South Australian Queer Couple To Raise Child Genderless
The bin year that was 2020 is finally behind us and 2021 has brought some good news. A South Australian couple, who are expecting their …
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South Australia Outlaws Gay Panic Defence
The abhorrent legal defence of “gay panic” has finally been kicked out of Australia with South Australia becoming the last state to pass a legislation …
From Feast To Famine
With Adelaide having recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases in the last 48 hours, all linked to an outbreak in the city’s northern suburbs, the South …
Pride Flag Vandalised In South Australia
In what has been described as a “gut-punching” homophobic attack, a pride flag being flown in Mallala in South Australia has been defaced with the …
Feast Festival Returns In November
“Adelaide has a thriving and diverse LGBTQI community- and it’s getting more so. Despite COVID there have been exciting new developments in Adelaide with at least …
Online Petition Seeks Repeal Of Gay Panic Defence In South Australia
A change.org petition asking South Australia to outlaw the ‘gay panic defence’ and add hate crime provisions to the sentencing law has attracted over 5000 …
Suicide And Self-Harm: A Personal Reflection
I was 16 years old when I first attempted suicide. That was more than 25 years ago, but for me this is a lifelong battle …
South Australian Ban On Conversion Therapy To Be Shaped By Survivors
Following Queensland’s banning of conversion therapy last week, Star Observer spoke to South Australia’s Shadow Human Services Minister, Nat Cook, about her draft bill to …
Teen Starts GoFundMe To Help Trans Mum
A 14-year-old in South Australia has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for her trans mother to have gender affirmation surgery. Leah Ewart, started …
South Australia Abolishing ‘Gay Panic’ Defence?
Forty five years after South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality, it is the only jurisdiction yet to outlaw the discriminatory …