Big-name Sydney Mardi Gras corporate sponsors have decided to reduce their visual presence in this year’s tarot card creative campaign after deeming it too risqué to associate their brands with.
Surry Hills gay cruising club TRADE has been sold to the owner of Trough, who will run it as a sex-on-premises venue and nightclub for all people – not just men who have sex with men.
Gay men as well as men who have sex with men would be able to donate “whole blood” under certain circumstances in a major policy change being proposed by the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service.
The NSW Police Force has been accused of taking an “adversarial or unnecessarily defensive” approach to engaging with the special commission of inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes in the commission’s final report to the government.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief Gil Beckwith has called for an immediate and enduring ceasefire in Gaza and committed the organisation to not accepting any funding from organisations “which are complicit in the ongoing violence in Palestine”.
Drag queen Karna Ford says Sydney needs more drag competitions and has revealed how she intends to spend the $10,000 prize money she won after taking home the crown at Wednesday night’s Slay 2 Stay contest.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has decided not to formally invite NSW Police to an upcoming LGBTIQ+ safety summit following a meeting with queer activist group Pride In Protest.
The Sydney Convicts Rugby Club will hold its annual fundraiser later this month to raise money to send the team to Rome to compete in the Bingham Cup.
For one night only an all-star cast will bring to life the story of the public’s reaction to what has been described as one of the worst gay hate crimes in American history.
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.
A new rainbow crossing near Taylor Square has been proposed by the City of Sydney, which will include the progress flag design.
A string of assaults on gay men in Sydney are set to be re-examined by police after it was discovered they were allegedly committed by several teenagers who are now accused of being part of a youth terror cell.
A study has called for a scaling back of police operations at future Mardi Gras events after it found policing during Sydney WorldPride to be excessively aggressive, invasive and in some cases potentially unlawful.
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