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Pauline Menczer, the only surfer from Bondi to ever win a world title, is set to be honoured with a statue at Bondi Beach later this year.

An application to grant a NSW gay beach state heritage status has been rejected, as debate over the site’s future intensifies.

The organisers of Flash, a weekly gay dance party at Darlinghurst’s Two 3 One, have responded to a late-night City of Sydney inspection that halted entry to the event over capacity and safety concerns, issuing a public statement outlining what went wrong and how they’re planning to fix it.

Has Flash, the 11-week-old gay Sydney dance party, become a victim of its own success?

NSW Premier Chris Minns has labelled Mark Latham one of the state’s most “shameful bigots” after the upper house MP used parliamentary privilege to reveal details from a confidential report concerning independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich.

Exclusive: A man accused of luring people into a Melbourne hotel room using Grindr – where he allegedly stole their ID documents and used them to commit fraud – was granted bail despite police warning that he had failed to appear at a Sydney court hearing, prompting a NSW magistrate to issue a warrant for his arrest.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s only twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV – but it remains unclear when the treatment will become available in Australia.

Flash, a new weekly club night geared towards gay men, proves that a warm, sweaty, pop-infused, multi-level dance party still has a place in Sydney’s wintry months.

More Australians will be able to donate plasma from July 14 under changes to sexual activity rules, though restrictions on whole blood donations remain in place for at least another year.

The popular queer-friendly Newtown Hotel in Sydney’s inner west is close to being sold after its owner, Universal Hotels, put it on the market last year.