It’s almost time to paint the town pink, with Sydney’s Fringe Festival kicking off this weekend and running for the entire month of September.

Sydney queer activist group Pride In Protest is holding a “take back the streets” event this weekend on Oxford Street that is billed as a night of revelry and rebellion.

Drag queen Courtney Act, artist Jeff McCann, journalist Narelda Jacobs and Sydney Mardi Gras board chair Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco were among the many people and organisations recognised at the largest annual LGBTQ+ awards in NSW on Wednesday night.

The Drag Industry Variety Awards (DIVAs) were held at the Paddington RSL in Sydney on Monday night

The Australian Labor Party has passed a motion recognising the need to end the gay blood ban and adopt individual risk assessments for blood donations.

In just over two weeks' time, the Imperial Hotel basement in Erskineville will host "Medusa" – a new party aimed at queer women, trans and non-binary communities.