Lawrence Gibbons, Author at Star Observer /author/lawrenceg Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:51:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Lawrence Gibbons, Author at Star Observer /author/lawrenceg 32 32 STAR WARS: A Letter from the Publisher of Star Observer /news/star-wars-a-letter-from-the-publisher-of-star-observer/231871 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 03:07:06 +0000 /?p=231871 Lawrence Gibbons, the publisher of Star Observer and City Hub, reflects on Star Observer’s 45th anniversary, the masthead’s legacy as a LGBTQI+ disruptor, and the ongoing battles that face queer ...

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As The Star Observer Starts Its 45th Year, Australia Still Needs its Pink Press /opinion/as-the-star-observer-starts-its-45th-year-australia-still-needs-its-pink-press/224789 /opinion/as-the-star-observer-starts-its-45th-year-australia-still-needs-its-pink-press/224789#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:31:45 +0000 /?p=224789 The first edition of what is now known as the Star Observer came out in July 1979. At a time when sex between two consenting men was illegal and same-sex ...

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Review: La Bohème by Puccini /artsentertainment/review-la-boheme-by-puccini/208898 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:51:15 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=208898 Opera House until 4 February If you have never seen Gale Edwards’s popular production of La Boheme, this is your last chance. For over a decade, Edwards’s interpretation of Puccini’s ...

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Make Google & Facebook Support Public Interest Journalism /news/make-google-facebook-support-public-interest-journalism/206614 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:17:37 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=206614 Everyone recalls the great news blackout of 2021. Earlier this year, Facebook prevented Australians from posting news stories on their platform. The move came in response to a proposed new ...

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Queer Sydney and Melbourne: A Tale of Two Cities /opinion/queer-sydney-and-melbourne-a-tale-of-two-cities/204278 /opinion/queer-sydney-and-melbourne-a-tale-of-two-cities/204278#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 01:30:45 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=204278 42 years ago this month, in 1979 the first edition of the Sydney Star Observer came out. Seven years later, in 1985 the first edition of the Melbourne Star Observer ...

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Nine Outs Gay Whistleblower and Desk Masturbator /news/national-news/gay-masturbator-and-whistleblower-outed-by-9-news/201804 /news/national-news/gay-masturbator-and-whistleblower-outed-by-9-news/201804#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2021 20:30:17 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=201804 In 1978 the Sydney Morning Herald famously published a front-page story listing the names of queer demonstrators arrested at Sydney’s first Mardi Gras Parade.  Forty-three years later, the paper’s new ...

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The Star Observer Is Still Here To Report On Australia’s Queer Agenda /features/the-star-observer-is-still-here-to-report-on-australias-queer-agenda/196592 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 06:30:59 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=196592 In July 1979, Michael Glynn bravely published the first edition of the Star Observer to support Australia’s burgeoning gay liberation movement. The year before, in late June 1978, protesters were ...

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Were pride flags confiscated at Folau’s first game? /news/were-pride-flags-confiscated-at-israel-folaus-first-game-for-catalans/192742 /news/were-pride-flags-confiscated-at-israel-folaus-first-game-for-catalans/192742#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:00:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=192742 Fans who attended Israel Folau’s debut game for the Catalans Dragons are claiming they had rainbow flags confiscated by security guards. The team disputes the assertions, however. Alison Grey posted ...

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Celebrating eight years of Feel the Love /news/community-news/celebrating-eight-years-of-feel-the-love-2/192181 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:51:09 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=192181 Sponsored content Council’s eighth annual ‘Feel the Love’ Mardi Gras reception is on Thursday, 6 February 2019 at Marrickville Library and Pavilion, 313 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, 7pm-9pm. Feel the Love ...

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Christmas Carols with the MCC at Town Hall for Christmas Eve /artsentertainment/inclusive-church-to-hold-night-of-carolds-on-christmas-eve/191552 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:56:37 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=191552 Every year for the last 23 years the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Sydney has given Sydney a gift: A place to come on Christmas Eve where everyone is welcome with ...

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Publisher’s editorial: A Star is reborn /opinion/publishers-editorial-a-star-is-reborn/185757 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:32:19 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=185757 Star Observer publisher Lawrence Gibbons recalls gay pride in the 70s and meeting Star Observer founder Michael Glynn. Forty years ago I attended my first San Francisco Pride Parade. Standing ...

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