A personal account: The impact on Australian arts from COVID-19
The current financial loss to the Australian creative industries is estimated to be 145 million dollars. Let that figure sink in for a second. In …
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More cancellations: Pride In Sport, Todrick Hall
The ban on gatherings of more than 500 people imposed by the Australian Government has prompted an ongoing stream of cancellations for large scale events. …
MQFF cancels screenings across VIC
On Sunday the 15th of March, all ticket holders for Melbourne Queer Film Festival, were notified via email that remaining sessions as of Monday the …
Maker of HIV medication may be close to finding COVID-19 drug
American biotech company, Gilead Sciences (GILD), the pharmaceutical manufacturer of antiviral drugs used in treatments for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and influenza has developed a promising treatment …
LGBTQI health groups issue COVID-19 advice to community
Australia’s leading LGBTQI health groups have warned that certain community members could be particularly vulnerable during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Australian Federation of AIDS …
LA joins Pride festivals cancelled due to COVID-19
LA Pride’s 50th Anniversary has been postponed indefinitely and Pride festivals around the world either have or will do the same amid the COVID-19 panic. …
Rainbow Holi has been cancelled
Due to concerns regarding the Coronavirus (Covid-19), and in alignment with government recommendations that there be no public gatherings of 500 or more people, the …
Will COVID-19 change how you date and hook-up?
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, and with increased warnings by the World Health Organization to maintain ‘social distance’, dating apps such as Hornet, Bumble, Tinder, …
How will Coronavirus affect the LGBTQI community?
“Is it safe to have sex amidst this Coronavirus outbreak?” S* posted in an online LGBTQ+ wellness forum, earlier this week. The global outbreak of …