Sydney queer costume party Halloween Wh*res has been cancelled for 2023, blaming what appears to be cost and being unable to find an appropriate venue.
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The NSW government wants to make illegal any activities that attempt to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as it pushes ahead with its election promise to ban gay conversion therapy.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has acknowledged the hurt caused to the LGBTIQ+ community by excluding them from the 2021 Census.
Erskineville’s Imperial Hotel has welcomed Sydney’s cult pizza brothers Joey Pepperoni and Marty McFly to its rooftop, providing a permanent home for the duo known as “The Pizza Bros”.
The Australian Labor Party has passed a motion recognising the need to end the gay blood ban and adopt individual risk assessments for blood donations.
The LGBTQ+ community in Sydney will soon have access to a community-controlled and inclusive health service set to open later this year.
The Drag Industry Variety Awards (DIVAs) were held at the Paddington RSL in Sydney on Monday night
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Popular among Sydney’s gay community, the pool usually closes in May for the winter months but this year it won’t re-open. Instead, we’ll have to wait until September 2025 to visit it next.
Drag queen Courtney Act, artist Jeff McCann, journalist Narelda Jacobs and Sydney Mardi Gras board chair Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco were among the many people and organisations recognised at the largest annual LGBTQ+ awards in NSW on Wednesday night.