The Albanese government has once again changed its position on LGBTI+ questions in the 2026 census.
There was a 30 per cent increase in new HIV diagnoses reported in Australia last year, the Kirby Institute reports.
Australia is experiencing a nationwide shortage of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a crucial medication used to prevent HIV, due to supply issues affecting multiple suppliers.
Drag performer Hannah Conda was crowned Entertainer of the Year at Sydney’s 2024 Drag Industry Variety Awards (DIVAs) on Monday night.
The Albanese government has partially backflipped on a decision to exclude LGBTIQA+ questions in the 2026 census after backlash from across the political spectrum and from Australia’s queer community.
The ministers accused the Coalition government of “playing politics” with the census after it was revealed in 2019 that LGBTIQ+ questions had been scrapped in the national survey after a Liberal minister “expressed a preference” about their potential inclusion.
The PM is facing the threat of being uninvited to the Sydney Mardi Gras and LGBTIQ+ people potentially boycotting the census over not honouring a commitment to allow them to declare their characteristics in the 2026 national survey.
The NSW government has revealed the names that will make up the inaugural LGBTIQ+ advisory council.
Policing 2023’s combined Sydney WorldPride and Mardi Gras festivals came at a significant financial cost for both police and organisers, documents released under public information access laws reveal.
Construction has begun on a new raised intersection at Bourke and Forbes streets in Darlinghurst, which will feature a “Progress Pride flag” painted on the road, celebrating people of diverse sexualities and genders once complete.
HIV-prevention drug PrEP is back in stock at key Sydney pharmacies this weekend after the government temporarily approved an overseas version to address a shortage from existing manufacturers.
Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says he chose progress over defeat in securing the passage of his amended Equality Bill, which introduces new protections for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s LGBTIQA+ Equality Bill passed through NSW Parliament’s upper house 15 votes to 12 on Thursday following a late-night sitting, the final hurdle before it will soon become law.
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