‘I feel like I’m coming out again’:The Aussies making their Mardi Gras debut

‘I feel like I’m coming out again’:The Aussies making their Mardi Gras debut

People who came out later in life were given a chance to shine at the inaugural Mardi Gras Debutante Ball for First Timers.

  • byLauren Ironmonger

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We still can’t trust NSW police:The sad truth for LGBTIQ citizens

Injustices persist but the police force continues to deflect failures and shift blame.

  • byNicolas Parkhill
Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the Saltburn effect and her career comeback

Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the Saltburn effect and her career comeback

Murder on The Dance Floor is the latest song from a bygone era to storm back to the charts off the back of well-crafted viral moments.

  • byThomas Mitchell
City of Sydney council was urged to test parks for asbestos a month ago

City of Sydney council was urged to test parks for asbestos a month ago

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said it would have been unreasonable to test the city’s 400 parks and thousands of garden beds “when there was no indication there was an issue”.

  • byMichael Koziol
Mardi Gras rejects offer to relocate Fair Day after asbestos discovery

Mardi Gras rejects offer to relocate Fair Day after asbestos discovery

The City of Sydney pulled the pin on holding the popular event in Victoria Park after bonded asbestos was found in mulch used at the site.

  • byJessica McSweeney andCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Hills Shire Council rejects drag queen storytime

Hills Shire Council rejects drag queen storytime

Councillors have been accused of alienating members of the queer community.

  • byJada Susas
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Mardi Gras board ructions after director dumped for non-attendance

Mardi Gras board ructions after director dumped for non-attendance

Timothy “Skip” Blofield,from leftist queer group Pride in Protest,was dumped from the board after skipping too many meetings.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
From Kylie to kewpie dolls:Here are a few of our favourite things

From Kylie to kewpie dolls:Here are a few of our favourite things

The Powerhouse Museum has hand-picked 1001 objects from its collection of more than half a million items to create an exhibition of Australian icons.

  • byHelen Pitt
Activist earned the headline ‘From convent to street brawl’

Activist earned the headline ‘From convent to street brawl’

Betty Hounslow was active in the Drop the Charges campaign following arrests at the prelude to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

  • byMalcolm Brown
The gay Christian ‘nun’ and satirist who became a queer legend

The gay Christian ‘nun’ and satirist who became a queer legend

Satirist and activist Fabian LoSchiavo was active at the dawn of gay rights protests in Sydney.

  • byKen Davis,Georgia Keighery andTim Barlass
All-night Mardi Gras party could move to Allianz Stadium under shake-up plans

All-night Mardi Gras party could move to Allianz Stadium under shake-up plans

Other proposed Allianz Stadium changes would allow concert rehearsals and sound testing to go longer into the night and increase the maximum allowed concert length.

  • byBen Grubb andMichael Koziol