Category: Australia
The Australian Government has agreed to formally apologise to LGBTQ+ Defence personnel and veterans who were harmed by historic discrimination — but advocates say acknowledgement should also be accompanied by financial redress. The commitment was confirmed as Parliament considered military justice reforms stemming from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. For decades, gay, […]
Bisexual former AFL player Mitch Brown is swapping the footy field for a very different kind of contact sport in the new music video from Australian pop artist ANDY. Brown, who made history in 2025 as the first current or former male AFL player to come out publicly as bisexual, stars as ANDY’s love interest […]
NSW Police have defended a major drug-dog operation across Sydney’s Oxford Street nightlife precinct after LGBTQ+ patrons and community advocates described the police presence as intimidating and questioned why queer venues were again being searched. Around 15 to 20 officers were filmed entering at least one Oxford Street venue on Saturday, 12 September, accompanied by […]
South Australia’s Parliament has rejected a One Nation bill that sought to introduce prison sentences for health practitioners providing certain gender-affirming treatments to people under 18. The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) (Childhood Gender Dysphoria) Amendment Bill, introduced by One Nation’s Cory Bernardi, was defeated 11 votes to 8 in the Legislative Council. […]
A Brisbane man has been convicted and sentenced after helping lure, rob and assault a 70-year-old man through Grindr while pretending to be 15. Cooper Roam Watt, now 20, pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to robbery in company with personal violence. He was sentenced to two years in prison with immediate parole, with […]
Queensland’s Department of Education is ending its membership of Pride in Diversity, the national LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion programme run by ACON. The department confirmed it had begun withdrawing from the initiative following a review of its external memberships, saying continued participation no longer aligned with its current requirements. The decision comes after a Queensland Parliament […]
A Tasmanian parliamentary inquiry has found LGBTQ+ students are disproportionately affected by bullying and discrimination, with transgender and gender-diverse students often receiving inconsistent support. The Inquiry Into Discrimination And Bullying In Tasmanian Schools, tabled on 19 August, found that policies covering LGBTQ+ students and staff vary significantly between schools and sectors. Committee chair Brian Mitchell […]
Guy Pearce has offered one of the clearest hints yet about when the long-awaited sequel to The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert could finally arrive. Speaking on Good Morning America, Pearce suggested the follow-up may shoot in 2027 and reach cinemas in 2028. “Well, the sequel, right, which is going to be, what […]