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Community BBQ in Brisbane to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility
A community BBQ in Brisbane is being planned to celebrate the International Transgender Day of Visibility at the end of the month. Since 2009, March 31 has been recognised around the world as the Trans Day of Visibility, with an aim to celebrate the lives and achievements of the transgender community and raise awareness of …
Inclusive Brisbane Church Vandalised With Anti-Gay Graffiti, Again
The inclusive MCC Brisbane church in New Farm has been hit with anti-gay vandalism for the second time in less than a month. Earlier this month, vandals spray-painted a large grey swastika over the rainbow flag on MCC’s street-facing sign. The vandals returned to the Merthyr Road Uniting Church building over the weekend to deface …
Free Screening Of Powerful Trans Doco ‘Becoming Colleen’ At BQFF 2019
Audiences can book now for a free screening of documentary Becoming Colleen as part of the 20th anniversary Brisbane Queer Film Festival. The film follows Colleen Young, a retired police officer from northern New South Wales who, after hiding her identity from friends and family for decades, has finally been able to become her true …
Food, Wine And Barefoot Bowls At Merthyr Bowls Club In New Farm
Merthyr Bowls Club is an oasis of green in inner-city Brisbane. Situated on Oxlade Drive, a short stroll from picturesque New Farm Park, the club sits on the bend of the Brisbane River, providing majestic river views for club diners. As a pioneer of the barefoot version of bowls, Merthyr Bowls Club embraced this fun …
This Agatha Christie Classic Is Coming To Brisbane’s Nash Theatre
New Farm community theatre group Nash Theatre group are preparing to stage Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Unexpected Visitor next month. Director Sharon White said a lot of the British author’s plays were adapted by other playwrights, but this was one she wrote herself. “A man stumbles into a study in a remote country house …
Trans Fair Day To Celebrate Gender Diversity In Brisbane This Weekend
The Trans Fair Day event will be held again in New Farm this weekend. Organised by community group Many Genders One Voice, the Fair Day is returning for a third year to celebrate diversity and connect members of the local transgender, gender diverse and non-binary communities with each other. The Fair Day will start at …
You’re Invited To A Special Screening Of New Lesbian Drama ‘Disobedience’
The rise and relevance of this lesbian drama queer cinema in the international mainstream continues to grow with a steady pace that is producing consistent excellent and exciting content. A Must SEE Disobedience The stories told continue to grow in diversity of the representation of the queer experience and audiences continue to embrace this diversity of …
New Farm’s Nash Theatre Gives Shakespeare An Aussie Outback Flavour
New Farm community theatre group Nash Theatre has given their production of Shakespeare’s classic As You Like It a distinctly Australian flavour. Director Jason Nash says that the play features all of the hallmarks of classic Shakespeare: comedy, romance, crossdressing, and lots of mistaken identities. “As You Like It deals with a court that’s in …
Queensland’s Historical Gay Convictions: The Case Of Alf and Freda Mae West
By Rod Gardiner and Destiny Rogers The Criminal Law (Historical Homosexual Convictions Expungement) Bill 2017 will finally see Queensland men convicted of consenting homosexual acts before decriminalisation in 1991 able to apply for their convictions to be expunged from the record. Last October, the state government passed legislation to establish a process to allow such …
Meet The Brisbane Hustlers Rugby Team At Their Open Day This Weekend
Local gay rugby team the Brisbane Hustlers are holding their 2018 Open Day this weekend. The event will be held on Saturday, January 13 in New Farm Park in Brisbane from 3:00pm. If you’ve thought about playing Rugby Union but weren’t sure where to begin, the team says the Open Day is the perfect event …