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LAST month’s defeat of Arizona’s “religious freedom” bill, SB1062, heralded a larger victory for the US gay rights movement. If successful, the bill would have …

 An open letter from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Dear Ambassador Ayo Olukanni, Nigerian anti-gay legislation threatens to violate fundamental human rights and devastate …

IT is the week after Mardi Gras. You may have partied hard. You may have taken it easy. Gerry North explores a different form of partying. …

I FIRST met Jamie Jackson a few weeks before this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras at the Stonewall Hotel. My first impression of …

“RELAX. Trust me”. I did. A brief prick, he pulled back on the plastic and the tube went red. He then pushed the syringe towards …

EVERY Australian should be proud of what the Sydney Mardi Gras achieves each year. As Russia repealed gay rights on the eve of the Winter …

THE parties were amazing, the eye candy was hot and you danced like there was no tomorrow. But now? Now you can barely move, let …

LAST week Superintendent Tony Crandell told the Star Observer’s readers to remember the new liquor laws (the Sydney CBD lockout laws). He said this in the …

For this year’s Mardi Gras special edition, the Star Observer spoke to some community leaders from around the country about what the festival means to …

I LOVE that the years of my life are punctuated by Mardi Gras. They are the milestones that let me know I am another year older. …