Newtown attack spurs free self-defence course for LGBTI people
A martial arts teacher has organised free defence classes for LGBTI people after a vicious bashing in Newtown.
A martial arts teacher has organised free defence classes for LGBTI people after a vicious bashing in Newtown.
SHE gleans from the thrilling gay paper that is sometimes in stock at Doonside newsagency that Newtown is the place to go. To look for …
Assault victim and trans woman Stephanie McCarthy speaks to Star Observer about her disappointment over her assailant’s sentencing.
Team behind iconic gay-friendly Sydney bar slam “conservative agenda” as factor in night club closure but vow to keep pub open
Two men face court over alleged incident in Sydney’s inner west which left trans woman bloodied and beaten.
Arrests in Sydney’s Inner West follow alleged transphobic incident in the heart of city’s LGBTI community and continuing protests outside pub where bashing took place.
Sydney’s Alex Greenwich and Newtown’s Jenny Leong talk to the Star Observer about their priorities for the gay community as “pink electorates” reject the major parties.
Penny Sharpe, the NSW upper house’s first openly-lesbian MP, is now Labor’s candidate for the electorate of LGBTI-centric Newtown. Here, she explains why the state-wide LGBTI community would benefit from having a Labor government — and an MP such as her.
NSW shadow transport minister says she won’t go back to the upper house if Newtown tilt fails — despite seat standing vacant.
NSW upper house Labor MP Penny Sharpe will seek preselection from the party to contest the newly-formed seat of Newtown at the 2015 state election. A …