Eliot Hastie

An anti-police message appeared below the controversial Potts Point graffiti believed to depict the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies by a serving police officer before it was later covered up, GSN can reveal.

Graffiti that depicted a person shooting a gun at two other people with rainbow-coloured flames near their heads and crossed-out eyes has caused outrage, as the community speculates whether it was depicting the alleged murders of same-sex couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

LGBTI+ community sports clubs from across Sydney have banded together in record time to create a smaller-scale outdoor alternative to the cancelled Mardi Gras Fair Day event.

The City of Sydney and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have cancelled this Sunday’s Fair Day due to bonded asbestos found in mulch at Victoria Park.

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore says she will seek a meeting with NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb to discuss the findings of an LGBTI+ safety summit.

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”.

Hills Shire Council has passed a motion that rejects any encouragement or facilitation of drag events like drag story time, in which children are read books at public libraries by drag performers.

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has defended the upcoming 16-month closure of the popular Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool, saying those who think it’s a simple job to upgrade “should not be trusted” with its ongoing maintenance.

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.

The NSW Police Force has been accused of taking an “adversarial or unnecessarily defensive” approach to engaging with the special commission of inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes in the commission’s final report to the government.