Community Heroes Archives - Star Observer /category/features/community-heroes Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:56:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Community Heroes Archives - Star Observer /category/features/community-heroes 32 32 Michael Kirby & Johan van Vloten Retire From Bobby Goldsmith Foundation After 22 Years /news/kirby-and-vloten-retire-bobby-goldsmith-foundation/233516 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:56:23 +0000 /?p=233516 The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation has announced the retirement of Michael Kirby and Johan van Vloten as co-patrons after 22 years of dedicated service. After the announcement at BGF’s recent, Red ...

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Cairns Pride Festival Kicks Off This Weekend /news/cairns-pride-festival-kicks-off-this-weekend/233197 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:31:58 +0000 /?p=233197 The Cairns community is set to celebrate their pride festivities this weekend as the Cairns Pride Festival commences a week long celebration from October 4 – 12. Including the Cairns ...

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Marc Brew: Finding Power In Disability And Queerness /artsentertainment/marc-brew-finding-power-in-disability-and-queerness/232996 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:40:16 +0000 /?p=232996 Marc Brew was only 20 years old when he was in a horrific car crash, killing the other three people in the car and leaving the young ballet dancer unable ...

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HIV Advocate & Former Mardi Gras President Bill Whittaker Has Passed Away /news/hiv-advocate-former-mardi-gras-president-bill-whittaker-has-passed-away/232898 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 01:59:21 +0000 /?p=232898 Bill Whittaker, who was a longtime and tireless advocate in Australia’s community-led response to HIV, the first CEO of ACON, and the President of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi ...

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THE DISRUPTOR: Star Observer founder, Michael Glynn /news/the-disruptor-star-observer-founder-michael-glynn/231872 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 02:18:46 +0000 /?p=231872 Disruptor. Radical. Firebrand. A ‘lanky American with no shortage of attitude and chutzpah’. All the above were common descriptors for the founder of Star Observer, Michael Glynn. His legacy is ...

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Stonewall Day: “When The Gays Fought Back” /news/international-news-news/stonewall-day-when-the-gays-fought-back/231799 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:59:24 +0000 /?p=231799 Today, June 28, is Stonewall Day – the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. It honours the day in 1969 when a routine police raid on the Stonewall Inn in ...

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Vale Lance Leopard /news/vale-lance-leopard/231748 /news/vale-lance-leopard/231748#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:15:15 +0000 /?p=231748 Marcus Pierce – known to the community as Lance Leopard – tragically passed away in Brisbane last week, along with his mother Carmel. Lance was a well-known member of Sydney’s ...

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Minus18 Won’t Stay Quiet On Increasing Anti-LGBT Attacks On Queer Formals /news/minus18-attacks-queer-formals/231665 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 03:20:08 +0000 /?p=231665 LGBTQI+ youth organisation Minus18 recently shared with followers on social media that anti-LGBT hate groups have been attacking their queer youth formals – and they’ve opened up to Star Observer ...

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Why The NSW Apology For The Criminal History of Homosexuality is So Vitally Important /news/nsw-apology-criminal-history-of-homosexuality/231381 /news/nsw-apology-criminal-history-of-homosexuality/231381#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2024 02:05:54 +0000 /?p=231381 On June 6, 2024, the LGBTQI+ community witnessed the formal NSW apology for those who were victims of homosexuality being criminalised. In 1984, the Crimes Amendment Bill decriminalised homosexuality across ...

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Mama Alto: A Storyteller Swathed In Old Hollywood Glam /features/mama-alto-a-storyteller-swathed-in-old-hollywood-glam/231377 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 01:10:09 +0000 /?p=231377 Mama Alto is a Melbourne cabaret and jazz icon. She is also a storyteller and a transgender activist, who creates spaces allowing LGBTQI+ people the safety to find power in ...

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Newcastle Drag Legend Glenda Jackson Passes Away /news/newcastle-drag-legend-glenda-jackson-passes-away/231143 Mon, 27 May 2024 03:02:24 +0000 /?p=231143 Newcastle LGBTQI+ community icon and drag legend Glenda (Glen) Jackson has sadly passed away. The news was confirmed by Glen’s friends via her social media. Ian Tufrey posted to Glenda’s ...

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Australian Entertainment Legend Ignatius Jones Dead At 67 /news/ignatius-jones-dead/230670 Thu, 09 May 2024 01:39:01 +0000 /?p=230670 Australian music legend Ignatius Jones has died at his home in the Philippines. The performer, writer and event director, best known for being the front man of Jimmy and the ...

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Remembering Les Girls Legend Trixie Laumonte /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/remembering-les-girls-legend-trixie-laumonte/229735 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:17:00 +0000 /?p=229735 Former Sydney showgirl and Brisbane icon Trixie Laumonte passed away in Brisbane this month. Tributes have flown in for the former Les Girls performer as many remember her for an ...

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Vale Phil Carswell OAM – a true community hero /news/vale-phil-carswell-oam-a-true-community-hero/229732 /news/vale-phil-carswell-oam-a-true-community-hero/229732#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2024 02:51:18 +0000 /?p=229732 Written by Stephen A Russell Phil Carswell was a highly respected, long-term political advocate for the LGBTIQ+ community. His work and dedication over 40 years brought positive influence to politics ...

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Candy Royalle – A Legacy Of Love  /features/candy-royalle-a-legacy-of-love/224563 Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:44:24 +0000 /?p=224563 By Guy James Whitworth Five years ago this week Sydney’s Queer community lost one of its brightest and most inspiring stars.    For those unfamiliar with Candy Royalle, she was a ...

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Narelda Jacobs: A Voice We Need To Hear /features/narelda-jacobs-a-voice-we-need-to-hear/222990 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:52:13 +0000 /?p=222990 Narelda Jacobs is a Sydney-based Whadjuk Noongar journalist and presenter. Since 2000, she has worked for Network 10 and is currently a co-host on Studio 10.  In July, Jacobs was ...

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Miss First Nation 2023 Cerulean: On A Mission To Spread Queer Black Joy  /features/miss-first-nation-2023-cerulean-on-a-mission-to-spread-queer-black-joy/222986 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:54:00 +0000 /?p=222986 Cerulean is a Melbourne-based drag performer. Most recently, she won the title of Miss First Nation 2023 at the Miss First Nation: Supreme Queen Competition during Sydney WorldPride 2023. In ...

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AND THE 2022 HONOUR AWARD GOES TO… /news/and-the-2022-honour-award-goes-to/216206 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:00:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=216206 Unsung LGBTQ heroes and community champions were among diverse mix of people and group recognised at the Honour Awards 2022. Over 300 people came together at the Ivy Ballroom in ...

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We’re Starting To See Change, Says Todd Fernando Victorian Commissioner for LGBT Communities /news/were-starting-to-see-change-todd-fernando/214467 Thu, 07 Jul 2022 05:00:49 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=214467 From growing up with his ‘foot in two camps’ – queer and Indigenous, to being the voice of the LGBTQI community in Victoria, Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities Todd Fernando ...

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A Nurse’s Reflections on Working Through COVID-19 /news/a-nurses-reflections-on-working-though-covid-19/209155 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:11:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=209155 By Blade Manders Imagine this; life is pretty good, you’re working an amazing job, caring for some of the most incredible and vulnerable people and then one day, on the ...

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