Articles tagged with: Brisbane

May01

Cyndi’s So Unusual

Written by // Ron Hughes Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Music legend and LGBTI rights activist Cyndi Lauper is celebrating 30 years of recording history with her tour, She's So Unusual.

Apr08

Here comes Kristin Chenoweth

Written by // Ron Hughes Categories // Celebrity, News + Politics, World, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Emmy and Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth will be hitting Australian shores in June, starting at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and finishing up with a grand concert at the Sydney Opera House.

Mar25

LNP slashes funding to sexual health clinic

Written by // Andrew Shaw Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Brisbane’s only free sexual health service, Biala Sexual Health Clinic, will effectively close along with the AIDS Medical Unit after 33 of the 45 staff lose their jobs, it has been revealed.

Feb06

Marin heads down under for Mardi Gras

Written by // Ron Hughes Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Prominent US Christian activist and LGBTI ally Andrew Marin is set to hit Australia’s shores in time for Mardi Gras.

Dec20

Empire to cross borders of circus, cabaret & burlesque

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // National, Entertainment

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.

Nov23

High achiever leaves after 25 years in LGBTI mental health

Written by // Andrew Shaw Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

A key promoter of mental health for Queensland’s LGBTI community has decided to move on after 25 years with Brisbane-based psychologist Paul Martin announcing he will cease his public advocacy work to instead focus on a new career challenge.

Oct29

Doctor’s Wife promises to shave head

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

The filmmaker behind the award-winning gay documentary The Doctor’s Wife has promised to have his head shaved this week in a bid to raise funds for the film’s sequel.

Sep18

Fair Day celebrated at Perry Park

Written by // Andrew Shaw Categories // News + Politics, Queensland

Sunday saw a huge turnout for the annual Brisbane Pride Parade and Fair Day at Perry Park in Bowen Hills.

Aug29

Anti-homophobia ad campaign receives major award

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

An anti-homophobia campaign produced in the wake of last year’s Rip & Roll gay safe-sex ad controversy has been recognised with a major award from the Public Relations Institute of Australia at a ceremony in Queensland late last week.

Aug14

Rip & Roll ready to roll again

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

A year on after controversy whipped up by Christian groups transformed a gay safe-sex ad into a national talking point, a new Rip & Roll campaign has been launched this week with posters to once again appear on billboards and bus shelters across Brisbane and Queensland.

Jul12

Catholic priest relaunches online protest against gay panic

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

A Queensland Catholic priest has relaunched an online petition against the state’s notorious ‘gay panic’ laws after hearing of recent remarks by the state’s Attorney-General saying any change was unnecessary.

Jul12

Changes to Qld surrogacy laws would be discriminatory

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

The Queensland Government’s proposed changes to the state’s surrogacy laws would be discriminatory and contain “significant legislative inconsistencies”, according to the Queensland Law Society.

Jun26

ACL’s QLD director subjected to abusive calls

Written by // Lachlan Bennett Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Queensland’s leader of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Wendy Francis has had her mobile bombarded with abusive phone calls, messages and pornography.

Jun13

Pop Ballet

Written by // Garrett Bithell Categories // Dance, Entertainment

A star dancer who broke from the ranks of his industry to create a show that aims to make ballet accessible, Rasta Thomas speaks to Garrett Bithell about Rock the Ballet.

Jun13

Queensland reacts to loss of civil ceremonies

Written by // Alex Dunkin Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

The fallout in Queensland continues following Premier Campbell Newman’s announcement his government will remove the state-sanctioned ceremonies from the Civil Partnership legislation because it “mimics marriage”.