“We didn’t know what was coming”: AIDS in Australia
On the evening of December 1, 1988, the first ever World AIDS Day, hundreds of people packed into the Martin Place amphitheatre in Sydney for …
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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 …
‘I’ve listened to damaging bullsh*t about our community for 30 years’: advocacy and burning out
“Most people who work with our community in a professional capacity undertake regular supervision to manage the emotional strain of their job, but it occurs to me that advocates and campaigners don’t.”
Advocates and allies call to end violence against trans community
More than 270 trans people around the world have been killed this year alone.
Thousands sign petition as lawyers pledge to support elderly Melbourne gay couple ordered to remove rainbow flag
Soon after a Change.org petition was created in response to an elderly Melbourne gay couple being ordered to take down a rainbow flag from their apartment balcony, lawyers stepped forward to support them for free.
ALP Conference: protesters rally in support of binding vote for marriage equality
ALP also adopts motions to support same-sex parenting measures, more anti-homophobia and anti-transphobia school programs, and to make sure LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers are not sent to countries where it is unsafe for them.
Aussie Rules player comes out, says it shouldn’t be a big deal
A LOCAL Aussie Rules football player has come out as gay in mainstream media, arguing gay players in sport don’t need to be a big …