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    Labor’s lost political will: Greens

    The Greens claim the federal government has lost its political will for human rights after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus sent the consolidation bill of five anti-discrimination acts back to his department for more work. Despite the move, Dreyfus...

    • Posted 61 days ago
  • SA Liberal leader quits

    Isobel Redmond, one of the few Liberal Party state leaders to openly supports marriage equality, has quit as South Australia’s opposition leader. In a statement given to The Australian newspaper this morning, Redmond said she had decided...

    • Posted 109 days ago
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    Katter loses candidates, walks out of interview

    A Victorian candidate for  Bob Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) who linked gay people with paedophiles has quit, while a Queensland Senate nominee has had his membership suspended in fallout from yesterday’s extraordinary display of anti-gay animus from...

    • Posted 115 days ago
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    Review: Gaybies

    From the moment the lights went up for Gaybies, I was hooked. A children’s party sets the scene – a long trestle table littered with streamers, party hats and, of course, a cake fills the stage at...

    • Posted 122 days ago
  • Men in thighs

    I was channel surfing during the break and found some reasonable viewing in the form of half naked, three-quarts bear and full on oiled up muscle fun. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I found the WWE. I’m now...

    • Posted 123 days ago
  • PFLAG founder dead at 92

    PFLAG founder and extraordinary gay rights pioneer Jeanne Manford has died at 92. The Huffington Post reports Manford died at her California home on January 8 and had been in declining health for some time. Manford’s daughter...

    • Posted 131 days ago
  • Paulini and Luciana to play T Dance

    Feisty UK pop sensation Luciana and Aussie diva Paulini are the latest artists announced for the biggest party on Melbourne’s gay calendar, T Dance. The Midsumma Festival kicks off this Sunday with the Midsumma Carnival, followed by...

    • Posted 133 days ago
  • Uruguay next to move on marriage

    Uruguay is set to become the 12th nation in the world and the second Latin American country to allow gay marriage after Lower House lawmakers voted in favour of it on Tuesday night. The marriage equality bill...

    • Posted 159 days ago
  • Gay marriage next year for Brits

    Same-sex couples in England and Wales look set to be able to marry from next year after the government announced reforms would be made in early 2013. More than 50 percent of UK residents support marriage equality,...

    • Posted 159 days ago
  • Ex-gay Jews sue

    US anti-discrimination group, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit accusing a New Jersey organisation of consumer fraud for offering conversion (or “ex-gay”) therapy. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of New...

    • Posted 165 days ago