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Schools prep for Pride March

Five hundred and twenty Victorian schools have been invited to attend Pride March 2009.

A scent of Cologne

The Cologne Gay Games are closer than you think (August 2010) and this year’s Midsumma Carnival is the perfect way to bring the games to the Melbourne queer public’s attention....

New staffer for JOY

JOY 94.9 has announced the appointment of their new content producer.

Australian Democrats politician calls for greater same-sex rights, continues to fight for GLBT rights. Outgoing South Australian Democrat Sandra Kanck says she believes “all human rights, including same-sex rights are...

Gay war widower wins pension fight

Edward Young, the gay widower of an Australian war veteran, will finally be granted a war widower’s pension a decade after applying for it.

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Queers defy vandals

A queer ball will be held at Deakin University in response to a recent spate of attacks on the University’s queer room. The room, designed as a safe space for queers on campus, has been vandalized several times this year. In the most recent incident, homophobic graffiti was scrawled on the walls and the furniture was urinated on ...
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Entitlements under threat

Gay and lesbian employees at Tasmania’s Mersey Hospital could lose their workplace entitlements now that management of the hospital has transferred from State to Federal control.

Gay activists are concerned the federal takeover of the hospital will bring employees’ superannuation and leave entitlements in line with Commonwealth legislation, which does not recognise same-sex couples; whereas Tasmania’s Relationship Act 2003 provides such entitlements for same-sex couples ...

ALSO launches new direction

The ALSO Foundation launched their Strategic Directions 2007 to 2010 plan at its AGM on October 23.

The plan results from community consultation facilitated by ALSO’s CEO, Lyn Morgain.

“People in the community don’t always know exactly what ALSO does,” ALSO’s president, Neil Paterson, told MCV ...

Carson Kressley on bad behaviour

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A gala crowd, including Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fashionista Carson Kressley and Melbourne Victory defender Ljubo Milicevic flocked to Love Machine on Sunday night for the launch of the Bad Behaviour 2008 calendar ...

k.d. Lang to visit Aus