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LGBTQI Sporting Clubs
Come along and get fit, make friends and maybe add a trophy to the pool room at Sydney's best LGBTQI Sporting Clubs.
Rita Bratovich


A Brotherhood of Vulnerability
How The Men’s Table Helps Men in Newtown Open Up By Jamie Apps In the pursuit of modern mental health, men in Newtown are finding a...
Jamie Apps


Newtown's New Pride Centre
Seventeen years after NSW’s only pride centre closed its doors, a new hub for the LGBTQI+ community has finally opened up: the Inner West Pride Centre. Bang in the middle of one of Sydney’s most diverse, eclectic, and queer suburbs, is the historic Newtown Town Hall building. Built in the early 1860s, it first served as the Newtown School of Arts before being purchased by local council in 1868 and becoming the municipal offices up until 1948. From then on it had a steady tur
Rita Bratovich


NSW Police March at Mardi Gras
The NSW Police Force has always had a complex relationship with Mardi Gras and with the LGBTQI+ community. Even during the early colonial years in this country, those endowed with the responsibility of enforcing the law chose to do so with physical and verbal aggression when it came to gay men (lesbians, like all women, were virtually invisible). Sodomy was considered a crime punishable by death until 1836 when the death penalty was revoked in the UK. After that date, thos
Rita Bratovich


The Oxford St Pride Charter
Oxford Street has long been recognised as the home to Sydney’s LGBTIQA+ communities. It's area that symbolises acceptance, diversity, and pride around the world. It’s important to protect this heritage and preserve its reputation as an iconic LGBTIQA+ precinct. The Oxford St Pride Charter has been created as a way for local businesses and groups to work alongside the City of Sydney and the Rainbow Precinct committee to protect the area’s identity and help shape the creative
Neighbourhood Media


Local’s Guide to Rainbow Precinct
Oxford St and the Rainbow Precinct are the place to go for a fun time and a friendly crowd.
Georgina Pengelly


Humans of Pride: Peter Bonsall-Boone
Few people have contributed more to Sydney’s LGBTQI+ rights movement than Peter Bonsall-Boone Known as Bon, he and his life-long partner,...
Rita Bratovich


Cyndi Lauper’s Final Bow
It’s the end of an era for Cyndi Lauper fans as the pop icon announces her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Australian Farewell Tour.
Georgina Pengelly
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