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NSW Greens Accuse Minns Government of “Procedural Trickery” Over Sackar Review

Patrick Lenton — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:15:00 +0000

The Minns Labor government has failed to release the long-awaited Sackar Review into hate speech protections for vulnerable communities, despite a Greens motion in the NSW Legislative Council two weeks ...

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Dismissed Psychiatrist Jillian Spencer Under Investigation By Health Regulator Over Social Media Posts

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:51:14 +0000

Psychiatrist Jillian Spencer is facing an investigation from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) after sharing a news article on social media that criticised gender-affirming care for young people. ...

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Please Enjoy A Muscular Nicholas Galitzine In A Harness

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:16:49 +0000

There are so many little queer boys who are about to have their sexual awakening thanks to an incredibly caked up Nicholas Galitzine in the new He-Man film, Masters of ...

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Advocacy Groups Call To Recognise The “Often-Invisible” Carers Supporting Trans Mental Health

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:23:33 +0000

The mental health of trans, non-binary and gender diverse Australians is shaped not only by access to services, but by often-unseen networks of care. Tandem, Transgender Victoria and Transcend Australia ...

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Anarchic Artist Collective Briefs Has Officially Come Of Age

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:05:11 +0000

“Circus with attitude, drag with muscle, and burlesque with bite”: artist collective Briefs is celebrating 18 years of their anarchic, fabulous shows. “She’s of legal drinking age now, she’s off ...

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Bookshop Darlinghurst Among Oxford Street Venues Proposed For Heritage Listing

Patrick Lenton — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:04:02 +0000

Sydney’s queer cultural heart could soon see more of its past formally protected, as the City of Sydney announces new plans to heritage list a wave of historically significant 17c��IA+ ...

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Caster Semenya Slams Olympic Gender Testing As “Disrespect For Women”

Patrick Lenton — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:29:46 +0000

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya has issued a fierce rebuke of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), condemning its new gender eligibility rules as “disrespect for women”. The IOC’s policy, which ...

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Vic Police Say There Have Been No New Grindr Hate Crime Attacks Reported Since Arrests

Patrick Lenton — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:04 +0000

Victoria Police have told a community forum that there have been no new app-based hate crime attacks reported in Victoria since October 2025. Victoria Police have made over 42 arrests ...

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Human Rights Commission Report Finds Widespread Discrimination Against Trans Australians

Patrick Lenton — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:00:46 +0000

A major new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission has laid bare the scale of discrimination faced by trans and gender-diverse people across Australia, painting a “deeply concerning” picture ...

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Moira Deeming Dumped By Victorian Liberals

Patrick Lenton — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:55:45 +0000

Controversial anti-trans MP Moira Deeming has been dumped from the ballot for the Victorian Liberal party at the November state election, after a successful challenge by business leader Dinesh Gourisetty. ...

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“Why not?”: Former AFL Player Leigh Ryswyk Has Come Out As Gay

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:37:48 +0000

Former AFL player Leigh Ryswyk has come out as gay during an interview with GayFL, the JOY 94.9 football radio show, making him the first male AFL player, past or ...

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OPINION: Why Did Bridgerton Have To Invent Homophobia?

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:05:03 +0000

Good news! Queer people officially exist in the sparkly, jewel-toned Bridgerton universe, and they’re going to fall in love with each other while wearing very stiff clothes. But along with ...

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Trans Girls In The UK Are Being Told To Leave Girl Guides Groups By September

Patrick Lenton — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:24:06 +0000

Girlguiding, the organisation that oversees Girl Guide groups in the UK, has instructed its members that transgender girls must leave the organisation by early September. The directive follows a previous ...

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Francesca and Michaela’s Sapphic Love Story Is Coming To Bridgerton Season 5

Patrick Lenton — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:54:38 +0000

*Spoilers for Bridgerton season 4 in this article* Extremely exciting news, gentle readers – sapphic yearning will sweep the Ton in the next season of Bridgerton, with Francesca and Michaela ...

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Long Island Ice Tea, Celebrity Handbags, and Exploding Ceilings: Your Tributes To The Stonewall Hotel

Patrick Lenton — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:14:42 +0000

I don’t have many memories of my first visit to the Stonewall Hotel on Oxford Street – I remember getting ready to go out, arriving with my friends, and then ...

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A Librarian Is Risking Her Job After Refusing To Move Books With 17c��IA+ Themes

Patrick Lenton — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:00:23 +0000

A Tennessee Library Director is risking termination after she refused to move more than 100 LBTQIA+ books from youth sections in the library to the adult area, saying she “will ...

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Sydney Might Be Getting An Inner City LGBTIQA+ Services Hub

Patrick Lenton — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:57:19 +0000

The City of Sydney Council has unanimously backed the Inner City Legal Centre’s calls for support to establish an inner city LGBTIQA+ Services Hub. Demand for the Inner City Legal ...

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We’re Getting Teasers For The Final Season of Hacks

Patrick Lenton — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:59:08 +0000

The wonderful funny and sharp Emmy-winning comedy Hacks will be officially returning for its fifth and final season, with the show dropping some teaser images for us to enjoy. The ...

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US “Pro-Family” Hate Group MassResistance Is Helping Push Anti-LGBT Laws In Africa

Patrick Lenton — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:21:37 +0000

Anti-17c��+ activists in the African nations of Senegal and Ghana have gone on record to Reuters, saying US hate group MassResistance provided advice and counsel, as well as trying to ...

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“I Do Not Hate Children”: Chappell Roan Responds To Latest Fan Criticism

Patrick Lenton — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:25:13 +0000

Chappell Roan has responded to accusations made by Brazilian soccer star Jorginho Frello, who took to social media to complain that her security guards made his stepdaughter cry when she ...

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