The Sydney Mardi Gras board has written to members of NSW’s parliament informing them they will no longer be welcome to the Mardi Gras parade if they oppose Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s Equality Bill, which is designed to modernise laws and advance equality for the LGBTIQA+ community.

Oxford Street small bar Ching-a-Lings will hold its final Gawj drag night event this Thursday and replace it during June’s Pride Month with a new drag competition hosted by the “Cxnty Women’s Association”.

Sydney queer history and cultural centre Qtopia is one of the federal budget winners after the Albanese government agreed to allocate $1.5 million to it in the 2024-25 federal budget.

ACON president Justin Koonin said it was important to appoint a candidate with a strong record in community health as the organisation looks at its next chapter.

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