Category: Around the World
Another Sydney Mardi Gras has just wrapped up. News Editor Levi Joule was there and files this report from Sydney. The Mardi Gras parade down Sydney’s Oxford Street – There is nothing in the world quite like it. The glitz, the sparkle, the raunchiness, the powerful message of equality, all combining to make Sydney’s annual […]
News Editor Levi Joule writes from Sydney ahead of tonight’s Mardi Gras parade and party. There is an undeniable buzz of excitement in the streets of Sydney right now. Now in it’s 37th year, Sydney’s iconic Mardi Gras parade returns once more to Oxford Street. The annual Mardi Gras Festival attracts more than 25,000 interstate […]
A Sydney man has been sentenced to at least 17 months in jail for using Grindr as a way to lure in robbery victims. Corey Draper, 23, used the app to locate potential victims in his area. After chatting online, the suggestion was made to meet up to use the drug ice the Sydney Morning Herald […]
Deputy Labor leader Tanya Pilbersek has delivered a powerful speech to Australia’s federal parliament on the importance on Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Watch below:
The seven men have been detained and labelled ‘perverts’ in the latest crackdown on homosexuality in Egypt Egypt have arrested seven more men in it’s latest crackdown on homosexuality. While homosexuality is not explicitly illegal in Egypt, it is not condoned and there have been a number of crackdowns in recent months on gay men […]
A new and improved harbour party will return tomorrow as part of this year’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. CEO of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Michael Rolik, says that “This year’s Harbour Party is shaping up to be the best yet! What better way to celebrate our diverse city than dancing the […]
With the election of a new government, civil unions are set to return to Queensland. Civil unions, introduced by Labor, were rolled back by the LNP government following its landslide victory in the 2012 state election. However, following last month’s election which saw Labor returned to office, civil unions are set to be reinstated. The […]
The United States State Department has announced a special envoy for global GLBT rights. Randy Berry has been named the first ever ‘Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons.’ .Secretary of State John Kerry announced the appointment saying “Defending and promoting the human rights of LGBT persons is at the core of our commitment […]