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.
Eliot Hastie
Eliot Hastie
Eliot Hastie is a senior news producer at Channel Ten, reporting on a range of general stories, specialising in foreign affairs and LGBTQ+ stories. He’s also a reporter for Gay Sydney News, where he covers LGBTQIA+ culture, politics and nightlife. He previously helped to build and launch ausbiz, Australia's only live streaming finance news channel, where he was also an executive producer and host. He has previously worked as a finance and business journalist for publications including Fintech Business, Real Estate Business and other Momentum Media titles. Eliot holds a journalism degree from the University of Westminster and brings experience in both broadcast and digital reporting. Contact Eliot: eliot.hastie@gaysydneynews.com.au
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.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief Gil Beckwith has called for an immediate and enduring ceasefire in Gaza and committed the organisation to not accepting any funding from organisations “which are complicit in the ongoing violence in Palestine”.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has decided not to formally invite NSW Police to an upcoming LGBTIQ+ safety summit following a meeting with queer activist group Pride In Protest.
Queer activist group Pride in Protest will have a member return to the higher echelons of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras after one of its candidates was successfully elected to the organisation’s board.
Almost $1 million of NSW government money meant for Sydney WorldPride was spent on gold bullion after it fraudulently ended up in the wrong bank account.