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 “To my pageant mommy Riss Rose, no words can describe how much I am grateful of you,” Kataluna said in an Instagram post, posing alongside her pageant coach and Miss Nevada Teen USA winner, Noelani Mendoza. “For your constant support, for welcoming me in to your home, and feeding me nothing but love.”  A post shared by Kataluna Enriquez (@mskataluna)Enriquez emigrated to the US at the age 10 from the Philippines.

following a payment of $50,000.Legal Representative and Catalans chairman Bernard Guasch said of the outcome  that “Israel has been great with us in 2020 both on and off the field and we wanted to facilitate the negotiations to reach an agreement. He told us his desire to play alongside his two brothers and we didn’t want to prevent him. We wish him all the best in the next chapter of his career.”Folau’s return will be significant to the culture of the NRL – in recent years the league , along

Being Black in Porn is an upcoming documentary following the lives of four gay men of colour and the obstacles they face in their careers. The documentary is narrated, and executive produced by GayVN Award Best Actor 2020 winner, DeAngelo Jackson. “I had to do this for my fellow brothers and sisters in the entire adult industry.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, it feels like the emergency services have come through and cleaned up the carnage.

bizarre scenes, Hanson appeared to forget her own birthday as she argued for an amendment to superannuation legislation.The bills passed by the Senate aimed to prevent underperforming funds from recruiting new members, and to prevent the creation of duplicate accounts.

In the middle of Pride Month, YouTube has removed the channel of an Australian series from LGBTQI creators. Ding Dong I’m Gay was released last year, with weekly episodes detailing the story of Cameron who, six years after coming out and moving to Sydney, sees his dreams of elite parties and mini-breaks with jaw-lined boyfriends flatline.

HIV diagnosis among overseas-born gay and bisexual men, especially those who have come to Australia from Asia, has increased from 28 per cent in 2008 to 52 per cent in 2017, according to the Australian Annual Surveillance report.

[A student] threw a rotten apple at the back of my head after telling me that the common room is for ‘normal straight people only’. The teacher present then told me I had to leave because I was causing trouble by being there.”While transphobic language was reported with less frequency overall, 71 per cent of students reporting ever hearing such language at school.

The Rainbow seems to be taking over the New South Wales legislative council. On Tuesday, openly gay Liberal MLC Shayne Mallard was elected the government whip in the legislative council.

chook’ of  RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under competition.While she might have had a trick or two up for sleeve in the previous week’s lip sync challenge, this week she was asked to sashay away after losing out to Scarlett Adams.

The stage is calling for Adam Lambert.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government would enact a law to ban religious schools from expelling LGBTQI+ students, there is no move yet to keep that promise.Last week Victorian Greens Senator Janet Rice confronted the Attorney General’s department at Senate Estimates on the Sex Discrimination Act and its implications for schools.Rice, in her questions drew particular attention to section 21 of the Act, which states that under Australian law it is unlawful for an educational

Rupaul’s Drag Race Down Under contestant Scarlet Adams has apologised for her past racist performances, including donning Blackface. The apology video was posted by Adams on her page after episode five of the show dropped on Saturday.

LaNCE TV Ballarat has bagged four nominations at the Channel 31 Antenna Awards. That is not the only good news for the community television network.

For more information on ACON’s Pride Inclusion Programs, visit www.prideinclusionprograms.com.au 2021 AUSTRALIAN LGBTQ INCLUSION AWARDSAUSTRALIAN WORKPLACE EQUALITY INDEX  Platinum EmployersPlatinum Project Acknowledgements:Platinum Qualifiers for 2021:Gold Employers Silver Employers Bronze EmployersSmall Employer of the YearAchievement Award for Most Improved Small EmployerGold Small EmployersSmall Silver employersSmall Bronze employers HEALTH + WELLBEING INDEXService Provider of the YearMost

A crowdfunding campaign to assist a gay refugee activist, being sued by Australia’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton, with his legal expenses has raised over $118,000.Dutton has sought aggravated damages for alleged defamation from Shane Bazzi, over the latter’s criticism of the minister on .“One of the most powerful men in the country, Peter Dutton, is suing me for defamation. I need your support.

2020 competition for the first time in Eurovision’s 65 year history. From Down Under, It's @actualmontaigne! She's not here with us in the Ahoy, and we miss her soooo much! #Eurovision

 in a message on GoFundMe.“Disrespect, slammed doors, misdirection, glaring inconsistencies, extreme confusion, and ultimately, silence.” When they did eventually receive the files, the family noted how official logs were missing for both the April 17 assault and the April 18 discovery of Mikayla’s body. When challenged by the family on both points, investigators then threatened the family with publicizing Miller’s sexuality if they were to go public with these concerns.Millers’ family claimed

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under feels like it’s finally found its groove, but sadly this week it was time for the fabulous Coco Jumbo to sashay away.All though this queen might have shined in the mini challenge, the maxi challenge proved too much for this performer, proving also that even if your tuck is tight, it’s one thing to sing in the shower and a whole other thing to record a brand spanking new single.  A post shared by COCO JUMBO!! (@_cocojumbo)Reflecting on her elimination, Jumbo tells us

was earmarked as a suitable location for the centre. However concrete moves to make Sydney’s first pride centre a reality have been slow.Expressions of interest for LGBTIQ organisations to pitch a plan to manage and deliver the pride centre closed in March.

