1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (355+ words) It's up to everyone to ensure that Mardi Gras maintains its place at the intersection of partying, politics and protest, says Luc Velez....

16+ hour, 3+ min ago  (489+ words) The City of Sydney has committed to providing further support for local LGBTQ+ businesses, with a motion passed in a recent council meeting to see more dialogue between queer businesses and the community along Oxford and King streets and surrounds....

13+ hour, 14+ min ago  (663+ words) LGBTQIA+ communities have never had the luxury of feeling confident someone else will tell our stories properly, or even at all. We've always had to be motivated to create our own avenues to make sure our stories are told " because…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (703+ words) LGBTQIA+ organisations are calling for urgent action after a major New South Wales parliamentary inquiry confirmed what many in the community have already known for a long, long time " that right-wing extremism is" active, organised, and increasingly targeting and harming…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (833+ words) In the last week, there have been several viral videos circulating around social media targeting gay dads with surrogate children. It's not a coincidence " while same-sex surrogacy, adoption and the existence of rainbow families in general have always been in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (456+ words) TILDE: Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival returns to Narrm from 19 May 2026 with the theme of "Young Blood," a program of trans-authored cinema presented across multiple venues. Now in its 12th year, the festival will run over two weekends, The 2026 program…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (629+ words) Same-sex intimacy and gender diversity have been historically policed as criminal or moral offences in Victoria for many decades. Entrapment practices, discriminatory prosecutions, public humiliation and institutional neglect left deep and lasting scars. Events such as the Black Rock arrests…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (650+ words) Canadian adult film performer Milo Miles says he felt "powerless" after being detained for hours and banned from entering the United States for a decade while travelling to the Gay VN Awards. The Toronto based performer had planned a routine…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago  (1000+ words) Sydney painter and Sniffies heartthrob Venn Miles is opening his third solo-exhibition this Saturday. The body of work, entitled "Act Out, Desire Me, explores how a lubed, naked body might be far more slippery in our minds, and asks whether…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (314+ words) Images of two vehemently anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans dressed in drag have been uncovered, highlighting the hypocrisy of their transphobic policies. Unearthed by The Advocate from archival yearbooks, US Representatives Buddy Carter and Mike Collins can both be seen dressed in drag…...