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R U Ok? has launched a Stronger Together, “I ask my mob, in my way, are you Ok?” a suicide prevention campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. With many parts of Australia being in lockdown to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, the campaign encourages people to engage with and support their family and friends going through difficult times. Star Observer spoke with Dr Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat, Chair of the Advisory Group for the Stronger Together campaign.

While the closing ceremony of Copenhagen 2021 on Saturday night marked the end of Denmark Pride, it also marked the beginning of Sydney’s hosting tenure.

On Friday evening, Lars Henriksen, Director of Copenhagen 2021 and Kate Wickett CEO of Sydney WorldPride 2023, hosted a reception prior to the official handover of the host title on Saturday. In the crowded amusement park Tivoli Gardens, Kate Wickett praised the organisers of Copenhagen WorldPride 2021 for their ability to make WorldPride happen despite the challenges of the pandemic.“I am immensely impressed by the resilience of the team behind Copenhagen 2021.

He may not answer to ‘Commander-in-Chief,’ but now Pete Buttigieg, who  made headlines as the first Out LGBTQI+ person to enter the US  Presidential race, has a new job title – ‘Daddy.’ Buttigieg, 39, and his husband Chasten, 32, an author and former teacher,  announced on their respective social media accounts that they have become parents. Buttigieg, who was appointed as Secretary of Transportation by President  Joe Biden on February 2, is the first out LGBTQI+ Cabinet member in US history to

By Max ZhouWhat if hairdressers were regulated like sex workers are in Victoria right now?A simple appointment at the barber is both legal and as normal as it gets. But a similar type of appointment with a self-employed, independent sex worker is illegal if it occurs at the sex worker’s home or apartment.

Breaking the news on Monday evening, DIY Rainbow posted on social media about the sale, which was quickly shared multiple times across .Star Observer reached out VIN Commercial seeking clarification. In a written reply from Managing Founder of Vin Golchin, it was stated that, “Unfortunately the vendor has had second thoughts and asked us to refrain from any further sales activity until further notice…  The vendor had the right to rescind at any time with immediate effect and this was actioned,

LGBTQ+ venues across the US are sending a clear message to patrons; ‘Get  the jab if you want to party.’ Gay bars and nightclubs are increasingly requiring  would-be-revellers to supply not only a valid form of photo ID but also proof  of vaccination in order to gain entry. Recent reports that several attendees of the LGBTQI+ street fair Folsom Street Market in  San Francisco on July 25, tested positive for COVID-19, seem to have spurred more queer venues to mandate proof of jabs for entry into

Mardi Gras Fair Day in Sydney’s Victoria Park chances are that you have witnessed or even taken part in a Silverbacks demonstration in Team Sydney’s vibrant Sports Village. First established in 1993, the Sydney Silverbacks are an inclusive LGBTQI wrestling club training on Friday evenings year-round in Kings Cross.Sydney Silverbacks.

Vatican’s renewed rejection last February of any church blessing for homosexual couples”.According to the Archbishop, this was an important step towards addressing the marginalisation and discrimination some in the LGBTQI community feel is directed at them from the Catholic Church, without fear of increased persecution.He said the fact that queer people are double marginalised, both within the Catholic community for not being heterosexual, as well as being judged for being Catholic in the LGBTQI

By Anna Brown, CEO, Equality Australia & Nicky Bath, CEO, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Tonight is census night, but once again LGBTIQ+ people won’t be properly counted. The national survey will ask for a whole heap of our personal information – how much we earn, our religious beliefs, and our history of chronic disease.

As the Tokyo Olympics draw to a close, the gay sporting world will be keeping its eyes firmly on East Asia when the Gay Games 2022 head to Hong Kong next year.As sports fans from across the globe tune into the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the organisers of the 11th Gay Games, scheduled to open in November 2022 in Hong Kong, are hustling to ensure the event runs without a hitch.

Queer Screen’s Completion Fund awarded $15,000 across three different screen projects last Friday and the timing couldn’t have been better. The additional round of the Completion Fund was announced on the Closing Night of the Mardi Gras Film Festival in March, in light of the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the independent filmmaking industry.The seventh round of the Completion Fund attracted seven applicants.

Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie, the Bondi couple from Season 19 of The Block are returning to the new ‘Fans v Faves’ season of the show and they have one request, nay, demand – ‘Stop referring to us as the gay granddads’.“We were described continuously last season as the ‘gay granddads’… we were never the couple who have a family,” Mitch told Star Observer, pointing out that the term was a “double whammy”, that focussed on their sexuality as well as their age. Mitch and Mark spoke to Star Observer

By Shaun MillerI am an out and proud gay uncle, or “guncle”. I have three nieces and three nephews.

Forty years after the first case of HIV was reported in the United States in 1981, a “cure” has remained elusive so far. Now, HIV/AIDS researchers across the world are keenly awaiting the results of two new trials that are scheduled to start in Melbourne.

a written statement: “We understand hate crimes can have a huge impact on those targeted, and an attack on people because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, race or beliefs, is not only abhorrent but will not be tolerated.”Witnesses have described how four men punched, kicked and spat on the victims leaving them in a pool of blood, before stealing a bag and fleeing the scene at around 9.20pm on Friday.

With Sydney’s current COVID-19 Delta strain lockdown, LGBTQI migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers struggle to access their communities, as organisations lack funding.

