Recognising economic control as family violence and understanding your rights under Australia’s new laws. Financial abuse is one of the most powerful but least visible forms of family violence. It can happen to anyone, in any type of relationship. For people in the LGBTQIA+ community, financial abuse is difficult to detect due to social stigma and underreporting, plus a lack of tailored services providing education or support.
In a message to community members, CEO Jesse Matheson explained that the organisation has been working to stabilise its finances after two years of significant losses, with the Mardi Gras Party being a leading contributor to the deficit since the loss of the Royal Hall of Industries venue in 2020.
Squealing Pig once again brings Mardi Gras home with a fabulous and delisious party pack made for the occasion! Squealing Pig’s new Squeal & Strut Party Pack is a neat little idea for anyone who wants the Mardi Gras energy without battling for a spot on the parade route.
The pack is designed to bring the colour, joy and momentum of the celebration into living rooms, balconies and backyards across Australia, which feels very on-brand for a festival that is as much about community as it is about spectacle.
What gives this launch a bit more lift is the brand’s ongoing Pride program. Squea…
Catherine O’Hara, the beloved actor and comedian who has died aged 71, occupied that rare position in contemporary screen culture: a comic actor, a cult figure and a mainstream star. Her work spanned more than 50 years, from improv sketch comedy to Hollywood features and off-beat TV classics.
Islamic societies embraced homoerotic love until the 19th century. What happened? For centuries, literature from Islamic regions, especially Iran, celebrated male homoerotic love as a symbol of beauty, mysticism and spiritual longing. These attitudes were particularly pronounced during the Islamic Golden Age, from the mid-8th to mid-13th centuries.
But this literary tradition gradually disappeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, under the influence of Western values and colonisation.
Islamic law and poetic licence
Attitudes towards homosexuality in early Islamic societies were c…
Are you ready for a happier, healthier you? Andreas Anthony creates a path for achieving an authentic life in these challanging times. Living authentically is not a destination or a thing to do but a continuous journey of honesty, self-discovery and growth.
Russia has officially branded a leading global LGBTIQ+ rights organisation, ILGA World, as “undesirable”. This label effectively makes it a crime for people in Russia to work with or support the group. The move deepens an already harsh crackdown on queer activism and international human rights work inside the country.
In 2017, photographer Jane Duong and producer Victoria Firth-Smith created Queerberra to document the lives of Canberra’s LGBTQIA+ community during one of the most emotionally charged moments in Australian queer history—the national postal vote on marriage equality.
As love became a national battleground, queer Canberrans turned to one another. Over weekends spent in bedrooms, workplaces, and on the streets, Duong and Firth-Smith captured portraits of pride, exhaustion, defiance, love, and hope.
Eight years on, the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) has revisited Queerberra in a new exhibit…
In exciting news, in a deal that goes both ways, Australians could soon be able to move to Europe for up to 4 years under a new arrangement being forged between Australia and the European Union.
What you’ll learn in this article
What the new EU–Australia mobility idea actually is
How it differs from current European visa rules for Australians
Why it’s being discussed now, and what still needs to happen
What this could mean for work, study and queer Aussies eyeing a European move
Currently, Australians can already visit most of Europe without a visa for short trips. Under Schenge…
