Community ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Archives - Star Observer /category/news/community-news Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:20:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Community ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Archives - Star Observer /category/news/community-news 32 32 Trump & Queensland: Our Trans Youth Need Us To Show Up For Them, Now /opinion/trump-queensland-our-trans-youth-need-us-to-show-up-for-them-now/235197 /opinion/trump-queensland-our-trans-youth-need-us-to-show-up-for-them-now/235197#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:15:17 +0000 /?p=235197 ‘Trump & Queensland: Our Trans Youth Need Us To Show Up For Them, Now‘ is an opinion piece by Chloe Sargeant. In the mere weeks (it seems like much longer, ...

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]]> /opinion/trump-queensland-our-trans-youth-need-us-to-show-up-for-them-now/235197/feed 0 RANZCP & AMA Join Criticism of Ban on Gender-Affirming Care For Queensland Trans Youth /news/ranzcp-ama-join-criticism-of-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-queensland-trans-youth/235081 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 06:33:48 +0000 /?p=235081 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and Australian Medical Association have joined other medical and advocacy organisations in criticising the recent ban on gender-affirming care for minors ...

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]]> Local Drag Talent Shines At Hairy Mary’s On The Gold Coast /news/local-drag-talent-shines-at-hairy-marys-on-the-gold-coast/234978 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 02:08:00 +0000 /?p=234978 A local drag night at Gold Coast LGBTQIA+ bar Hairy Mary’s has proved to be a surprise hit for local drag talent. The weekly event is drawing huge crowds and ...

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]]> Peter Dutton Rejects Calls From MPs For Australia to Follow Trump’s Anti-Trans ‘Two Sexes’ Policy /news/peter-dutton-rejects-calls-from-mps-for-australia-to-follow-trumps-anti-trans-two-sexes-policy/234983 /news/peter-dutton-rejects-calls-from-mps-for-australia-to-follow-trumps-anti-trans-two-sexes-policy/234983#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:09:13 +0000 /?p=234983 Opposition leader Peter Dutton has dismissed calls from Nationals MPs for Australia to follow President Donald Trump’s lead in announcing a new federal government definition of sex and gender. Earlier ...

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]]> /news/peter-dutton-rejects-calls-from-mps-for-australia-to-follow-trumps-anti-trans-two-sexes-policy/234983/feed 3 Rebecca Johnson OAM Announced as First CEO of Queensland LGBTIQA+ Alliance /news/rebecca-johnson-oam-announced-as-first-ceo-of-queensland-lgbtiqa-alliance/234976 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:49:25 +0000 /?p=234976 The Queensland LGBTIQA+ Alliance has made a historic announcement with the appointment of Rebecca Johnson OAM as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer. This major announcement reflects the growing momentum for ...

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]]> Invasion Day 2025: All The Marches, Protests & Events Happening Across The Country /news/invasion-day-2025-all-the-marches-protests-events-happening-across-the-country/234964 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:42:59 +0000 /?p=234964 January 26 has only been celebrated as a public holiday since 1994, but First Nations communities have been marking it as Invasion Day, or a Day of Mourning since before ...

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]]> Lawyers Are Fighting Over Access To Phone Records of Alleged Murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/lawyers-are-fighting-over-access-to-phone-records-of-alleged-murderer-beau-lamarre-condon/234949 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:51:06 +0000 /?p=234949 The phone records of Beau Lamarre-Condon, the former NSW police officer charged with the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, are currently being fought over by lawyers in court. ...

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]]> Sunshine Coast Queer Ball Set To Return in 2025 /news/sunshine-coast-queer-ball-set-to-return-in-2024/234831 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:36:37 +0000 /?p=234831 In October 2024 the Sunshine Coast came to life as they celebrated with their very first Queer Ball. Over 400 guests descended on the popular Banana Bender Pub on October ...

