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The axing of the Safe Schools program in NSW public schools has raised concerns that the still-to-be-developed replacement program will not adequately address...

According to Chechnya’s only independent publication, several people living in Chechnya had been held in camps because of their actual or suspected sexual...

"It’s not clear how a sex strike would apply to queer women who don’t have sex with men—or, for that matter, how it would effect gay men who don’t have sex with...

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2017

Your Mardi Gras news hub. Everything that's happening!

MARDI GRAS

The 2017 Mardi Gras broadcast

Did you miss Mardi Gras on Sunday night? It's streaming right now, on SBS On Demand.

14 Mar 2017 - 11:38am

Experience the 2017 Mardi Gras parade in Virtual Reality

Immerse yourself in the 2017 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

Mardi Gras

ICYMI: Watch the SBS Mardi Gras broadcast and / or the live stream now!

Missed the Mardi Gras broadcast on Sunday? Just want to see the uncut parade footage? We've got you covered.

TELEVISION

A who's who of 'When We Rise'

With a star-studded cast like this, 'When We Rise' is bound to be a television event to remember. But... where did you see that actor before? Here's a look at the...

MARDI GRAS

Meet the hosts of Mardi Gras

With the big television event set for this Sunday, March 5, let's take a minute to get to know our hosts!

MARDI GRAS

The secret teenage group marching in this year’s Mardi Gras

“We didn’t really have any intent – we just wanted to have a space where people can talk openly about who they are.”

MARDI GRAS

Step by step, the First Nations lead the way at Mardi Gras

“We gather too often for inequality. This is an opportunity to focus on the celebration of their lives and achievements.”

Agenda

Celebrating the diversity of sexuality in Australia and its multicultural communities. The latest news, comment and analysis.

GENDER IDENTITY

Lack of gender options at Centrelink is causing non-binary students to be cut off

Non-binary students at Australian universities say that Centrelink's lack of an X/Other/Unspecified gender option is causing their payments to be unexpectedly disrupted.

HEALTH

How to make your next sexual health check less, erm … awkward

Top tips for when to get checked, what to expect, and more.

COMMENT

Guidelines on sport inclusion are welcome, but it is communities who must lead the charge

The ACT is encouraging Canberra sports clubs to be more inclusive of trans and intersex players. Real change, however, needs to be driven by sporting communities...

SCIENCE

Promiscuous birds challenge the idea that more sexual partners speeds up evolution

"In reality, monogamy is relatively rare in nature, for either sex."

PERSONAL

What I learned working in a naked gay bar

"What makes working in a socially-nude environment so fascinating is witnessing the inhibitions of strangers fall away," writes Brandon Cook.

Fast lane

Arts, entertainment, culture, movies. Living large with no rules, all style.

LITERATURE

The top 10 books Americans tried to ban last year

5/10 of them were challenged because they featured LGBT+ characters.

TELEVISION

This 'Orange Is the New Black' trailer teases that season 5 will start with a gunshot

This looks intense.

FASHION

Edward Enninful has been named the next editor of British Vogue

Edward Enninful is the publication's first gay, male Editor-In -Chief.

TELEVISION

Ricky Martin cast as Gianni Versace's partner in 'American Crime Story'

Pop idol Ricky Martin will play Antonio D'Amico, the romantic partner of 15 years to iconic fashion designer Gianni Versace, who was brutally murdered in 1997.

ART

Painting in circles and loving in triangles: the Bloomsbury Group’s queer ways of seeing

Tate Britain's Queer British Art exhibition explores how artworks and objects can evoke the contradictory and overlapping experiences of queer intimacy and desire.

#giveadamn

Our editor's pick of stories worth reading - and sharing.

WHEN WE RISE

5 reasons 'When We Rise' is an unmissable television event

Episode one is streaming on SBS On Demand right now!

HIV

The Survivors: Still alive with HIV

When they were diagnosed, HIV/AIDS was seen as a death sentence: the Grim Reaper. But medical science eventually found ways to hold AIDS back. Long-term survivors...

ASEXUALITY

What asexual people sexually fantasise about

When it came to fantasies and masturbation, there was simply less of a difference between the sexual and asexual groups than one might expect.

A Brief History

A definitive timeline of LGBT+ rights in Australia

A bittersweet look at where we've been, how far we've come, and how far we've got to go.

LGBT+ AUSTRALIA

Trans healthcare is a major headache for rural Australians

It can be tough for trans people in the bush, but there are signs of things getting better.

Queue up these LGBTQI movies, docos and news stories

Film Head On

SBS2 Monday, February 20, 2017 - 23:25

In this brilliant and yet confronting film, Ari (Alex Dimitriades)...