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A new day in New Delhi
The gay and lesbian citizens of New Delhi have won a 10-year battle to see homosexuality de-criminalised. Delhi’s High Court made a landmark decision to overturn a 148-year-old law which made ... Read more
Fri July 3rd, 2009 - 2 Comments
Girl event ‘can refuse men’
A girls night in Victoria will be legally able to refuse biological men from the event following a decision in that state this morning. Pinkalicious organisers were this morning successful in ... Read more
Thu July 2nd, 2009 - 6 Comments
Hope for lock-out rethink
Oxford St publicans have called on the newly-formed Sydney Liquor Task Force to review the 2am lock-out system and come up with more effective measures for handling alcohol-related violence. The state ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Oxford now with receiver
Oxford Hotel management insists it will be business as usual despite the pub’s holding company being placed in receivership last week. The Oxford, along with three other prominent Sydney pubs owned ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Same-sex marriage push
The Greens have made good on a promise to introduce a private member’s bill to allow same-sex marriage in Australia. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young introduced the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, which ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 19 Comments
ACON’s three-year vision
ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has declared a drop in HIV rates as a key goal for their new three-year strategic plan. The Strategic Plan 2009-12 will see ACON extend its role ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
New service for domestic violence victims
Gay and lesbian victims of same-sex domestic violence will be able to get specific help through the new Safe Relationships Project at the Inner City Legal Centre. Offering specific services for ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Girls school targets homophobia
Students and teachers from Burwood Girls High are encouraging schools nationwide to introduce Gay Straight Alliance groups, in an effort to combat homophobia and bullying. Burwood Girls High became one of ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Host a table for charity
Last year Table4Ten (T4T) raised $100,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and this year the organisers hope to double that figure. The money raised was used to help set ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Vic gets Rainbow Labor
The Victorian ALP State Conference has approved the establishment of a GLBTI Affairs Policy Committee and Rainbow Labor Network Victoria. The move will increase the visibility of the GLBTI movement in ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
New growth for live memorial
It’s time to get the shovel and watering can out for the Sydney Park AIDS (SPAIDS) Memorial Grove tree-planting day. This year the planting coincides with National Tree Day on ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Queer Screen mentors filmmmakers
Georgia Mason-Cox GLBT filmmakers will have a chance to make their mark on the industry thanks to Queer Screen’s new mentorship program. The program gives selected participants the opportunity to work with ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
New HIV drug available on PBS
A new drug available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from July 1 offers new options to people living with HIV. Intelence is the first non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) to ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
New human rights commissioner
Catherine Branson QC, president of the Human Rights Commission, has been appointed Human Rights Commissioner. She will replace outgoing commissioner Graeme Innes. Innes has overseen some of the biggest gay and ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Call for broader response to HIV in Pacific
A paper produced by the ACON-supported Pacific Sexual Diversity Network (PSDN) has called on Australian and Pacific governments to further engage men who have sex with men and transgender communities ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Couples wanted for wedding
Community Action Against Homophobia is looking for couples to take part in its mass illegal same-sex wedding on August 1. To be staged as part of Sydney’s National Day of Action ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 1 Comment
IVF delays downplayed
Delays to IVF access in Victoria have been played down by advocacy groups and the Department of Human Services following reports the Government does not have the resources to implement ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Jazzing up the Studio
Megan Washington supported Old Man River last year and on Friday 10 July she will return to the Opera House for a one-off show. This Australian Jazz Vocalist of the ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Centrelink changes ’still confusing’
A week out from the July 1 Centrelink reforms and gay and lesbian couples are still confused and misinformed, welfare rights groups have reported. But two education campaigns launching this week ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 29 Comments
Sydney Bear takes Australasian title
He’s cute, he’s cuddly, he’s Mr Australasian Bear — and for the first time he’s a Sydneysider. Jason Lee — the Harbour City Bear’s first official representative to take part in ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 7 Comments
Get all The Gossip
Post-punk powerhouse The Gossip has three members, although you’d be mistaken for thinking there is only one with the reams of newsprint devoted to frontwoman Beth Ditto. With Ditto making news ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Remembering Stonewall
Steve Ostrow It’s a cold winter’s day. The air outside is frigid, the streets covered with sleet and snow. But you luxuriate in the hot, humid mist of the black marble ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 2 Comments
Preide Week a success
The first week of Pride has been a success, Stonewall Hotel’s Glenn Hansen has reported, with the event only set to get bigger ahead of the official anniversary of the ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Marr’s lessons from the Stonewall legends
Author and journalist David Marr will shatter some of the myths surrounding the Stonewall Riots when he delivers the keynote address at the Aurora Dinner this Saturday. The gala charity fundraiser ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 1 Comment
Herpes patients asked for help
Those living with Australia’s second most common sexually-transmitted infection are being urged to share their experiences in an online survey. The Australian Herpes Management Forum (AHMF) is calling for people ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No 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.auGAY 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.auCOME 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.auQUEERSCREEN
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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Hope for lock-out rethink
Oxford St publicans have called on the newly-formed Sydney Liquor Task Force to review the 2am lock-out system and come up with more effective measures for handling alcohol-related violence. The state Government, with the City ... Read more
Oxford now with receiver
Oxford Hotel management insists it will be business as usual despite the pub’s holding ... Read more
Same-sex marriage push
The Greens have made good on a promise to introduce a private member’s bill ... Read more
ACON’s three-year vision
ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has declared a drop in HIV rates as a key ... Read more
Back on the trax
DJ Rob will be back at Bears Den Night Flinders Hotel on Friday, July ... Read more
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