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Editors of Australia’s largest LGBTI publications discuss the marriage debate

Editors of Australia’s largest LGBTI publications discuss the marriage debate

Editors from Australia’s largest LGBTI publications have met up to discuss the current marriage equality debate, the Macklemore controversy, and whether or not sport has a place in political debates. OUTinPerth’s Managing Editor Graeme Watson joined Matthew Wade from the Star Observer and Silke Bader of LOTL Magazine, on Melbourne radio station JOY FM’s regular […]

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Pressure on Midsumma Festival to drop News Corp sponsorship

Pressure on Midsumma Festival to drop News Corp sponsorship

Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival is facing a community backlash and is under pressure to drop one of its major sponsors. A change.org petition has been launched calling on the organisation’s CEO Karen Bryant to cut ties with News Corp the publisher of The Australian newspaper and Melbourne tabloid The Herald Sun. Concern about the sponsorship deal […]

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Georgie Stone named LGBTI person of the year

Georgie Stone named LGBTI person of the year

Transgender rights activist Georgie Stone has been named LGBTI person of the year at Victoria’s Globe Awards. Now in it’s third year, the awards which are supported by the Victorian government, aim to highlight remarkable people within the LGBTI community. Stone, who first identified as female when she was three years old, began her transition […]

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