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Tickets available for Holding the Man preview screening and ACON fundraiser

Julie Greksa — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 05:36:41 +0000

A SPECIAL pre-release screening of Holding The Man will be hosted next month by ACON in Sydney to raise funds to end HIV transmission. Based on Timothy Conigrave’s classic memoir of the ...

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Kaleidoscope Australia develops guide for LGBTI refugees

Julie Greksa — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 08:02:59 +0000

HUMAN rights organisation Kaleidoscope Australia has developed the first guide of its kind to processing LGBTI refugees. The Best Practice Guide, written in collaboration with global law firm K&L Gates, is intended ...

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Sydney Catholic Diocese sends letter warning businesses to not support gay marriage

Julie Greksa — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 05:35:00 +0000

THE Catholic Church in Sydney has sent letters to companies that expressed their support for marriage equality as part of an open letter. Advertisements showing some of the 180 business ...

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Moonee Valley council adopts new LGBTIQ Action Plan

Julie Greksa — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 03:50:37 +0000

The City of Moonee Valley has adopted a plan to make life better for LGBTIQ people in the area for the first time in the council's history.

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Berlin Pride: Vibrant, eclectic and amazing

Julie Greksa — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:28:55 +0000

AS Berlin braces for the week-long LGBTI festivities, the German city’s flourishing artistic, expressive, and sexually-charged atmosphere is ripe for the exploring. Berlin’s 37th annual Christopher Street Day celebrations — ...

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Broken Hill to transform into the fabulous wild west

Julie Greksa — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:16:49 +0000

THE inaugural Broken Heel Festival in the far western NSW of Broken Hill will celebrate the 21st anniversary of 1994 Australian classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Drag stars ...

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LGBTI-friendly Metropolitan Community Church Sydney gearing up for 40th anniversary

Julie Greksa — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:32:38 +0000

THE Sydney branch of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) will celebrate its 40th anniversary of being an LGBTI-inclusive ministry with a gala dinner night. To be held on July 4 at ...

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Almost 7% of young Australians identify as gay, study finds

Julie Greksa — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:42:39 +0000

A NEW study has found that 6.5 per cent of Australians in their 20s identify as gay, more than any other age group surveyed. The survey conducted by Roy Morgan Research ...

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Trailer for Caitlyn Jenner’s new documentary series premieres

Julie Greksa — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:34:20 +0000

A ONE-minute trailer for Caitlyn Jenner’s new eight-part documentary series I Am Cait was premiered today by TV channel E!. Each hour-long episode offers a glimpse into Jenner’s daily life as she adjusts ...

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Rainbow May Day marches on in Russia despite “gay propaganda” ban

Julie Greksa — Thu, 14 May 2015 08:38:50 +0000

HUNDREDS of Russian LGBT rights activists recently marched in a column in St Petersburg on “Rainbow” May Day despite the country’s anti-gay “propaganda” laws. For the fifth year running, the ...

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Bill introduced to scrap the “gay panic” defence in South Australia

Julie Greksa — Thu, 14 May 2015 07:26:58 +0000

A BILL to abolish the “gay panic” defence in South Australia has been introduced after a man found guilty of murder in 2013 was last week granted a retrial by the High ...

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Israeli LGBT youth group reaches out to Palestinian gay youth

Julie Greksa — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 06:32:46 +0000

A LEADING Israeli LGBT youth organisation has launched an Arabic-language translation of its website in an effort to reach out to gay Palestinian youth. The organisation — Israel Gay Youth (IGY) — is partly funded ...

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Mrs Brown weighs in on Irish Marriage Equality Referendum

Julie Greksa — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:09:10 +0000

Mrs Brown shares her views on marriage equality in an address to Ireland.

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Switchboard Victoria launches new service for older LGBTI people

Julie Greksa — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:31:38 +0000

SWITCHBOARD Victoria is launching a service to help older LGBTI people to connect with like-minded visitors. The program Out and About extends the Department of Social Services Community Visitors Scheme ...

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Australian documentary Gayby Baby to have world premiere in Toronto

Julie Greksa — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:55:44 +0000

A NEW Australian documentary looking into the world of “gaybies” — the children of gay parents — will premiere next month at Toronto’s Hot Docs Film Festival. Gayby Baby takes viewers into ...

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Camp Out organisers launch crowd sourcing campaign

Julie Greksa — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:28:35 +0000

The organisers behind the annual camp trip for teenagers who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans*, intersex, asexual or queer hope to hold to their fifth annual camping trip.

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Community invited to join ENUF at ChillOut for International Women’s Day

Julie Greksa — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:19:33 +0000

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day this year falls during Australia’s largest regional LGBTI pride festival, where Living Positive Victoria will draw special attention to women living with HIV. Sunday (March 8) is Carnival day ...

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Gay app Hornet backs VAC petition to have PrEP approved in Australia

Julie Greksa — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:42:34 +0000

A widely-circulated private message from the hookup/dating app encourages users to sign petition to have PrEP approved as a HIV prevention method.

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US’ first-ever special envoy on LGBT rights appointed amidst Arkansas passing discriminatory laws

Julie Greksa — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:11:33 +0000

THE US appointed its first-ever special envoy on Monday to advocate for LGBT rights worldwide. Senior diplomat Randy Berry, who is openly-gay, will work to secure equality for LGBT people. ...

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Photographic exhibition sheds light on gay elderly community members

Julie Greksa — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:06:14 +0000

SYDNEY photographer Richard Hedger has taken intimate portraits of an underrepresented part of the LGBTI community in his latest exhibition as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival. ...

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