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Explainer: the difference between being transgender and doing drag

July 30 - Opinion

Australian icon Barry Humphries has been widely criticised for again making anti-trans statements. In an interview, Humphries said that being transgender is “a fashion — how many different kinds of lavatory can you have?...

Six months after marriage equality there’s much to celebrate – a...

July 3 - News, Opinion

It has been six months since Australia declared that marriage is no longer an exclusively heterosexual institution. In that time, approximately 2,500 same-sex couples have been married, with NSW having the most weddings,...

How stigma impacts LGB health and wellbeing in Australia

June 5 - News, Opinion

Research in Australia and internationally has documented poor health and wellbeing among LGBTQI people compared to heterosexual people. What’s less understood are the reasons why. A dominant theory, the minority stress m...

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade

Big city gaybourhoods: where they come from and why they still matter

May 16 - News, Opinion

In London, there is Soho; in New York, Chelsea and Greenwich Village; and in San Francisco, there is the Castro. In Sydney, there is Darlinghurst and, more specifically, Oxford Street. These are neighbourhoods of large c...

‘Schlager’, Scandi-pop and sparkles: your guide to the musical styles ...

May 12 - Arts & Entertainment, Opinion

In his acceptance speech for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, Portuguese winner Salvador Sobral issued a controversial call to arms to “bring music back” to a place of meaning and feeling: We live in a world of disposab...

2017 DEFGLIS Commemorative Rainbow Wreath

Honouring all our diggers: why we lay rainbow wreaths

April 24 - News, Opinion

On Anzac Day, Australians honour the sacrifice of all those who have served to defend the country in war and peace. It is a special day on the Australian calendar where everyone has the opportunity to honour and remember...

Israel Folau’s comments remind us homophobia and transphobia are...

April 20 - News, Opinion, Sport & Recreation

Homophobia and transphobia are becoming a regular fixture in the Australian sporting calendar. Last year, Margaret Court served up anti-LGBT+ comments, while the AFL came under fire for its treatment of the first transge...

Jacqueline Brennan and Nicole da Silva in Wentworth (2013) - courtesy of FremantleMedia Australia

As Wentworth slips quietly onto the ABC, the series still asks tough q...

April 19 - Arts & Entertainment, News, Opinion

In early March, the ABC issued a press release announcing that the “multi-award-winning Australian drama Wentworth” would make its free to air television debut on April 12. “This groundbreaking and much acclaimed Foxtel ...

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