The NSW State Library has commenced planning for a major exhibition to tie into Sydney WorldPride 2023, tentatively titled Pride 2023. Pride 2023 will expand on Coming Out in the 70s which completes its six-month run at the Library on May 30.  Coming Out in the 70s explores the emergence of the gay and lesbian rights movement in NSW in the 1970s.

A 20-year-old gay man was allegedly killed by his family members in Iran in a case of honour killing. The news of the killing was posted on social media by US-based Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad. “Rest in peace Alireza Fazeli Monfared,” said Alinejad.

The past 18 months have undeniably been the toughest for Victoria’s event and creative industries. Now, like many other arts and community organisations, Midsumma Festival is facing an uphill battle as they continue to forge ahead in these uncertain times.Yet these struggles have perhaps been brewing for a while, even before Melbourne lockdowns of 2020.

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Victoria’s first fully electric bus is now a ‘Pride Bus’ that is spreading the message of environmental sustainability and inclusiveness. The bus had hit the roads in February 2021 on one of the busiest routes – Route 251 between the city and Northland Shopping Centre. The bus has now undergone a transformation and sports Rainbow colours with the words ‘Ride With Pride’ emblazoned on it. “Victoria’s first fully electric bus is encouraging people to Ride with Pride throughout May.

Star Observer, “The disability justice network came about because a lot of us disabled people living in Australia were getting our resources around disability justice from America and a lot of organisations based in the USA. There was training, workshops and panels coming out of America, but there didn’t seem to be any centralised movement in Australia.“We realised we were waiting for somebody to create this, so eventually it clicked that this was something we could do ourselves.

Tasmanians will head to the polls for the state’s Parliament on May 1.

killed in an accident on the Eastern Freeway last year.The post by Smith Street gay bar, Sircuit, that received a backlash.The issue is simple, right now Victoria Police, along with police forces in other states are once again being dragged over the coals over their ongoing treatment of Indigenous populations.

The King and I and like how Yul Brynner says “et cetera, et cetera, et cetera” throughout the film. This queen can certainly go and on and on…. Etcetera Etcetera, who identifies as non-binary trans, once said of Drag that it “should only be used politically.

Guess, who’s coming to RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under? Streaming platform Stan Australia on Thursday announced that ‘Princess of Pop’ Kylie Minogue, her singer sister Danii Minogue and Academy Award winning Kiwi director and actor Taika Waititi will be special guests on season one of the show that premieres on May 1. “I’m SO excited to finally be a part of RuPaul’s Drag Race for the first series Down Under.  It’s such an iconic show and I can’t wait to watch the contestants perform their hearts

It has been 26 years since Victoria’s inaugural Pride March, an event that far exceeded the organiser expectations both in size and the veracity to which it was received.“It started because Melbourne didn’t have an event like a Pride March,” Penny McDonald, one of the original event organisers recalls. “The first one in 1996 was huge, we thought if we get 100 or so people that would be good, I think there was about 11,000.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. With just four fabulous queens left to introduce to you, next up, it’s time to shine some light on Sydney Queen Maxi Shield.Maxi, real name Kris Elliot, is a veteran Drag performer, having opened the 2002 Gay Games.

The Victorian Supreme Court this week sentenced truck driver Mohinder Singh Bajwa for the death of gay police officer Glen Humphris and three others in a fatal crash on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne last year.

April 13, 2021Coyne’s advocacy work was recognised in 2018, when he was nominated for Activist Of The Year at Brisbane Pride’s annual Queens Ball, describing his role in the campaign as “one of the proudest moments” of his young lifeCoyne also ran as a member of the Queensland Greens in the 2020 elections and was at the time of his death the convener of the Toowoomba and Western Queensland branch of the Queensland Greens.We were very saddened to hear of the death of Thomas Coyne 21 – a bright

We Are All In This– his cutting wit was enough to see the ABC cancel his set as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala broadcast this year.“I’m not saying Liberal voters are bad people. I’m saying they’re not people.

Australia is one of the few countries in the world to have openly gay politicians, including a head of government. Politics In Colour is organising a conversation with three openly gay Members of Parliament – NSW Minister Don Harwin, NSW Liberal MLC Shayne Mallard and Independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich  – on April 15, 2021.