Posts tagged Brisbane Pride

You should always travel with pride, and know that you’re visiting LGBTI-friendly venues and accommodation.

“Our community loves to talk about togetherness, but insists on dividing ourselves up by letters, colours on a flag, labels, and judgements. But during the postal survey we put them to the side”

“At times there is nothing I love about Brisbane Pride. But these seem to precisely be the times when someone will say ‘thank you’, or ‘you don’t know this but you saved my friend’s life'”

Members of the public can support the formal by donating to help young people attend.

The Queen’s Ball Awards fell on the anniversary of the first Sydney Mardi Gras is 1978.

The officer pioneered the QPS’ LGBTI network.

As we usher in a brand new year, the Star Observer reflects on some of the biggest LGBTI news stories of 2015 – from important law reforms to topics that had everyone talking.

With police recently marching in both Brisbane and Tasmania’s pride marches, this year has marked a shift towards more open support by the police of Australia’s LGBTI community.

Despite appearing to have early support from both sides of Brisbane City Council, a petition calling for the creation of an LGBTI advisory committee was rejected yesterday as council said it already had a board to deal with the issues facing the community.

As Brisbane Pride Festival heads into its 25th year, David Alexander found out why community ties are as relevant today as it was when homosexuality was decriminalised the year the festival was born.