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]]> Qtopia Announce Rainbow Shoelace Project Founder Abbie Jane As New Youth Ambassador /news/qtopia-announce-rainbow-shoelace-project-founder-abbie-jane-as-new-youth-ambassador/234886 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:09:08 +0000 /?p=234886 Qtopia Sydney has announced that Abbie Jane, founder of the Rainbow Shoelace Project, is their new inaugural Youth Ambassador. 15-year-old Abbie is a a powerful advocate and change-maker for the ...

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]]> Meta Makes More Changes Removing LGBTQIA+ Pride Themes /news/meta-makes-more-changes-removing-lgbtqia-pride-themes/234838 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:46:16 +0000 /?p=234838 Massive changes have been underway at Meta, owners of Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Threads, which are negatively effecting the LGBTQIA+ community and causing internal chaos at the company. Changes have ...

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]]> Melbourne LGBTQ+ Venues Vandalised As Activists Call For Midsumma Boycott /news/melbourne-lgbtq-venues-vandalised-as-activists-call-for-midsumma-boycott/234777 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 07:16:14 +0000 /?p=234777 An autonomous group of activists have vandalised several gay venues in Melbourne, calling for a boycott of Midsumma. Yah Yahs, Sircuit, Wet on Wellington, and The Peel were tagged with ...

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]]> Midsumma Pride March: 30 Years Of Marching (And Reporting) With Pride /features/midsumma-pride-march-30-years-of-marching-and-reporting-with-pride/234744 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:33:18 +0000 /?p=234744 This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Midsumma Pride March on February 2, an event celebrating LGBTQIA+ pride and unity, spanning one kilometre and bringing together almost 60,000 people. ...

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]]> The Ladies League Is Closing, But It Wasn’t A Failure /news/the-ladies-league-is-closing-but-it-wasnt-a-failure/234731 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:11:04 +0000 /?p=234731 This week, Australia’s first and only women’s sports bar closed. The Ladies League was open for five months before the Christmas break, and have cancelled their plans to reopen in ...

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]]> It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730 /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:57:14 +0000 /?p=234730 ‘It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy’ is an opinion piece by Just.Equal Australia Vice President and LGBTQIA+ activist Rodney Croome. Who decided to spend tens of ...

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]]> /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730/feed 5 Melbourne Pride Guide | Festival Edition 2025 /latest-issues/star-observer/melbourne-pride-edition-2025/234656 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:00:07 +0000 /?p=234656 The post Melbourne Pride Guide | Festival Edition 2025 appeared first on Star Observer.

]]> Vale James Simpson: Tributes Flow For Musician After Tragic Death /news/vale-james-simpson-tributes-flow-for-musician-after-tragic-death/234574 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:06:53 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234574 The Australian music and theatre industry is in mourning this weekend following the passing of James Simpson, a highly renowned musical director, arranger and orchestrator.  Having worked on a number ...

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]]> The LGBT Activists Marching Proudly At The Rising Tide Climate Protests /news/the-lgbt-activists-marching-proudly-at-the-rising-tide-climate-protests/234145 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:27:06 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234145 Hundreds of Queer activists joined the huge Rising Tide protest in Newcastle and Canberra last week, calling for an end to new approvals for coal and gas projects and higher ...

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]]> World AIDS Day 2024 ‘It Starts With Me’ /news/world-aids-day-2024-it-starts-with-me/234129 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 23:36:56 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234129 Every year December 1 marks the anniversary of World AIDS Day, this year being thirty six years since the day was established in 1988 to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS ...

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]]> Ju Bavyka Wins Peter Blazey Fellowship for 2025 /news/ju-bavyka-wins-peter-blazey-fellowship-for-2025/234069 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:44:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234069 Ju Bavyka, a trailblazing non-binary writer, visual artist, and community organiser, has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious Peter Blazey Fellowship for 2025. This esteemed fellowship, awarded annually ...

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]]> South Australian Police Release Images Of Alleged Homophobic Attackers /news/south-australian-police-release-footage-of-alleged-homophobic-attackers/234048 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:03:20 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234048 South Australian police have released CCTV images in an effort to find those responsible for an alleged brutal assault on a young same-sex couple in Rundle Mall earlier this month, ...

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