Community ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Archives - Star Observer /category/news/community-news Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:07:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Community ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Archives - Star Observer /category/news/community-news 32 32 South Australian Police Release Images Of Alleged Homophobic Attackers /news/south-australian-police-release-footage-of-alleged-homophobic-attackers/234048 /news/south-australian-police-release-footage-of-alleged-homophobic-attackers/234048#respond Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:03:20 +0000 /?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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Finding The Right Sex Toys For Your Trans Pleasure /news/finding-the-right-sex-toys-for-your-trans-pleasure/234028 /news/finding-the-right-sex-toys-for-your-trans-pleasure/234028#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2024 23:21:10 +0000 /?p=234028 Sex is bizarre at the best of times, but when your trans body is changing and new hormones are rewiring your brain it can get even more confusing. Old techniques ...

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Tasmania Launches Landmark LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Action Plan /news/tasmania-doh-lgbtiqa-launches-action-plan233887/233887 /news/tasmania-doh-lgbtiqa-launches-action-plan233887/233887#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:32:31 +0000 /?p=233887 Tasmania’s Department of Health and LGBTIQA+ Reference Group launches long-awaited LGBTIQA+ Action Plan to be implemented over the next three years. The plan aims to improve inclusive healthcare for the ...

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ACON Presents a Week of Activities for Transgender Awareness Week & Day of Remembrance /news/acon-presents-a-week-of-activities-for-transgender-awareness-week-day-of-remembrance/233876 /news/acon-presents-a-week-of-activities-for-transgender-awareness-week-day-of-remembrance/233876#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2024 05:02:29 +0000 /?p=233876 November 13 to November 19 is Transgender Awareness Week, which culminates on the Trans Day of Remembrance or Resistance on November 20. ACON is holding an assortment of different events ...

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National Survivors’ Day: LGBT Survivors of Sexual & Family Violence Speak Out in New ACON Anthology /news/national-survivors-day-lgbt-survivors-of-sexual-family-violence-speak-out-in-new-anthology/233834 /news/national-survivors-day-lgbt-survivors-of-sexual-family-violence-speak-out-in-new-anthology/233834#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:57:34 +0000 /?p=233834 LGBTQIA+ survivors have come together to share their stories in The Loud Way Home, an anthology of experiences of domestic, family, and sexual violence. Queer survivors are often left out ...

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Salisbury Uni Students Arrested After Violent Hate Crime Using Fake Grindr Account /news/salisbury-university-student-vicious-hate-crime233828/233828 /news/salisbury-university-student-vicious-hate-crime233828/233828#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:05:54 +0000 /?p=233828 Salisbury University students were arrested by Maryland police this week over an alleged gay hate crime. The twelve students allegedly attacked a gay man after they purposely targeted and lured ...

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So, Trump is President – What Can Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Community Do Now? /news/trump-is-president-what-can-australia-lgbtqia-community-do/233762 /news/trump-is-president-what-can-australia-lgbtqia-community-do/233762#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:52:38 +0000 /?p=233762 So… that didn’t quite go how we’d hoped, did it? Whether you spent all day glued to live updates or hid under the covers hoping it would all go away, ...

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Beau Lamarre-Condon Will Now Be Defended by Taxpayer-Funded Legal Aid /news/beau-lamarre-condon-will-now-be-defended-by-taxpayer-funded-legal-aid/233715 /news/beau-lamarre-condon-will-now-be-defended-by-taxpayer-funded-legal-aid/233715#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:09:56 +0000 /?p=233715 Former NSW Police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, charged with the alleged murder of couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird, has changed his legal representation to taxpayer-funded Legal Aid defence. Lamarre-Condon, 29, ...

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Narelda Jacobs Announced As New Patron of Rainbow Futures WA /news/narelda-jacobs-announced-as-new-patron-of-rainbow-futures-wa/233709 /news/narelda-jacobs-announced-as-new-patron-of-rainbow-futures-wa/233709#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:31:13 +0000 /?p=233709 Narelda Jacobs, veteran journalist and news presenter, and LGBTQIA+ Whadjuk Noongar woman, has been announced as the newest patron for the peak Western Australia LGBTQIA+ organisation Rainbow Futures WA. Rainbow ...

