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Powerful LGBT stage show comes to the Empire Theatre

Powerful LGBT stage show comes to the Empire Theatre | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

After sellout seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, My Other Closet, The Cabaret, a raw, personal and deeply affecting true-life account of domestic violence in a same sex relationship is coming to the Empire Theatre.

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A gay man was targeted for his rainbow house idea. Dozens responded by helping him paint the colorful stripes

A gay man was targeted for his rainbow house idea. Dozens responded by helping him paint the colorful stripes | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Hairdresser Mykey O’Halloran said no one would bully him out of his rainbow island getaway.

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The Gold Coast doesn't have a gay bar, but the drag queens behind Flamboyance hope that will change

The Gold Coast doesn't have a gay bar, but the drag queens behind Flamboyance hope that will change | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

There hasn't been a dedicated LGBTQIA+ club or bar on the Gold Coast for the past two years, but there's hopes a "surge" in events could help change that.

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Picnic for Pinnacle Wants You To Host A Picnic To Help LGBTQI+ Aussies

Picnic for Pinnacle Wants You To Host A Picnic To Help LGBTQI+ Aussies | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

'Picnic for Pinnacle' is an adorable picnic fundraiser that encourages friends, family and workplaces to raise much-needed funds for young LGTBIQ+ Australians who have been disadvantaged because of their identity.

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Meet Tiernan Brady - The Man Who Won Equal Marriage On Two Continents

Meet Tiernan Brady - The Man Who Won Equal Marriage On Two Continents | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

5 years since Ireland voted Yes to marriage equality, Tiernan Brady talks winning campaigns, facing down the Murdoch press, and the power of corporations to do good.

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Queer black mob face struggles beyond marriage equality

Queer black mob face struggles beyond marriage equality | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The burdens faced by queer Indigenous mob need to be recognised. We should find strength and solidarity through our queerness

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Preparing for Mardi Gras: What it Takes to be an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace

Preparing for Mardi Gras: What it Takes to be an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

An inclusive community at work, where members of the LGBT+ community feel safe, supported and welcomed, are cropping up with these Australian companies.

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Canberra LGBTQIA+ teens are here, queer, and at a prom of their own

Canberra LGBTQIA+ teens are here, queer, and at a prom of their own | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

"This is a chance for me to have the prom I always wanted, but couldn't have."

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Gay farmers go naked to help raise awareness of mental health

Gay farmers go naked to help raise awareness of mental health | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
When The Naked Farmer came to town looking for people to get their kit off, the cause struck a chord with dairy farmers Paul and Kerry Wilson, the latter having left a wife and three children to become openly gay in the dairy industry.
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Australia has Registered 2490 Same-Sex Marriages

Australia has Registered 2490 Same-Sex Marriages | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

It's six months since marriage equality was legalised in Australia, and in that time, 2490 same-sex couples have tied the knot.

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Australia's first ever Pride House will open for the Commonwealth Games

Australia's first ever Pride House will open for the Commonwealth Games | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Australia’s first ever Pride House will officially open for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games next Wednesday March 28. Kicking off at 11am at Rise Bar and Club on Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise, the opening will be emceed by Olympic gold medallist and Pride House ambassador Nat Cook.

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Mardi Gras 2018: Most popular suburbs gay Australians choose to live

Mardi Gras 2018: Most popular suburbs gay Australians choose to live | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
ON FIRST glance it seems like any other historic Australian country town.
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The Secret History Of Lesbian Women In Australia’s Armed Forces

The Secret History Of Lesbian Women In Australia’s Armed Forces | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Historians such as Yorick Smaal, Ruth Ford, Graham Willett and Noah Riseman have found that the military attracted substantial numbers of gay and lesbian men and women many decades before the ban on their service was officially lifted. I have interviewed more than 25 lesbian women who served in branches of the Australian military between the 1960s and the present as part of a project examining LGBT Australians in the military. Many of these women have told me of how they realised and acted on their sexuality while in the military.

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Palm Island council delivers first LGBTQI portfolio in Queensland

Palm Island council delivers first LGBTQI portfolio in Queensland | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

"Sista girls" and "brother boys" have always been a presence in this Queensland community, now their needs are part of the local council's business.

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Australian Lesbian "Influencers" Arrested for Crime Spree

Australian Lesbian "Influencers" Arrested for Crime Spree | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Sarah Canceri and Eleanor Ashford were arrested after a string of armed robberies. Crime Girlfriends is my favorite movie genre of 2021.

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Esperance LGBTQI+ message spread with iconic whale tale sticker campaign

Esperance LGBTQI+ message spread with iconic whale tale sticker campaign | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The project involves a sticker rollout displaying an image of Esperance’s iconic whale tail sculpture painted in the LGBTQI+ bright rainbow colours

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After no club dancefloors for almost a year, last night was cathartic, joyous and sweaty

After no club dancefloors for almost a year, last night was cathartic, joyous and sweaty | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Sydney and Melbourne nightclubs are finally open (with a few Covidsafe caveats) – and for LGBTQI people, an essential space has returned

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As Canberra marks two years since the same-sex Yes vote, once-bullied gay teen takes to the stage

As Canberra marks two years since the same-sex Yes vote, once-bullied gay teen takes to the stage | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

After coming out as gay, Canberra teen Jye was bullied by some of his peers and became withdrawn and depressed. But thanks to the resurgent popularity of voguing — a '90s trend made famous by Madonna — he's finding joy and inspiring others.

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Talking LGBTQIA+ POC With Kirthana Selvaraj

Talking LGBTQIA+ POC With Kirthana Selvaraj | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Kirthana Selvaraj talks to our Australian Fair Director about her Queer identity and the radical subject matter in her work. This interview is part of our global International Women's Day campaign

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Applications open for Mr Gay Pride Australia 2019

Applications open for Mr Gay Pride Australia 2019 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Applications have officially opened today for Mr Gay Pride Australia 2019, a search to “find, build and develop future leaders within the LGBTI community”.

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Is it time for a gay version of 'The Bachelor Australia'?

Is it time for a gay version of 'The Bachelor Australia'? | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Is Australian television ready for a gay Bachelor? We argue after the success of ‘Finding Prince Charming’, it’s time to increasing diversity and reduce queer-baiting on Aussie TV.

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Transgender woman can change gender on birth certificate in Queensland without a divorce

Transgender woman can change gender on birth certificate in Queensland without a divorce | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
A transgender woman, who has been married to her partner for 28 years, will no longer have to get divorced to change her gender category on her birth certificate, after laws were passed in Queensland.
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'Full equality': how Netherlands is pointing the way for Australia on LGBT rights

'Full equality': how Netherlands is pointing the way for Australia on LGBT rights | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Fight for social acceptance moves from nuptials to classrooms as world marks IDAHOBIT – the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
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Town where ‘every second person’ is gay

Town where ‘every second person’ is gay | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
A SMALL regional town is now, proportionally, one of the gayest places in Australia. Far from being the only gay in the village, the gays ARE the village.
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Announcing the Bruce Richman U=U Speaking Tour!

Announcing the Bruce Richman U=U Speaking Tour! | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

You may have heard that U=U…but do you know what that means?

Undetectable = Untransmittable is the game-changing notion that helps People Living with HIV, and people at risk of contracting HIV, understand that there is zero risk of contracting HIV when someone has an undetectable viral load.

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