Posts tagged LGBT Victoria

After 20 years of bringing together Victoria’s gay bear community and those who like them, VicBears will celebrate its milestone anniversary with a special gala event.

Daylesford, Victoria Sunday, March 13, 2016 Photographer: Daniel Bone

Daylesford, Victoria Sunday, March 13, 2016 Photographer: Daniel Bone

Since 1997, ChillOut Festival in Daylesford, Victoria, has grown immensely and is now Australia’s biggest regional pride event. Matthew Wade spoke to the festival director to find out out more about its enduring success.

Gaytimes, Australia’s first music festival catered to the LGBTI community modelled on the likes of Splendour in the Grass and Coachella, will make its debut at Lake Mountain Alpine Resort in regional Victoria.

Tomorrow night’s inaugural National Water Polo League Pride Cup in Melbourne, a Midsumma Festival event, aims to champion inclusion and diversity in sport and has future plans to run education programs.

The VGLRL has announced its new co-convenors, with longstanding Anna Brown stepping down from the role after a number of successful LGBTI law reforms and campaigns.

A new bill allowing same-sex couples to jointly adopt in Victoria was passed in Victorian Parliament’s lower house, despite no Liberal MPs voting in favour of it.

Melbourne’s LGBTI community came together last Friday to celebrate the hard work undertaken by the community over the past year — from raising awareness around the trans* and gender diverse people to helping gay youth in rural Victoria.

If the plan for the centre is approved, it would emulate similar global endeavours such as San Francisco’s LGBT Community Centre.