Community and COVID-19: Don’t Forget Where We’ve Come From
When Star Observer asked me to write an opinion piece about being gay, COVID-19 and my experiences as the modern world grappled with one of …
Posts tagged Police brutality
Hundreds Attend Sydney’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protest
Hundreds of Sydney residents attended the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest in Hyde Park on Tuesday, following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of …
Victim Of Viral Racist Encounter, Christian Cooper, Is A Gay Editor
The victim of a racist encounter at Central Park which went viral online this week has been revealed to be Christian Cooper, the former editor …
Dimopoulos calls for police accountably on excessive force
Nik Dimopoulos, the man who suffered permanent injury when his arm was ripped from his socket after Victoria Police mistakenly arrested him in May, has …
“Shock, horror and outrage” over Melbourne LGBTI bookstore raid
Police Minister Lisa Neville is demanding a “full explanation” of the raid.
‘That should never happen again’: NSW Police apologise to ’78ers on Mardi Gras anniversary
Last night members of the LGBTI community reenacted the first Mardi Gras protest on its 40th anniversary.
NSW Police: Yet to RSVP to the sorry party
Those who took part in the very first Sydney Mardi Gras parade in 1978, known as the “78ers”, say it’s time for NSW police to say sorry for their mistreatment and violence at the time.
Police and Mardi Gras
EACH year during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, the city lights up with the colours of the rainbow. NSW Police Force has played …
The lawyer and the reveller in me was mortified by MG2013
THE 2013 Mardi Gras was my first in several years. I hadn’t been able to party because of various problems stemming from rheumatoid arthritis. In any …
Footage of alleged police gay bashing now missing
A TRIBUNAL hearing a gay Sydney man’s complaint that police officers from Rose Bay deleted footage from their own station’s CCTV system has agreed that …