Clark wrote on .“My heart is so very broken; my world will never be the same. Thank you to everyone who has reached out.

Liberty University, an evangelical institution in the state of Virginia, faces turmoil after former students filed a lawsuit against the US Board of Education for allowing so-called conversion therapy and other discriminatory practices against LGBTQI+ individuals to occur in schools receiving public funding.One of the plaintiffs is Lucas Wilson, who for four years underwent Liberty University’s so-called gender conversion therapy.

As reported last month by Star Observer, Senator Chandler has long been a staunch opponent to trans inclusion in sport.

as reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, the centre is also currently representing a woman accused of vilifying trans people.Lord Mayor Clover Moore told told Star Observer that the City Of Sydney stands with the trans community and against all forms of exclusion and that  “all women, including trans women, deserve to be respected, included and safe in the City of Sydney.”Clover Moore at the Mardi Gras flag-raising.

reported by Star Observer back in JanuaryAshby had sought that the Commonwealth pay legal costs – $3.67million for his own costs and more than $780,000 in costs incurred by his solicitor Michael Harmer. – incurred in his litigation with his former boss Peter Slipper.The request was pertaining to allegations of sexual misconduct levelled at Slipper, dating back to 2012 in which Ashby alleges he was sexually harassed via txt message and “lewd remarks”.

The Blade, as Dallas-area real estate agent Kelci Dunavin Cashman, was reportedly on onboard an American Airline flight  with her family when she refused to comply with safety instructions, and refused to wear a face mask.

The Truth Of It tour starring its managing director Martyn Iles, who is known as the “youthful face of the Christian right”.The trust had earlier barred the Lobby from its venues claiming it was a politically motivated event. Perth Theatre Trust chair Morgan Solomon told WA Today that its venue hiring policies were under review, but since the review was unlikely to be completed before the dates of the event, it was allowing  the Lobby to go ahead with the event at its venues.“The PTT will revise

By Guy James WhitworthSydney Author and artist Guy James Whitworth catches up with Queer icon turned community fitness coach Betty Grumble.You know on gameshows where they say, “my next guest needs no introduction,” Well, that’s kind of the case with Betty Grumble.

Even the man behind the 80’s HIV/AIDS Grim Reaper campaign himself, Bill Bowtell, thinks the federal government has gone too far, chiming in with his opinion on the ineffectiveness of this particular covid message.He said in a tweet after the ad first aired “This ad should be immediately taken off air. Today in Sydney a young girl with Covid – about the same age as the actor in the ad – is on a ventilator fighting for her life.

Australia’s first state-funded, purpose-built and the world’s second largest LGBTQI+ Community Hub – the Victorian Pride Centre threw open its doors to the community on Sunday July 11, 2021.Victorian Premier Dan Andrews officially launched the VPC – built at a cost of $50 million, and funded by the Victorian government and the City of Port Phillip – along with Minister of Equality Martin Foley and Port Phillip mayor Louise Crawford. “We are here to open a building that is the culmination of so

Yunus was a passionate Queer Screen volunteer who dedicated his life to volunteering, and participated in a phenomenal number of volunteer events and causes across Sydney for almost two decades.  Yunus came to Sydney in the early 2000s, and started volunteering almost immediately.

The General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in America on July 1, voted for a rule to prevent gay men from being ordained as priests.‘This is a time to grieve,’ Rev. Greg Johnson said after the passing of an overture that prevents gay people from qualifying for ordination The overture received an approval of 1438-417 on July 1, 2021 at the Presbyterian Church in America’s annual business meeting in St.Louis.

New Zealand’s longest-serving Member of Parliament Nick Smith,  has apologised for voting against same-sex marriages in his valedictory address to the house after submitting his resignation. Much of the details about his resignation remain undisclosed.

ian Ross Toyer, was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment for the manslaughter of 25-year-old Filipina trans woman Mhelody Bruno, an ABC investigation has found that important evidence in the case never made it to court.Justice Gordon Lerve had initially sentenced Toyer to an intensive correction order and 500 hours of community service, but subsequently admitted that it had erred in its order that had let Toyer avoid jail time for the crime.

Parabenizo o gov. @EduardoLeite_ pela bravura! Sei a dor que é a prisão do armário, sobretudo num ambiente conservador como a Política, e cada um deve descobrir seu momento certo para esse gesto.

Courtney Act recently steered her career to a new direction as the host of ABS’s One Plus One. Act also featured on ABC’s Little Kids, Big Talk.

Two transgender women and a gay man were murdered in Guatemala in three separate attacks. All of which occurred within one week during Pride month.Andrea González, a 28-year-old activist and leader of the organisation Otrans Reinas de la Noche (Queens of the Night) was shot only metres from her home in Guatemala city on June 11.

Both British and American embassies in the United Arab Emirates are receiving backlash online from conservative Emiratis after raising the rainbow Pride flag alongside their own national flags in celebration of Pride Month in June.The UAE still criminalises same-sex relationships.

A historic vote on June 30 at the Methodist Conference in  Birmingham, UK resulted in a clear win for LGBTQ+ Methodists who have  long-fought for the right to be married within the Church. The final vote tally had 254 in favour of changing the Church’s definition of  marriage to 46 votes opposing.