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: ben.grubb@gaysydneynews.com.au
The organisation behind the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will rescind heavily discounted Bondi Beach Party tickets from those who cannot provide proof they were eligible for a program only meant for use by First Nations people and concession card holders.
A group of men linked to the Christian Lives Matter group allegedly attempted to disrupt a drag story time event in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday.
The ABC will no longer film a “drag story time” event at Rockdale Library in Sydney’s south for the official Mardi Gras broadcast following backlash it has labelled “hateful and offensive”.
Singer Adam Lambert has been confirmed to perform as the headline act at this year’s Mardi Gras After Party, which will span across six venues at Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter precinct following the parade down Oxford Street.
US singer and songwriter Slayyyter will headline the official Mardi Gras Bondi Beach Party, as foreshadowed by Gay Sydney News in November.
An unconfirmed version of the Mardi Gras After Party lineup looks like it just got leaked – by the official Instagram account of one of the artists on the list.
Big-name Sydney Mardi Gras corporate sponsors have decided to reduce their visual presence in this year’s tarot card creative campaign after deeming it too risqué to associate their brands with.
Surry Hills gay cruising club TRADE has been sold to the owner of Trough, who will run it as a sex-on-premises venue and nightclub for all people – not just men who have sex with men.
Gay men as well as men who have sex with men would be able to donate “whole blood” under certain circumstances in a major policy change being proposed by the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service.
Drag queen Karna Ford says Sydney needs more drag competitions and has revealed how she intends to spend the $10,000 prize money she won after taking home the crown at Wednesday night’s Slay 2 Stay contest.
