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Trump & Queensland: Our Trans Youth Need Us To Show Up For Them, Now

Chloe Sargeant — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:15:17 +0000

‘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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Give It To Me Bi: Could Celebrity Bisexuality Alter Our Nation’s Numbers?

Give It To Me Bi - Chad Barnier & Steve Spencer — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:35:42 +0000

‘Miley, Billie Joe, Freddie: Could Celebrity Bisexuality Alter Our Nation’s Numbers?’ is the February edition of our monthly bisexuality column, Give It To Me Bi. Have you ever felt that ...

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Yes, I’m A Scene Gay, and You Are Too: Confessions From Inside Sydney’s Gay Scene

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 05:43:50 +0000

‘Yes, I’m A Scene Gay, and You Are Too: Confessions From Inside Sydney’s Gay Scene’ is a personal essay written by Jacques Nieuwoudt. The theme for the upcoming Sydney Gay ...

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Give It To Me Bi: What’s Next For Australia’s Bi+ Community?

Give It To Me Bi - Chad Barnier & Steve Spencer — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:42:38 +0000

2024 was a game-changer for the Bi+ community. We’re seeing Gen Z emerge as the queerest generation ever. In some surveys, up to 1 in 4 Gen Z individuals identify ...

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The Ladies League Is Closing, But It Wasn’t A Failure

Lydia Jupp — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:11:04 +0000

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

Rodney Croome — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:57:14 +0000

‘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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Let’s Leave The Gingerbread Person Controversy In 2024

Lydia Jupp — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:25:46 +0000

A smattering of MPs have got on their high horses about “gingerbread people” in a Parliament House cafe, and I am absolutely bloody over it. Clearly feeling the festive spirit, ...

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Stop The Gay Hate Crimes

James May — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:26:29 +0000

The LGBTQ+ community was stunned last week when the media announced that several gay-hate bashings had occurred across Sydney. Gay men have been lured by teenage boys using dating apps ...

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Give It To Me Bi: A New Bisexual Space in Star Observer

Give It To Me Bi - Chad Barnier & Steve Spencer — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 06:28:12 +0000

After 46 years of publishing, Star Observer has welcomed its first column dedicated exclusively to the Bi+ community: Give It To Me Bi. And about time, right? For decades, bisexual voices ...

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‘Arcane’, Queer Censorship And Why Corporations Aren’t Our Friends

Josh Kerwick — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 05:20:16 +0000

Some spoilers about Arcane follow. Major plot points have been avoided as much as possible. I, like many people, really enjoyed Arcane. Based on the characters and world of Riot ...

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Why Is There Barely Any LGBTQ+ Representation In Spotify Wrapped Lists This Year?

Madison Ganas — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:33:14 +0000

Spotify Wrapped – the most wonderful time of the year for those who want to look back on what they listened to. For some it’s a day to cringe at ...

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Relationships With Family Can Often Be Complicated When You’re Trans – Here’s Why

Dr Antimony Deor — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:07:10 +0000

‘Relationships With Family Can Often Be Complicated When You’re Trans – Here’s Why’ is a lived experience opinion piece by Dr Antimony Deor, where they explain a variety of elements ...

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Trans Lives Are Not A Conspiracy – Why Are ‘Transvestigations’ Even A Thing?

Naomi Lawrence — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:26:03 +0000

Over the past year, anti-trans rhetoric has surged in both politics and culture, and the deeply unfortunate phenomenon of ‘transvestigations’ persists. From female athletes like Dakota Davidson and Ilona Maher ...

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As a Baby Queer, Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban 100% Would Have Harmed Me

Chloe Sargeant — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:48:28 +0000

‘As a Baby Queer, Australia’s Social Media Ban 100% Would Have Harmed Me’ is an opinion piece by Star Observer Managing Editor Chloe Sargeant, about the social media ban for ...

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Life Never Arrived: What It’s Like Going Through Gender Transition When You’re Middle-Aged

Dr Antimony Deor — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:37:34 +0000

‘Life Never Arrived: What It’s Like Going Through Gender Transition When You’re Middle-Aged’ is an opinion piece by Dr. Antimony Deor. When my 36-year-old friend casually called himself middle-aged, I ...

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So, Trump is President – What Can Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Community Do Now?

Tamuz Ellazam — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:52:38 +0000

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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Abbie Jane: My Local Council’s Motion to Remove LGBTQIA+ Books Really Worries Me

Abbie Jane — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:55:21 +0000

Abbie Jane from The Rainbow Shoelace Project (and our October issue cover star) talks about Port Macquarie’s local council putting forward a motion to remove LGBTQIA+ books, and how worried ...

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The Equality Bill – Stripped-Down, Skimpy but Still Standing

Barbarella Karpinski — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:06:11 +0000

Last night, on October 17, NSW Parliament passed the stripped-down Equality Bill, brought by Independent MP Alex Greenwich. Claims of sell-out over the Equality Bill In response to Pride in ...

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GREY MATTERS: National Coming Out Day, and What It’s Like Being Outed

Peter Benn — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:54:13 +0000

In this month’s Grey Matters column, Peter Benn discusses National Coming Out Day, as well as the nuances of coming out and his lived experience of being outed. My coming ...

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Banned Book Week And The Dangers Of Censorship

Tamuz Ellazam — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:55:36 +0000

This week is Banned Book Week, first celebrated in America in 1982 in response to a surge in calls to ban books in schools, libraries and bookshops. Held annually at ...

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