We cannot underestimate the importance of AIDS 2014
As excitement for AIDS 2014 in Melbourne builds, Brent Allan, the co-chair of the conference’s community program, shares his thoughts on why the event will have a huge impact.
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The not-so-beautiful game
With the World Cup in full swing, former Star Observer journalist and football fanatic Serkan Ozturk looks at the state of gay rights in Brazil, and gay and lesbian visibility in soccer.
The Red Cross is on our side
Recently on June 17, thousands around Australia marked World Blood Donor Day by donating blood — but men who have sex with men were barred from …
Tony Abbott’s horror budget for the LGBTI community
This year’s Federal Budget sparked some of the most heated political debates Australia had ever seen, and the LGBTI community was not immune from it either. Tanya Plibersek, the deputy leader of the federal opposition party, has labelled it a “horror budget”, and here she argues why it’s bad news for our community.
OPINION: The power of language and why Di Bella’s comments matter
IN all the hoopla following the decision this week by Telstra to rescind their Queensland Business of the Year award from coffee entrepreneur Phillip Di …
POLL: Should Gay Soccer Players come out?
Gay soccer players at the World Cup in Brazil should declare their sexuality to help make gays and lesbians accepted around the world, UN Human …
POLL: Did Mardi Gras go too far with this postcard ad?
Mardi Gras were caught by the Advertising Standards Bureau for a postcard that was deemed “highly sexualised” to be distributed in cafes, cinemas, and the like. …