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Gay ‘conversion therapy’ survivor wants new TV doco to challenge church views
Gay conversion therapy survivor Chris Csabs wants his appearance on upcoming SBS documentary Christians Like Us to spark conversation. The new two-part “social experiment” sees ten Australian Christians with vastly different beliefs live under the same roof for a week to confront controversial topics ranging from clerical sexual abuse and abortion to conversion therapy and …
Benjamin Law’s ‘The Family Law’ Returns For Final Season
Benjamin Law’s SBS series The Family Law will break new ground with its central character’s coming out story in its final season, starting tonight. Created and co-written by the journalist and author (pictured, centre), the acclaimed show is loosely based on Law’s memoir of the same name and is a coming-of-age story told through the …
Cross-Cultural Same-Sex Couples Wanted For SBS Wedding Series
SBS is filming new episodes of documentary TV series Marry Me, Marry My Family and they’re encouraging same-sex couples to apply. The show explores what happens when people from two different cultures exchange vows, and how the two families blend their own religions, traditions and cultures. The show’s first season, screened earlier this year, profiled …
Watch The Mardi Gras Parade Live In Brisbane At The Sportsman Hotel
Can’t make it to Sydney for Mardi Gras? Brisbane’s Sportsman Hotel are inviting everyone to come together to watch the parade live on the big screen in the venue’s Lounge Bar this Saturday night. The venue are throwing a Mardi Gras party that evening, with shows by drag performer Miss Synthetique and special guests at …
Darwin’s Miss First Nations Pageant Introduces New Queens Of The Desert
A new documentary will follow a group of fabulous Indigenous drag queens as they prepared to compete in the inaugural Miss First Nations pageant in the Northern Territory. When organisers opened applications for the new contest earlier this year, they said they were overwhelmed by the response and the anticipated event was held over five …
SBS forced to defend its support for marriage equality
Government Senators Matt Canavan and Chris Back have accused the SBS of an “abuse” of its position as a public broadcaster for it’s support of marriage equality during a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra today. The Senators’ concerns stem from SBS’s decision to publicly declare themselves as supporters of marriage equality earlier this year, and …