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Pride Adelaide Calls Out Online Bigotry After Barrage of LGBT Hate About SA Pride March

Chloe Sargeant — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:18:57 +0000

The committee from Pride Adelaide have put out a statement calling out online hate and bigotry, after they organisation and its supporters have faced a flurry of “deeply disturbing and ...

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Michael Kirby & Johan van Vloten Retire From Bobby Goldsmith Foundation After 22 Years

Naomi Lawrence — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:56:23 +0000

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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South Australian Parliament Passes Ban On Conversion Practices

Michael James — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:40:21 +0000

South Australia has officially passed legislation in Parliament that bans harmful conversion practices, following in the steps of Victoria, ACT and NSW. The bill, passed with 13 votes to 8 ...

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‘Frightening’ Protests of Drag Storytime Event Cause Lockdown of SA Library

Chloe Sargeant — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 03:52:32 +0000

Protests over a drag queen storytime event in Salisbury, South Australia earlier this week caused the library hosting the children’s event into a lock down. At the event, Adelaide drag ...

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SA Making History With Huge Queer Festival At End of 2024 Adelaide Pride March

Chloe Sargeant — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 06:18:23 +0000

Pride Adelaide have announced that this year’s Pride March will be one for the history books, as they are collaborating with LGBTQI+ festival Poppin’ Out to create the largest-ever single-day ...

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Reuben Kaye Honoured with Adelaide Cabaret Festival Icon Award

Michael James — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:06:26 +0000

Renowned for his mischievous charm and comedic brilliance, Reuben Kaye has been named the recipient of the prestigious Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2024 Icon Award. The announcement came during the 2024 ...

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Josh Cavallo Backs Adelaide 2030 Gay Games Bid

Michael James — Tue, 07 May 2024 20:23:15 +0000

Josh Cavallo has weighed in on recent news that Adelaide is in the running to host the 2030 Gay Games. The out gay athlete has thrown his support behind his ...

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Anti-Gay Adoption Laws Barred This Elite SA Boxer From Olympics

Chloe Sargeant — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:05:50 +0000

Fred Zziwa is a lightweight boxing prodigy from South Australia – and he’d be wearing the green and gold at the Paris Olympics, if it wasn’t for an antiquated anti-gay ...

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Jeremy Finlayson’s Podcast Comments Result In Another Apology

Josh Kerwick — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:41:18 +0000

Port Adelaide forward Jeremy Finlayson has apologised yet again after unclear comments on his wife Kellie’s podcast seemed to imply that he was unhappy with his recent ban for homophobia. ...

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She Survived! Fundraising Campaign Launched To Restore Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert Bus

Shibu Thomas — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:26:14 +0000

Priscilla, the 1976 Hino Freighter bus famous from the Australian cult classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has been found after being presumed lost for years. The ...

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Ian Roberts: AFL Needs Better LGBTQIA+ Education After Finlayson Slur Incident

Josh Kerwick — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:18:57 +0000

Gay sports icon and activist Ian Roberts has said the AFL and all Australian sports institutions must invest in more LGBTQIA+ educational programs in the wake of Jeremy Finlayson’s three-game ...

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Jeremy Finlayson Given Three-Match Suspension After Homophobic Slur

Josh Kerwick — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:49:33 +0000

Port Adelaide AFL player Jeremy Finlayson has been given a three-match suspension for his use of a homophobic slur against an Essendon player on Friday April 5th. Finlayson will also ...

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Jeremy Finlayson Apologises For Using Homophobic Slur

Josh Kerwick — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 03:09:51 +0000

Port Adelaide AFL player Jeremy Finlayson has apologised after saying a homophobic slur against an Essendon Bombers player on Friday April 5th. The slur was picked up by on-field microphones ...

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Advocates Ask For Anti-Gay Conversion Therapy Ban In South Australia

Josh Kerwick — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 06:00:24 +0000

Queer advocates in South Australia are again calling for their state government to ban conversion therapy practices, following recent laws passed by the NSW Parliament. Premier of South Australia Peter ...

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Adelaide United Player Musa Toure ‘Hugely Sorry’ For Anti-Pride Round Instagram Post

Shibu Thomas — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:05:30 +0000

Adelaide United player Musa Toure, who is on the same team as out gay footballer Josh Cavallo, has apologised and said he is “hugely sorry” over a social media post ...

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Senator Alex Antic Pitches Play On Margaret Court’s Life

Shibu Thomas — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:57:28 +0000

South Australian Senator Alex Antic, who recently introduced an anti-trans bill in Parliament, wants a play on the life of Margaret Court, known for her anti-LGBTQI statements. The Senator made ...

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Meet Adelaide Feast Festival’s New CEO Tish Naughton

Jack Crnjanin — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:55:09 +0000

Tish Naughton’s strongest memory of the Feast Festival in Adelaide was dressing up as a vagina for Pride March in 2008. “I had a cape with a giant V on ...

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South Australian Liberal Party MPs Divided Over Creation Of ‘Pride Branch’

Douglas Magaletti — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:08:19 +0000

The South Australian Liberal Party is considering the addition of a “pride branch”, creating contention with the right wing of the party. This new “pride branch” would be for gay ...

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Liberal Senator Alex Antic Wants Parents, Teachers To Dob In ‘Woke’ Curriculum In Schools

Shibu Thomas — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:14:06 +0000

South Australia’s Liberal senator Alex Antic, who has previously targeted drag queens and drag queen storytime, now wants parents, teachers and students to “blow the whistle” on “woke” curriculum being ...

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SA Church Opposes Gay Pride Flag, Asks Council Why Not Fly Heterosexual Flags

Shibu Thomas — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 05:45:59 +0000

A Baptist church in rural Australia has written to the local council opposing the flying of the gay Pride flags and has asked why not fly the Christian or “heterosexual” ...

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