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QNEWS - QUEENSLAND GAY & LESBIAN NEWS + MORE
QNews Issue 239 Out Now!
Are you Mr Q? Want to win a $10,500 value prize courtesy of Domayne? We are looking for a cover boy and we would like to hear from you! The next Heat is Brisbane and there's still time to enter! For more information and to enter, CLICK HERE!
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Top News Stories in Issue 239 are...
Pope Benedict attacks same-sex marriage, New HIV medication to ease 'Pill Burden', Help Haiti's gays, Glee is the word for Olivia and Gold Coast Gay Day set for May!
Also in the current issue of QNews...
Will you be my Valentine at Fluffy?, Brisbane Pride 2010: Love Our Way, Queer Press finally welcomed to Valley Metro and much, much more! Also, catch up with scene pics, stars, reviews and our brand new business directory.
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The leader of Haiti’s largest HIV service for men who have sex with men, has sent an impassioned plea for help to the world’s gay and lesbian community. |
Older gay and lesbian couples and people living in rural areas will be treated with compassion in their dealings with Centrelink, federal Minister for Housing and Community Services Jenny Macklin has written to a coalition of community groups. |
In an Australian first, people living with HIV now have access to a medicine which combines three treatments into a once-daily tablet for the cost of a single PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) prescription. |
Excitement is building on the Gold Coast for the LGBT community with the announcement of Gold Coast Gay Day being staged at Parklands in May 2010. |
HELP HAITI'S GAYS
CENTRELINK TO ATTEMPT COMPASSION
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NAME: Davina Jones |
Having access to good quality counselling can be incredibly important for almost everyone at some stage of their lives. Anyone who’s had good counselling can tell you how well it works. |
The festive season is over and no doubt the bank accounts are low, but wouldn’t you know it, another celebration is on the way. Valentines Day is just around the corner but who says Valentines Day has to be expensive? |
Are you ready for a theatre experience like no other? Are you ready to be shocked, surprised, to learn and to understand how family, culture and every experience makes us who we are?
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After the first three heats of Mr Q Search for a Cover Boy, there are just four heats remaining and the competition is hotting up with unprecedented applications for the remaining heats. |
Sunday 14 February is Valentines Day – a day for love. And what we are loving this year is Fluffy’s massive Valentine’s Day Party! |
Olivia Newton John is certainly no stranger to playing the uncool kid at school who knows how to belt out a tune, but TV land is abuzz with the news that Sandra D is about to be swapped for the kids of Glee. |
In 2010, Queensland Ballet celebrates 50 years of bringing quality dance performances to audiences everywhere. As part of their Golden Anniversary, the company has commissioned a very special publication to mark this significant milestone in Queensland’s rich arts history – KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE: Fifty Years of the Queensland Ballet Company. |
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Brisbane Pride Festival has announced that the theme for the 2010 Brisbane Pride Festival is Love Our Way, and is inviting community groups, businesses and individuals to submit an application to hold an event as part of the month long festival to be held in June. |
At last QNews readers will have a place to find a copy of QNews at the Valley Metro, which leads into Fortitude Valley train station. The Valley has long been a major hub of LGBT activity in Brisbane, which is why it is so surprising that the Valley Metro has for years been so adverse to allowing queer press into its premises. |
Being on a stage in front of thousands of people would be a pretty daunting experience for most people, but for Big Gay Day hostess Miss Synthetique, the BGD stage has almost become a second home. |
Gay men’s relationships, sexual pleasures and the male sexual body, cruising places to meet other men for social, sexual and romantic needs ...all these topics are food for thought. |
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Q News is giving five lucky readers the chance to win win win tickets for them and a friend to attend Avenue Q in Brisbane! Enter now for your chance to win! Entries close Midnight February 11th 2010
Enter now for your chance to win! Entries close Midnight February 11th 2010 |
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An excellent speech from a 17 year old regarding gay rights and his thoughts on marriage from the Vermont Senate Marriage Hearings. Bravo young man!! CLICK HERE to see the speech on YouTube!
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