High school students are already subject to the challenges of being an adolescent, but this is amplified when they’re diverse in gender or sexuality. Ahead of a major forum during Midsumma focusing on this topic, young people shared their personal school experiences with Matthew Wade.
Based on a number of interviews with gay Iraqi refugees, a new play exploring the issues faced by gay asylum seekers will have its Australian premiere in Melbourne as part of the Midsumma Festival.
Ahead of the upcoming Midsumma Carnival, there’s been a proposal to introduce a new rainbow number plate to celebrate the state’s sexual and gender diverse community.
Troye Sivan gained millions of worldwide fans posting YouTube videos before he branched out into music. With the recent release of his debut album Blue Neighbourhood and a global tour underway, Matthew Wade caught up with him to talk about sexuality, LGBTI activism, and the internet.
Ahead of a community forum on the future of rainbow families in Australia as part of Midsumma Festival, we spoke to a couple of the panelists about their thoughts on the challenges they face.
As part of the Midsumma Festival program, Melbourne’s sexual and gender diverse community will be able to try out a new sport or activity during Team Melbourne’s GLBTIQ Sports Festival.
The stories of LGBTI people living in country Australia were chronicled in Daniel Witthaus’ book Beyond Priscilla will be brought to life onstage as part of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival.
With the 2016 Midsumma Festival almost upon us, festival director Tennille Moisel spoke with the Star Observer and cherry-picked her highlights in this year’s program.
To kick of Midsumma Festival’s social events calendar, Melbourne’s largest synagogue will hold a Pride Shabbat service celebrating the local Jewish LGBTI community.
Community members have been meeting with Jill Hennessy’s team to discuss the Victorian Government’s next steps around PrEP, with a recent meeting indicating she is in favour of expanding the trial.
