Shoplifting On The Rise Post-COVID Lockdown
The owner of much loved Melbourne vintage store Shag, that first opened its doors 1996, made an emotional plea on Facebook on Sunday detailing a spate of shoplifting …
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Calls To Compensate Tasmanians Convicted Under Historical Homosexuality Laws
An independent review into Tasmania’s Expungement of Historical Offences, including those of homosexuality and cross-dressing, has made strong recommendations that those convicted should be recompensed …
Protests Against Latham’s Anti-Trans Bill Continue
After October’s protest against Mark Latham’s proposed Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020 went ahead despite being banned by the Supreme Court, Community Action …
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Bill To Outlaw Conversion Practices Submitted To Victorian Parliament
The Victorian government looks set to pass a strict law against conversion practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, with …
$3 Million For LGBTQI Community In Victorian State Budget
The Dan Andrews’ government unveiled Victoria’s much-awaited budget on Tuesday. Within the budget it has earmarked over $3 million for the LGBTQI community. The budget …
Alleged Murderer Of Kimberley McRae Extradited To Sydney
A 21-year old Colombian student wanted in relation to the alleged January 14 murder of Sydney transgender woman Kimberley McRae has been extradited from the Caribbean island …
Green Park Hotel Sold To St Vincent’s Hospital
Darlinghurst will soon lose another of its famed venues, with the Green Park Hotel after some 127 years of pulling beers now set to close …
New Health Services Program For Trans & Gender Diverse Victorians
“Our state-wide service has seen extraordinary growth during a very challenging year with COVID-19 and we are proud of our achievements. We have supported community …
Sydney’s Gay Penguin Couple Become Dads A Second time
Sphen and Magic, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium’s gay penguin couple, have become parents for a second time. The couple first gained world-wide fame in 2018 when …
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Two Indonesian Men Could Be Caned For Same Sex Intercourse
Two men in the conservative islamic town of Aceh, Indonesia are facing public caning after being outed by their neighbours in a boarding house for …
Transgender Pioneer Jan Morris Passes Away
Last Friday revered trailblazer Jan Morris tragically passed away aged 94, on what was International Transgender Day Of Remembrance. Announcing her passing on Friday Morris’s son, …
IBM Apologises After Firing Transgender Employee Lynn Conway
It was in August, 1968 that Lynn Conway was fired from IBM for reasons that are today illegal, but it wasn’t until October 2020 that …
Conversion Practices Ban Struck Down In US
There are currently 20 States in the United States of America that have enacted laws effectively banning licensed mental health practitioners from performing harmful conversion ‘therapy’ on …
NEWS | COMMUNITY NEWS
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Silent Virus Won’t Silence Trans Community
Founded in 1999 by a transgender woman, Gwendolyn Ann Smith in an effort to memorialise the murder of transgender woman Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts, …
Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2020
Mhelody Polan Bruno is a name not many have heard of. She was a 25-year old transgender Filipina woman who was killed in regional New …
First Mardi Gras Inc Celebrates 50 Years of LGBTQI Activism
On Sunday November 29 First Mardi Gras Inc will hold an online forum entitled Fifty Years Of Visibility: Pioneers And Connections Before 1978. The forum …
Investment In Mental Health Services Needed
Aside from the social and economic impacts of COVID-19, the ongoing pandemic has also caused significant damage to the mental health and wellbeing of Australians, …
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REVIEW: The Queens Gambit
What is said to be a story about a young chess prodigy, is really so much more in The Queens Gambit. It is a story …
REVIEW: The Crown – Season 4
The Crown season 4 premiered on Netflix this week to both rave reviews and its fair share of controversy in regard to its dubious interpretations of …
Magnus Hastings – Rainbow Revolution
Rainbow Revolution was a Rainbow Revelation for me! Being a white, sheltered, cis gendered gay man who has a lot of learning and hearing to …
Hedwig And The Angry Inch Postponed Over Concerns Around Trans Representation
The production of Hedwig And The Angry Inch, which was set to open at The Enmore Theatre in Sydney as part of Sydney Festival 2021 …
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Melbourne Queer Film Festival Interrupted
From Thursday this week to Monday November 30, Melbourne Queer Film Festival will be presenting what will be the festivals largest ever online offering, MQFF INTERRUPTED. …
From Feast To Famine
With Adelaide having recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases in the last 48 hours, all linked to an outbreak in the city’s northern suburbs, the South …
Feast Festival Returns In November
“Adelaide has a thriving and diverse LGBTQI community- and it’s getting more so. Despite COVID there have been exciting new developments in Adelaide with at least …