The body of missing Sydney flight attendant Ben Roper has been found in the basement of his Randwick home.

Stars of stage and screen will come together in Sydney for a special concert next month to raise money and awareness for Beyondblue and people experiencing depression and anxiety.

UK musical comedy duo Frisky and Mannish are set to headline annual GLBT fundraiser Fat Tuesday, along with a line-up of talented performers.

A popular gay flight attendant from Sydney’s east remains missing after he disappeared from his Randwick home during the evening of Australia Day last week.

SYDNEY: From its beginnings as a protest against police brutality and corruption to the “creative, celebratory, glamorous” event it has become today, 35 years of Sydney Mardi Gras history is now open to the public following the launch of Australia’s first gay and lesbian museum on Oxford Street this week.

A public hearing in Sydney yesterday into the Federal Government’s proposed new anti-discrimination laws heard that it was of utmost importance to provide specific legal protections for intersex people as well as remove or significantly tighten exemptions allowed for religious organisations.

John Nowakowski has been remembered as a caring and tireless activist for equality who put the needs of others first after the former president and national secretary of the Australian Council of Postgraduate Association (CAPA) passed away this week following complications related to an infection.

The NSW Government’s plan to trial three “sobering-up centres” in Sydney and Wollongong has been attacked as a “stunt” that could potentially put people at risk of further harm while doing nothing to address the root issues of binge drinking and alcohol-related violence.

Leichhardt Council is getting into the Mardi Gras spirit this year with a view to host an event in the lead-up to the parade.

A time-lapse video documenting the three-year transition of an Australian transwoman has been viewed over three million times since being posted on YouTube three months ago.

The NSW Government has agreed to maintain a liquor licence freeze along Oxford Street for a further 12 months.

SYDNEY: Police have delivered an early Christmas present to inner-city residents and the LGBTI community after the arrest this week of two men wanted over a vicious assault and robbery of a Surry Hills man who had earlier befriended one of the attackers via a smartphone dating app.

With the party season well and truly heating up and Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations just around the corner, police and the City of Sydney are encouraging the public to plan ahead and stay safe during the holidays.

Headlined by some of the sexiest, most daring artists ever to perform in Australia, Empire will be one performance not to miss as it promises to smash through the borders of comedy, circus, variety and burlesque when it makes its Australian premiere at the splendid Spiegeltent in early 2013.

SYDNEY: Police are appealing for information from the public after a 67-year-old man was arrested earlier this week in relation to a number of alleged sexual assaults believed to have occurred at a Darlinghurst youth homeless shelter in the 1980s.