A well-known Sydney drag queen was found unconscious and with head injuries near Oxford Street in what has been described by police as a suspected robbery attack.

Queer museum Qtopia, where Polson was founding chair, said he died as he lived “fighting valiantly until the end in the care of St Vincent’s Hospital”.

Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has criticised the NSW Labor government’s proposed hate speech laws for failing to protect the LGBTIQ+ community, arguing that the exclusion of queer people sets a “dangerous precedent” by allowing greater punishments without encompassing all vulnerable groups.

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has weighed into the trans people in sport debate, declaring that it is “not in the spirit of sport” to allow people not assigned female at birth to play in women’s sport

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras has unveiled the line-up for its exclusive Taylor Square Takeover – a premium viewing area for parade night – as it enters the final release of ticket sales.

A co-owner of the straight Oxford Street nightclub Noir is in advanced negotiations to acquire the lease to the gay club Arq, less than eleven months after the owner of Home The Venue took over management of the venue.