Two new LGBTQIA+ venues are now open in Sydney. Stonewall Club lands in Newtown, while TRIBE @ 231 reopens on Oxford Street, offering inclusive nightlife, drag, DJs and community connection.

What does Pride really mean today? Sydney’s LGBTQI+ voices reflect on identity, visibility, remembrance and responsibility in this Humans of Pride Q&A series.

Mardi Gras is all about expressing yourself - and what better way to do that than with your very own, hand-made show-stopping outfit? Before you dive into glitter and glue, here are a few essential tips to ensure you achieve sartorial splendour — without wardrobe malfunctions! Sure you can hire a costume, but it’s much more fun, creative and original to make your own. And there are so many sources for material and bits ’n’ pieces, that you’ll be limited only by your level of

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...

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

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  Sodomy was considered a crime punishable by death until 1836 when the death penalty was revoked in the UK.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

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