ALP marriage ally to retire ALP marriage ally to retire

    Veteran Labor politician Bob McMullan has announced he will retire at the next federal election. McMullan, currently parliamentary secretary for international development assistance, plans to devote his time to the fight ... Read more

    Tue January 26th, 2010 - 3 Comments

  • Restaurant to open on DCM’s site Restaurant to open on DCM’s site

    A restaurant and function centre is to open on the site of the old DCMs nightclub. The Mediterranean, operated by the same company that runs the Tandoori Palace and karaoke room ... Read more

    Tue January 26th, 2010 - No Comments

  • Family First gets party status Family First gets party status

    Family First NSW will be an official party at the next state election after signing up 853 members in under three months and paying a $2000 registration fee to the ... Read more

    Tue January 19th, 2010 - 2 Comments

  • Greens name Wentworth candidate Greens name Wentworth candidate

    The Greens have preselected Darlinghurst local Matthew Robertson to contest the seat of Wentworth at the 2010 federal election. Robertson, a legal researcher for the Refugee Advice and Casework Service, holds ... Read more

    Tue January 12th, 2010 - 1 Comment

  • Venn-Brown reports back on US trip Venn-Brown reports back on US trip

    Former Christian preacher and Freedom 2 b[e] co-convenor Anthony Venn-Brown has thanked SLGBA for its support for his November trip to the United States where he attended the 2009 Ex-Gay ... Read more

    Tue January 12th, 2010 - No Comments

  • Man claims job discrimination Man claims job discrimination

    After being retrenched twice last year, English recruitment consultant Wayne Reveley couldn’t believe his luck when he received three job offers. After several interviews, Reveley thought he’d found the job for ... Read more

    Tue January 5th, 2010 - 14 Comments

  • Mormon church backs gay law Mormon church backs gay law

    The Church of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, has put its support behind laws granting protections to GLBT people. The Salt Lake City ordinances make it illegal for a ... Read more

    Tue January 5th, 2010 - 12 Comments

  • Couple bashed at hotel Couple bashed at hotel

    A Glebe gay couple’s Saturday night at the Glasgow Arms pub in Ultimo turned into a nightmare after they were allegedly set upon by four patrons in the hotel’s restrooms. Paul ... Read more

    Tue December 22nd, 2009 - 17 Comments

  • Gay Tony’s grand theft Gay Tony’s grand theft

    The world’s biggest video game has put gay themes in its latest instalment. The Ballad of Gay Tony is a new chapter expanding Grand Theft Auto IV which made half a ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - No Comments

  • Gay ex-Brethren given rapist drug Gay ex-Brethren given rapist drug

    A former member of the Exclusive Brethren says he was encouraged to seek medical treatment to suppress his sexuality and prescribed a drug used to treat sex offenders. Craig Hoyle grew ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Nile apologises for homophobic email Nile apologises for homophobic email

    NSW MLC Fred Nile has had to apologise after the adult son of a Christian Democrat official sent obscene homophobic and anti-Islam emails to a Muslim community activist. Mal Mac Rae, ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - 8 Comments

  • Better counselling for GLBTS Better counselling for GLBTS

    Psychologist Paul Martin of Brisbane’s Centre for Human Potential is bringing his Working Effectively with Gay and Lesbian Clients workshop to Sydney, Cairns, Perth and Darwin. The workshop came about as ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - No Comments

  • Australia finally condemns Uganda Australia finally condemns Uganda

    Australia has joined the chorus of nations raising concerns with Uganda’s Government over its proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The bill punishes any expression of same-sex intimacy with life imprisonment, while HIV-positive GLBT ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • MCC waves goodbye to Heffron Hall MCC waves goodbye to Heffron Hall

    After 30 years in the area, and 21 years in the building, the Metropolitan Community Church Sydney has finally waved goodbye to Darlinghurst’s Heffron Hall, vacating the building on Friday. The ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - No Comments

  • Early use of ‘gay’ revealed Early use of ‘gay’ revealed

    A new official history of the UK’s MI5 spy agency has revealed an early use of the word ‘gay’ to describe the GLBT community. The book, The Defence of the Realm: ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - No Comments

  • Government fails on Uganda at CHOGM Government fails on Uganda at CHOGM

    The Australian Government failed to confront Uganda at last month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently before Uganda’s parliament. The EU, Britain, ... Read more

    Wed December 16th, 2009 - 14 Comments

  • Keneally evasive on reform Keneally evasive on reform

    New NSW premier Kristina Keneally has restated her support for anti-discrimination exemptions that allow students at schools owned by religious organisations to be expelled on the grounds of sexuality and ... Read more

    Wed December 16th, 2009 - 17 Comments

  • New plan to stop violence New plan to stop violence

    The Anti-Violence Campaign and NSW Police will collaborate next year on a campaign to encourage GLBT victims of crime to come forward. The move follows an ongoing reluctance by some members ... Read more

    Tue December 15th, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • Imperial back to court Imperial back to court

    Negotiations between the Imperial Hotel and the City of Sydney will go back to the Land and Environment Court, further delaying the opening of the iconic inner west venue. The new ... Read more

    Tue December 15th, 2009 - 5 Comments

  • GAMMA

    GAMMA, a support group for married men who have sex with men, meets in secure confidential and non-sexual surroundings at the ACON building, 9 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 8pm. There is also a support line, Monday-Friday 6-10 pm, on 9267 4000.
    www.gamma.org.au

  • GAY BUSINESS

    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association hosts Lemons With a Twist on the first Friday of each month and Fruits in Suits on the third Thursday of each month, at Slide.
    www.sglba.com.au

  • COME OUT AUSTRALIA

    Come Out Australia is a social group for our community, with branches in Canterbury-Bankstown, Epping/ Northern Districts and Penrith. You're invited to "Come Out"; get involved with a branch, event, project, or to start something happening in your area.
    www.comeout.org.au

  • QUEERSCREEN

    Lovers of gay cinema are encouraged to become a member of Queerscreen, Sydney’s premier gay and lesbian film festival body.
    www.queerscreen.com.au

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