Ben Grubb is the founder and editor of Gay Sydney News, an independent publication covering LGBTQIA+ news. A journalist with more than 15 years' experience, he has reported and edited for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAToday, Brisbane Times, The Australian Financial Review, News.com.au, ZDNet, TelecomTimes and iTnews, primarily on the topic of technology. He previously hosted The Informer, a queer current affairs program on Melbourne’s JOY 94.9 radio station, and contributes to LGBTQIA+ media including Stun Magazine. Ben has also appeared as a technology commentator on Channel Ten's The Project, ABC RN’s Download This Show and commercial radio stations 2UE, 2GB and 6PR. Contact Ben: [email protected]
The ministers accused the Coalition government of "playing politics" with the census after it was revealed in 2019 that LGBTIQ+ questions had been scrapped in the national survey after a Liberal minister "expressed a preference" about their potential inclusion.
The PM is facing the threat of being uninvited to the Sydney Mardi Gras and LGBTIQ+ people potentially boycotting the census over not honouring a commitment to allow them to declare their characteristics in the 2026 national survey.
The federal government has reportedly opted not to include additional questions on sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex characteristics in the upcoming 2026 census, despite considerable advocacy from LGBTIQA+ communities and organisations.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has committed to publicly releasing a report by an independent consultant about the NSW Police Force's participation in its annual parade ahead of a vote on the topic at the upcoming annual general meeting.
Sydney drag queen Hannah Conda has opened up about her mental health struggles and an unsettling experience during a performance at a teenage boy’s 18th birthday party, in two separate interviews about her life.
Drag queen Fairah Nuff was crowned the winner of Poof Doof Sydney's drag competition on Saturday night and has used her win to encourage venue patrons to tip drag performers.
The popular queer-friendly Newtown Hotel in Sydney's inner west has been put on the market by Universal Hotels, the current leaseholder and operator of the venue.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival will return to Sydney in 2025 for three weeks' worth of pride celebrations, the organisation behind it announced on Thursday as it revealed the theme and dates.
Oxford Street nightclub Palms has launched a six-week drag competition with weekly prizes that will culminate in a grand final winner being crowned "Little Miss Palms" and awarded $500 cash and a gown and a wig worth $1000.
Sydney-based painter and multimedia creator Guy Whitworth is set to unveil his latest exhibition, “Meliorism (or the joyous exploration of our souls)”, at the M2 Gallery in Surry Hills.
