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Melbourne LGBTI rights activist Tony Pitman hasn’t been put off by his recent arrest at the Midsumma Festival. Pitman was arrested, and later released without charge when he booed at the Liberal Party’s contingent in the Midsumma parade. Victorian Police said he was asked to leave the area due to threatening behaviour, but the LGBTI […]
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14 Feb 2018 /
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A Melbourne man who was arrested and detained by police at Melbourne’s Midsumma Parade on the weekend has described the actions of the organisation’s security personnel as ‘over the top’, saying they used abusive language and blocked his right to protest. Following the event on Sunday longstanding LGBTI rights activist Tony Pitman posted a statement […]
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31 Jan 2018 |
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Midsumma Festival have announced they will not be claiming any of the advertising benefits agreed upon in their partnership with News Corp following criticism from the LGBTIQ+ community. The festival has been under fire for their agreement with News Corp and their publication Herald Sun for the media organisation’s criticisms of the Safe Schools anti-bullying program, marriage […]
Tags: anti-lgbti, festival, Herald Sun, marriage equality, Midsumma, news Corp, safe schools, transgender
15 Dec 2016 |
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Midsumma Festival have released a statement announcing they will continue their media partnership with News Corp following major backlash from the LGBTIQ+ community. The partnership came under scrutiny from the LGBTIQ+ community in light of News Corp publications’ frequent criticisms of the Safe Schools anti-bullying program, as well as their relationship with columnists such as Miranda […]
Tags: Andrew Bolt, John Caldwell, Karen Bryant, Midsumma, Miranda Devine, news Corp, safe schools
8 Dec 2016 |
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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 […]
Tags: Bisexual, gay, Intersex, John Caldwell, JOY FM, Karen Bryant, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Midsumma, news Corp, Saturday Magazine, trans*, transgender
29 Nov 2016 |
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An opinion piece penned by NSW Labor MLC Greg Donnelly printed in today’s Daily Telegraph has been condemned by members of Rainbow Labor for it’s anti-Safe Schools position. Mr Donnelly, who has spoken against LGBT equality many times during his tenure in NSW parliament, wrote that his opposition to the Safe Schools program is “absolute”. […]
Tags: daily telegraph, greg donnelly, Midsumma, news Corp, Rainbow Labor, safe schools, safe schools coalition
25 Nov 2016 |
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Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival have just announced their program for 2017. Every January for three decades, Midsumma Festival has transformed Melbourne into a spectacular explosion of colour and culture, celebrating the diversity, resilience and talent bursting from within its LGBTIQA+ communities. The Midsumma Festival cultivates queer perspectives and creates experiences that flip the status quo – […]
Tags: festival, John Caldwell, Melbourne, Midsumma, Pride, take a trip, Victoria
16 Nov 2016 |
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They say there’s never a perfect date for anything. No matter if you’re organising dinner with a bunch of friends, your annual holidays, a dance party or an expensive national plebiscite – it’s going to clash with something. With news that the plebiscite is most likely going to be held in February 2017, the $160 […]
Tags: Colin Barnett, Mardi Gras, Marriage, marriage equality, Midsumma, plebiscite, Rosa Parks, traditional marriage, WA election. auspol
20 Aug 2016 |
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Voters in the Prime Ministers own electorate of Wentworth don’t support his plan for a plebiscite on marriage equality. A poll conducted by Reachtel on behalf of Australian Marriage Equality (AME) found voters in Malcolm Turnbull’s electorate of Wentworth are largely for marriage equality and overwhelmingly against a national unbinding plebiscite. The survey has found 63% of Wentworth […]
Tags: Australian Chrisitan Lobby, Australian Marriage Equality, Bill SHorten, Lyle Shelton, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage Alliance, Marriage equality plebisicite, Midsumma, Robert Simms, Rodney Croome
1 Feb 2016 |
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