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Music superstar Dolly Parton dies aged 80

The singer's family announced her passing through a video statement.

On This Gay Day | Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904

Author Christopher Isherwood wrote the short novel that inspired the musical 'Cabaret'.

One Nation senator says he’s undecided if gay people deserve equal rights

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts faces criticism after remarks at a religious conference about gay rights and sexuality.

On This Gay Day | In 1880 Anna Rüling is born in Hamburg

In 1904 she gave a speech to the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin, the first known public statement of the socio-legal problems faced by lesbians.

On This Gay Day | In 1986 New Zealand decriminalises homosexuality

On this day in 1986, New Zealand passed the Homosexual Law Reform Act that decriminalized homosexuality removing British colonial laws.

On This Gay Day | Playwright Joe Orton was murdered in 1967

Today Orton is remembered as an influential playwright.

On This Gay Day | Remembering Carmen Xtravaganza

On this day in history, we lost ballroom icon Carmen Xtravaganza, Salt-N-Pepa urged us to talk about sex and a WA MP made headlines for his comments about HIV.

On This Gay Day | In 1981 a newspaper revealed Martina Navratilova was gay

The tennis champion was forced to acknowledge her sexuality.

On This Gay Day | The acronym AIDS is proposed in Washington

In 1982 experts gathered to work out a name for an illness they were struggling to define.

On This Gay Day | Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law was passed in 2013

Russia's anti-gay propaganda law was introduced in 2013.

On This Gay Day | Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers was born

His arrest in 1954 would change the course of gay rights in the United Kingdom.

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Music superstar Dolly Parton dies aged 80

The singer's family announced her passing through a video statement.

On This Gay Day | Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904

Author Christopher Isherwood wrote the short novel that inspired the musical 'Cabaret'.

One Nation senator says he’s undecided if gay people deserve equal rights

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts faces criticism after remarks at a religious conference about gay rights and sexuality.

Mexican queer film ‘On the Road’ gets a full season at Luna

This suspenseful thriller gets a full season at Luna after screening at Revelation earlier this year.

Good character references scrapped under victim-focused legal reform

WA Government to ban good character references at sentencing, prioritising victims and reducing sentencing inequality.
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