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| UpdatedIrish LGBTIQ rights activist and drag queen Panti Bliss, affectionately referred to as the "Queen of Ireland", appeared at Sydney's Mardi Gras parade, March 5, 2017.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, events, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFederal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Malcolm Turnbull was "hiding" from the parade, but whether the Prime Minister was even welcome depends on who you ask.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, political-parties, government-and-politics, marriage, liberals, sydney-2000, darlinghurst-2010, surry-hills-2010
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| UpdatedCrowds gather along Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD to watch the 39th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, with rain failing to dampen revellers' spirits, March 5, 2017.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, event, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAbout 200 floats and thousands of performers made for a dazzling Mardi Gras spectacle through Sydney's inner-city suburbs of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills, March 5, 2017.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, events, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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Topics: gays-and-lesbians, carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, darlinghurst-2010
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Topics: gays-and-lesbians, carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, darlinghurst-2010
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| UpdatedCrowds gather along Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD to watch the 39th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, with rain failing to dampen revellers' spirits.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAs Sydney celebrates Mardi Gras, elsewhere in the world gay and lesbian people can struggle to simply stay out of jail.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, australia, sydney-2000, singapore, uganda, south-africa, iran-islamic-republic-of, saudi-arabia, european-union
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| UpdatedHundreds of thousands of revellers are expected celebrate on the streets of Sydney to mark the 39th annual Mardi Gras Parade, with police saying they are taking every precaution.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, gays-and-lesbians, sexuality, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedIn a homage to the female superhero Wonder Woman, 100 Glamazons draped in a colour palette of red, blue and gold will march at Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, events, carnivals-and-festivals, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedRory O'Neill is an entertainer and gay rights activist whose flamboyant alter-ego — a 7ft drag queen called Panti Bliss — became the face of Ireland's successful marriage equality campaign.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, comedy-humour, performance-art, popular-culture, theatre, discrimination, family-and-children, gays-and-lesbians, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sexuality, aids-and-hiv, australia, ireland, japan
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It's a tale as old as time, but in a major first for Disney, the new live-action adaption of Beauty and the Beast will feature an openly gay character and love scene, director Bill Condon says.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, film-movies, united-states
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Former Olympic star Greg Louganis is in Australia to speak at an event for LGBTQI athletes and the challenges they face.
Topics: sport, gays-and-lesbians, australia
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| UpdatedUS Olympic champion diver Greg Louganis says Australia's sporting codes must keep an open dialogue on sexuality if they want any hope of making gay players feel comfortable.
Topics: sport, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedRussians opposed to the decriminalisation of domestic violence say they have not given up hope of bringing in a new law to protect women. But they are up against changing cultural norms that are seeing Russia become increasingly conservative.
Topics: domestic-violence, gays-and-lesbians, russian-federation
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A monthly clinic is helping transgender people previously overlooked by the NT's health system, yet its long-term future is uncertain due to funding concerns.
Topics: sexuality, mental-health, sexual-health, mens-health, womens-health, adolescent-health, gays-and-lesbians, health, suicide, states-and-territories, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's administration revokes landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic president Barack Obama.
Topics: community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, education, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedA British couple who want their relationship recognised in law without the "patriarchal baggage" of marriage lose the latest stage in their fight to be allowed a civil partnership.
Topics: marriage, family-and-children, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, family-law, united-kingdom
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Four Canberra youths — including two teenage brothers — who are accused of running a blackmail scam targeting gay men on dating apps are denied bail.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, states-and-territories, community-and-society, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe authors of a new fairtyale book about two men falling in love are hoping to shift cultural attitudes towards the LGBTI community and prevent homophobic bullying that can lead to teens taking their own lives.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, author, books-literature, arts-and-entertainment, suicide, new-zealand
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Same-sex couples can now legally adopt children in South Australia, with new laws coming into effect today.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, gays-and-lesbians, laws, sa
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| UpdatedWest Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith says politicians could reach a consensus on same-sex marriage if a free vote was held.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, liberals, wa, australia
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WA Premier Colin Barnett maintains his staunch defence of the Liberals preference deal with One Nation, while distancing himself from extreme comments of some of its candidates.
Topics: elections, minor-parties, gays-and-lesbians, wa
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| UpdatedA Facebook post that targets the sexuality of the former Australian Greens leader demonstrates the need for tough anti-discrimination laws, a prominent gay rights activist says.
Topics: government-and-politics, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, discrimination, tas
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| UpdatedKylie Walker says discrimination and a lack of community awareness about homosexuality contributed to her mental health problems, rather than her sexual orientation itself.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, depression, mental-health, canberra-2600, act, australia