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16h ago
Iconic Sydney LGBTQ+ institution, ‘The Imperial Hotel’ has announced it is going up for sale, following almost eight years of operation under its current owners. Serving customers since 1983, the ...
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22h ago
Religious demonstrators gathered in Newtown on Friday, June 9, marching through the suburb against the LGBTQ+ community. Members of ‘Christian Lives Matter,’ among other bigoted, far-right groups, took to the ...
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1d ago
Thirty-eight years after popular Sydney drag queen Wendy Wayne was shot dead in her Darlinghurst apartment, a special commission inquiring into unsolved anti-LGBTQI hate crime deaths heard that the NSW ...
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2d ago
A family-friendly drag storytime event scheduled to be held at the St Kilda Library has been cancelled and moved online after “security and safety” concerns. Over 10 drag storytime and ...
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2d ago
Victoria’s first out transgender councillor Tosh-Jake Finnigan has claimed expelled Liberal MP Moira Deeming and Liberal MP Renee Heath did not “harbour some deep underlying hatred for transgender people”. In ...
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2d ago
The federal government will introduce a bill to parliament next week, banning Nazi symbols across Australia. Designed to tackle growing instances of far-right extremism, the ban targets most icons related ...
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3d ago
ACON and the Inclusive Communities Network invites all to celebrate Pride Month in style, with the Rainbow Multicultural Fair coming to Sydney this June. Hosted in the Bankstown Arts Centre, ...
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3d ago
Thirty-four years after the death of gay American mathematician Scott Johnson, his family finally received justice. An NSW Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced his killer Scott White to nine years ...
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4d ago
A new pride business charter has been launched in Sydney in an effort to ensure Sydney’s Oxford Street maintains its queer image and rich history. In collaboration with the City ...
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4d ago
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard blamed the Liberal Party’s loss in the by-election on the party’s treatment of MP Moira Deeming, who was expelled over her participation in an ...
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