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Sous Chef to Social Entrepreneur: Andy de Groot's Journey with Queer Food
Andy de Groot, the founder of Queer Food, has transformed his passion for culinary arts into a vibrant social enterprise that serves up delicious food to the Canberra LGBTIQ+ community and its allies.
From grassroots to grand celebrations, Canberra SpringOUT turns 25!
As the vibrant hues of spring approach, anticipation builds for pride festivals across the nation. In Canberra, the excitement centres around the highly anticipated SpringOUT festival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this November.
Aussie LGBTIQ+ Buddhists feel pressure to hide their identities
New findings by Australian researcher Stephen Kerry, Lecturer in Sociology at Charles Darwin University, have found that LGBTIQ+ Buddhists in Australia are struggling and feel pressure to hide their authentic selves. It's not very Buddhist!
Face Value: The Unattainable Beauty Standards of Gay Culture
Unattainable beauty standards are nothing strange in the western world, but they are uniquely heightened within gay culture. Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier speaks with two young queer men for their perspectives.
National Library of Australia Celebrates Pride Month
June is Global Pride Month, a time to recognise and celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community and reflect on progress made and still to be made. To mark the occasion, the National Library of Australia is sharing some historical photographs from thier collection taken at Pride events held in Adelaide and Perth.
Ruby Pedder receives Australia’s largest emerging designer prize
Australia's award-winning digital bank, ubank, has announced Ruby Pedder as the 2024 honouree of its Feel-Good Fashion Fund, Australia’s newest and largest emerging fashion designer prize.
Let's talk about gay book bans and burning
‘Don’t Say Gay’ rules and book bans might have felt familiar in medieval Europe, but queer themes in literature survived nonetheless.
Where and how did IDAHOBIT start?
The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia(IDAHOBIT) is observed on May 17 and aims to coordinate international events that raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work worldwide. By 2016 the commemorations had taken place in over 130 countries
Problems with dating apps and can they be fixed?
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide use dating apps, but only half of users say that they have had positive experiences. Incredibly, many users also received threats of harm.