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$1.5k bursary on offer to Sunshine Coast LGBTIQ uni student
The University of the Sunshine Coast is offering a $1,500 bursary to an LGBTIQ student to aid their studies. USC say the grant will recognise a student’s efforts contributing to an inclusive culture on campus. It will provide financial support to a LGBTIQ student and demonstrates a commitment to promoting greater campus understanding. The Sunshine Coast …
Family mourn death of Sunshine Coast man Lloyd Copper
Family and friends are mourning the death of Sunshine Coast LGBTIQ advocate Lloyd Copper last week. The University of the Sunshine Coast journalism student (pictured above left) is being remembered as a generous and passionate activist for LGBTIQ equality who always put others first. But Lloyd’s sister Mary said he was harshly bullied at school …
Rainbow Labor member Julie McGlone launches Sunshine Coast campaign
Julie McGlone, Labor’s candidate in the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax in the upcoming federal election, will launch her campaign in Coolum Beach tomorrow. Julie (pictured above, right) has been a member of the Labor party for nearly two decades and says she’s always identified as a proud Rainbow Labor member. “Running in a conservative …
Sunshine Coast Pride Fair Day postponed due to bad weather
The organisers of the Sunshine Coast Pride Festival have announced they are postponing this weekend’s Fair Day event. Revellers were to gather at the Fair Day’s home in Quota Park in Nambour this Saturday (March 30), but the Sunshine Coast Pride Network has said the event won’t go ahead due to a forecast thunderstorm. “In …
Here’s what’s on at this weekend’s Sunshine Coast Pride Festival
The annual Sunshine Coast Pride Festival’s Fair Day will return for family-friendly fun on Saturday, just one of the events held as part of the festival this weekend. The Fair Day event, organised by the committee of volunteers from the Sunshine Coast Pride Network, will return to its home at Quota Park in Nambour from …
Sunshine Coast Pride’s Fair Day Returning To Nambour In March
The annual Sunshine Coast Pride Festival’s Fair Day will return for a day of family-friendly fun on March 30. The event, organised by the committee of volunteers from the Sunshine Coast Pride Network, will return to its home at Quota Park in Nambour from 8:30am to 3pm that day. Local drag stars The Powder Puff …
All Aboard ‘The Love Boat’ At Noosa’s Rainbow River Festival Next Month
The annual Rainbow River Festival will be returning to Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast with a three-day program of community events next month. The festival is an LGBTIQ-inclusive party which first began in 2016 and has now become an annual celebration of love and diversity in the picturesque region. Organisers are excited to welcome locals …
Sunshine Coast LGBTIQ Seniors Group Hosting A Free Film Screening
The Sunshine Coast LGBTI Community Ageing Network are hosting a free classic film screening and lunch event for LGBTIQ seniors on February 21. All over-50’s who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex are invited to attend and meet other like-minded people on the Sunshine Coast. The screening will be held at the 97-year-old, …
‘Find Your LGBTIQ Family’: New Redcliffe Social Group Welcoming New Members
The organisers of a recently established LGBTIQ social group in Redcliffe called Friends, Food and Fun say their membership is growing and the group is going from strength to strength. The social group celebrated Christmas at Redcliffe’s Ambassador Hotel in December with 50 LGBTIQ community members from the Sunshine Coast, the Peninsula and the hinterland. …