Darlinghurst sex-on-premises venue Bodyline will officially re-open to the public on Friday, October 27, Gay Sydney News can exclusively reveal.

Exactly one year to the day since it opened, Darlinghurst’s Meraki Arts Bar will immediately close and soon enter liquidation, say its owners.

It’s spooky season, so we’ve collated a list of queer Halloween events in Sydney and elsewhere in NSW.

The NSW government will this year introduce into parliament laws that ban gay conversion therapy practices after backlash from LGBTI+ groups who were concerned Labor was delaying the introduction of the legislation until 2024.

ARQ Sydney has been approved by council to allow its patrons to enter neighbouring (but still closed) sex-on-premises venue Bodyline via an internal passageway dubbed the “tunnel of love” by club insiders.

Two men have been arrested as investigations continue into the alleged stabbing and attempted murder of two men outside Darlinghurst’s Noir nightclub.