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Narelda Jacobs Calls Out Melbourne Cafe For Refusing Her An Empty Table /news/national-news/narelda-jacobs-alleged-discrimination-at-cafe233648/233648 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:32:29 +0000 /?p=233648 Queer newsreader Narelda Jacobs has shared her story about a cafe that refused to seat her at an empty table at the front, and then offered the spot to a white ...

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The Iconic U=U Shirt Troye Sivan Wore On Stage Is Being Auctioned Off For Charity /artsentertainment/troye-sivan-u-u-auction-aids-hiv-charity/233610 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:09:50 +0000 /?p=233610 At the recent San Francisco concert of Troye Sivan & Charlie XCX’s Sweat Tour, queer Aussie icon Troye Sivan wore a black tank top emblazoned with white lettering that read ...

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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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The Winners of 2024’s SGLBA Education Fund Scholarships Have Been Announced /news/winners-of-the-2024-sglba-education-fund-scholarships/233205 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:31:25 +0000 /?p=233205 The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association (SGLBA) celebrated the 2024 SGLBA Education Fund Awards Night tonight in Sydney, where they announced the three recipients of incredible scholarships that support ...

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Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull denied visa after community campaign /news/kellie-jay-keen-minshull-denied-visa-after-community-campaign/233215 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:42:24 +0000 /?p=233215 Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, will not be coming to Australia to attend CPAC. Booked to appear at the conservative conference in Brisbane this weekend, Keen-Minshull’s attendance was ...

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Melbourne’s Beloved Beans Bar Is For Sale & There’s a Fundraiser To Save It /news/beans-bar-for-sale-euphoria-social-fundraiser/232964 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 04:04:18 +0000 /?p=232964 Beloved Collingwood queer and neurodivergent-friendly venue Beans Bar has gone up for sale, and local organisation Euphoria Social are ready to step in and save this unique and necessary community ...

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78ers Speak Out On the LGBTIQ Hate Crimes Report & NSW Government’s Apology /news/78ers-lgbtiq-hate-crimes-report-nsw-apology/233039 /news/78ers-lgbtiq-hate-crimes-report-nsw-apology/233039#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:16:38 +0000 /?p=233039 78ers Mark Gillespie, Graham Chuck and Peter Murphy deliver their thoughts on the recent report from the Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes, the NSW Government‘s apology decision ...

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Newcastle Makes History With First Trans Councillor Paige Johnson /news/newcastle-makes-history-with-first-trans-councillor-paige-johnson/232966 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:55:19 +0000 /?p=232966 History has been made in Newcastle, where Paige Johnson has been elected as the city’s first openly transgender councillor and first in the state, marking a major milestone for trans ...

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Hannah Conda To Co-Host Brisbane Pride Pet Parade /news/hannah-conda-to-co-host-brisbane-pride-pet-parade/232931 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:28:32 +0000 /?p=232931 The Brisbane Pride Pet Parade is set to return to Pride Fair Day, with a special co-host, Hannah Conda! Every year attendees flock to the main stage at Brisbane Pride ...

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Sydney Celebrates Opening of The Inner West Pride Centre /news/sydney-celebrates-opening-of-the-inner-west-pride-centre/232441 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 03:38:05 +0000 /?p=232441 The Inner West Pride Centre (IWPC) has officially been opened! The new Pride Centre is being housed in the old Newtown Town Hall, which has been converted after a $2.6 ...

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Understanding The Difference Between Trans and Intersex People /opinion/understanding-the-difference-between-trans-and-intersex-people/232434 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 04:32:37 +0000 /?p=232434 Following the wave of anti-trans sentiment directed towards Algerian boxer Imane Khelif Dr Antimony Deor unpacks the differences between transgender and intersex people and their lives. Sex is often thought ...

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