Hobart's drag kings say the closure of a gay bar pushed their performances into heteronormative spaces and a surprisingly accepting Tasmanian community.
Topic:Explainer
Outpouring of support as ex-NRL player Kane Evans comes out
Evans is the second professional rugby league player in Australian history to publicly come out, following Ian Roberts in 1995.
Topic:NRL
Wed 10 Jun 2026 at 8:32am
Evans's coming out took extraordinary courage and the NRL must match it
Kane Evans showed remarkable bravery to reveal his sexuality to the world and now rugby league must lift to his level.
Analysis by Nick Campton
Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 9:49am
A straight woman steals a young gay man's story in Josh Silver's debut novel
Described as one of the books of the year, Fruit Fly asks who has the right to tell which stories in an age of cancellation for cultural appropriation.
Topic:Books
Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 6:53am
Sex discrimination commissioner slams gender definition proposal
Australia's sex discrimination commissioner condemns a proposal to reinstate biological definition of sexes as a "step back" for women.
Topic:Human Rights
Wed 10 Jun 2026 at 3:20pm
One-third of Ian Thorpe's life was in the spotlight, and it took its toll
Ian Thorpe became a global star as a teenager, attracting both opportunities and scrutiny. Now, he wishes he'd done some things differently.
Topic:Swimming
Tue 2 Jun 2026 at 7:54am
Women's shed ex-board member banned over alleged transphobic comments
A former board member of a women's shed in Victoria has been evicted after allegedly "spewing" discriminatory and hurtful comments about transgender people.
Topic:LGBTQIA+
Fri 29 May 2026 at 4:02pm
'Midwits' and media bust-ups herald One Nation's arrival in SA parliament
One Nation broke its parliamentary silence to talk about culture wars and political barneys. But not everything went as expected.
Analysis by Thomas Kelsall
Sun 24 May 2026 at 5:07am
Melbourne nightclub has operated for two years without insurance
Pride of our Footscray stopped paying public liability insurance when 18 insurers refused to underwrite the venue. The manager says operating without cover keeps staff on tenterhooks.
Topic:Insurance
Tue 19 May 2026 at 9:14am
Ruling upheld after transgender woman excluded from female-only app
A landmark Federal Court ruling that the exclusion of a transgender woman from a female-only app constituted unlawful gender identity discrimination is upheld on appeal.
Topic:Courts
Sat 16 May 2026 at 3:05pm
Swans move annual Pride Game away from St Kilda after Collard case
The fallout continues from the Lance Collard AFL tribunal case, with St Kilda cut from the annual Pride Game against Sydney.
Topic:AFL
Thu 14 May 2026 at 6:44am
'Scared for my life': Jewish teacher feared Mardi Gras attack
The man told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion he was embraced by the LGBTQIA+ community when he came out as gay as a teenager, but the experience was markedly different when he told loved ones of his religious conversion.
Topic:Royal Commissions
Fri 8 May 2026 at 3:23pm
Is an 'inclusive' gender category the solution to IOC ban on trans women?
For Phoebe and Luce, joining an LGBTQI+ social climbing group was transformative. But as a trans woman and non-binary person, they have faced barriers to participating in elite competition and are calling for change.
Topic:Sport Climbing
Wed 6 May 2026 at 10:17am
Mark Latham ordered to pay $100k to MP he sexually harassed and vilified
The former One Nation MP has been found to have vilified openly gay politician Alex Greenwich in the second case centring around a dispute between the pair.
Topic:Courts
Thu 30 Apr 2026 at 4:06pm
Blood donation eligibility expands for gay and bisexual men, transgender people
From today, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood will use gender-neutral assessments for blood and platelets donations.
Topic:LGBTQIA+
Mon 20 Apr 2026 at 11:47am
Jury hears 'no bad blood' before sistergirl's alleged fatal stabbing
Jurors in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing a 37-year-old sistergirl from the Tiwi Islands have heard there was "no bad blood" between them in the lead-up to the "family tragedy".
Topic:Courts
Wed 15 Apr 2026 at 8:18pm
Lesbian Action Group wins appeal in case seeking to ban trans women
The Federal Court allows a lesbian action group's appeal to be allowed to legally exclude transgender women from its public events.
Topic:Courts
Thu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:39am
'You did it dad': The ordinary people who took their case to the highest court
From love and freedom to native title and the right to vote, these are some of the High Court cases that have helped define our nation, and the ordinary people behind them.
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
Tue 21 Apr 2026 at 1:17pm
Collard to learn sanction after being found guilty of homophobic slur
St Kilda forward Lance Collard will learn via an AFL hearing how heavy a suspension he will receive after being found guilty of using a homophobic slur towards a VFL opponent.
Topic:AFL
Tue 14 Apr 2026 at 8:53am
Collard's extraordinary AFL disciplinary hearing sets new precedent
In an AFL first, St Kilda's Lance Collard has faced a disciplinary tribunal hearing for conduct unbecoming.
Analysis by Marnie Vinall
Sat 11 Apr 2026 at 9:42am
Comedian Grace Jarvis on most bizarre encounter working in sex shop
Grace Jarvis talks about everything from her experiences with autism, ADHD, queerness, and working in a sex shop in her stand-up. Her experiences with chronic illness? Not so much.
Topic:Comedy
Thu 9 Apr 2026 at 9:07am