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Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, better known by his stage name Bad Bunny, created waves the other day after kissing one of his male backup dancers halfway through his performance of his hit song ‘Titi Me Pregunto’.
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Social media has become a new platform for the public to learn more and understand the HIV virus, thanks to a Knowledge Translation (KT) project.
One of Sydney’s top creative artists, Markham Lane passed away. His passing was announced via social media yesterday as various organisations have shared their grief and condolences to the family.
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Sydney WorldPride (SWP) has just unveiled 12 more leaders of the LGBTQI community who will serve as Rainbow Champions ahead of the event in February 2023.
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From drag battles to opera, we have plenty of places for you to get your fix of queer culture in Melbourne.
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Be it RuPaul's Drag Race star's show or getting to know your community better, here’s just some of the events you can check out in Sydney.
Stanley Early, a 76-year-old Melbourne man, who was arrested last year, for the suspected "gay hate" murder of Raymond Keam in a Sydney Park in 1987, was granted bail on a $1 million surety.
Check out the latest edition of the Sydney & Melbourne Star Observer here!
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Check out the latest edition of the Sydney Star Observer here!
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Culture Club frontman and former The Voice Australia mentor, Boy George is at the centre of heated debate surrounding his upcoming appearance as a guest judge on season four of Drag Race UK.
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Neil Erikson, a 37-year-old far-right extremist, who stormed an LGBTQI friendly church in Melbourne in 2019 and hurled homophobic abuse at church-goers, had his jail term reduced to 40 days.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has a morality clause that bars employees from entering into same-sex marriages.
'It is a long way from being the victims of discrimination under the law,' Harriet Shing, Victoria's first out lesbian member of Parliament who was sworn in as the new Minister for Equality, tells Star Observer.
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'By making it crystal clear that stealthing is a crime, we’re not only condemning it but making it easier for victims to realise what’s happened to them – and that it isn’t something to be ashamed of,' says Victoria's Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes.
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After Daniel and Matt became the first gay couple of the hit show last year, Married at First Sight UK Season 7 has introduced a lesbian couple, Jenna and Zoe.
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Unsung LGBTQ heroes and community champions were among diverse mix of people and group recognised at the Honour Awards 2022.
Luke Evans met his rumoured new boyfriend Spanish graphic designer and project manager Fran Tomas, when the actor was living in Byron Bay in 2021 during the filming of the series 'Nine Perfect Strangers'.
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Sebastian Prokop, the man who told police “I don’t like gays” has been sentenced to five years in jail for the arson attack on a popular LGBTQI bar Envy Nightclub in Derry, Northern Ireland in 2020.
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Serbian authorities must stand firm against bullies and protect the event, say EuroPride 2022 organisers
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'It took years to work out a suitable ‘label’ for the kind of relationship that I have with my housemate / best mate / co-living co-habitee / wingman… occasional fuck buddy'.
Four months after Victoria Police conducted a raid and forced the closure of the 'Thick 'N Juicy' event, they have reached a confidential financial settlement with Martha Tsamis, the owner of Chasers Night Club in South Yarra.
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Dr Sue Wills, co-founded the Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) with Christabel Poll, John Ware and Lex Watson in late 1971.
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TW/Trans Death. Twenty six-year-old transgender writer, Jasper Aaron Lynch was fatally shot four times by police in his home in Virginia, United States, during a mental health crisis.
Kyle Sandilands has hit back at critics after his comments about Monkeypox and claimed they were making him out to be a "gay hater".
English cricketer Ben Stokes was arrested in 2017 and charged with affray after punching two men in a street brawl outside a nightclub in Bristol.
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under star Yuri Guaii says she "froze" when she met her fellow Season 2 queens for the first time in the competition.
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Adelaide-based entertainer Matt Gilbertson sustained the injuries after falling from the stage on a cruise ship off the coast of Turkey.
New Kids On The Block singer Jonathan Knight recently revealed that he had quietly married his longtime partner, Harley Rodriguez.
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Initially putting those boots on I felt like a giraffe trying to get into them, says Nat Jobe, who plays Lola in the new production of 'Kinky Boots'.
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Ahead of the state elections in Victoria in November, Victorian Greens have committed to stronger protections for the LGBTQI communities and a $200 million Rainbow State Fund.
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Sundaylicious was created in Melbourne by Julie Mackenzie thirteen years ago. The monthly Sunday afternoon inclusive queer event quickly became an institution.
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Rodrigo Ventocilla was a Harvard Kennedy School student from Peru and was known as a prominent trans rights. activist.
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Kyle Sandilands has been slammed for his homophobic jibes and describing Monkeypox as the “big gay disease floating around.”
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Jacksonville State footballer Jack Dawson was arrested on multiple counts of assault against a former teammate ex-teammate John Haynes.
Two Australian rules football players from a suburban Melbourne club are in trouble after mobile video footage emerged of them performing a sex act in the middle of a crowded pub.
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Welcome to our pick of queer events that you can check out this weekend in Melbourne.
TW: Violence. The NSW police have released new images and a video of the men who attacked 33-year-old gay man Aaron on Oxford Street, Sydney's iconic gay neighbourhood.
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#WearItPurple Day is a national day to raise awareness about and celebrate the diversity of young people in the LGBTQI community.
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