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Book to launch at Queer Thinking
As part of the New Mardi Gras Queer Thinking program, former High Court justice Michael Kirby and Anna Gibbs will launch new book, Out of the Box: Contemporary Australian Gay ... Read more
Thu February 25th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters
CONGRATULATIONS #1 When the first issue of Sydney Star Observer was published over 30 years ago, Sydney’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community was slowing emerging. Just three years later, HIV/AIDS began ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - No Comments
Bell to launch HIV legal guide
Australia's newest High Court judge will launch a new guide for legal practitioners regarding the criminal prosecution of HIV transmission in NSW. The Hon. Justice Virginia Bell will join ... Read more
Wed June 10th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Push to ban sodomy laws
Former High Court justice Michael Kirby has called on lawyers to help repeal laws that criminalise homosexuality in 41 of the 53 Commonwealth countries. Addressing the Commonwealth Law Conference in Hong ... Read more
Tue May 5th, 2009 - No Comments
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The legacy of Toonen v Australia
A landmark victory by Australian activists 15 years ago this month turned human rights for gay men and lesbians into an international standard and an everlasting part of the UN ... Read more
Tue April 21st, 2009 - 5 Comments
Bigots can’t escape justice: Tribunal
A Newcastle taxi driver has been ordered to stop posting anti-gay diatribes on YouTube or face contempt charges in the Supreme Court. John Sunol, 51, was slapped down by the Administrative ... Read more
Wed January 7th, 2009 - 16 Comments
New justice a ‘78er
Michael Kirby's replacement on the High Court is one of the original 1978 Mardi Gras participants. Justice Virginia Bell, who will be sworn in on 3 February, has been widely praised ... Read more
Wed December 17th, 2008 - 2 Comments
Separate but equal
Michael Kirby's inaugural lecture delivered last Wednesday in honour of the late John Marsden should cause us all to pause and consider whether the same-sex equality reforms currently being debated ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - No Comments
Current Issue
Velvet in the garden
A new burlesque and cabaret show, The Velvet Garden, showcasing the debut work of up-and-coming performers will feature at the Red Rattle Theatre on Friday, March 19. With playwright Wayne Tunks as host, the ... Read more
PFLAG outrage: Shame on you, Tony Abbott
Parents, friends and relatives of gay and lesbian people are being encouraged to register ... Read more
We were wrong
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says a deal was struck to to force a vote ... Read more
Change to BGF service structure
Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) clients will be asked to take more responsibility for their ... Read more
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re shovel-ready!
The shriek of whistles pierces the air, dykes tease the crowd with their purring ... Read more
HIV+ migrant inquiry
Some of the nation’s peak AIDS bodies have used an inquiry into migration by ... Read more