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Name the second chick of famous gay penguins Sphen and Magic
Three things are certain in life — death, taxes and gay penguins stealing eggs. Sphen and Magic went viral in 2018 when the same-sex couple ‘adopted’ an egg. SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium carers initially named the chick the pair hatched Lara. However, the public nicknamed her Sphengic after her two dads. In 2020, Sphen and …
Sydney’s longest-running gay sauna Bodyline closes its doors
Sydney’s longest-running gay sauna Bodyline has closed its doors, citing COVID-19 in an announcement on its Facebook page. “Bodyline would like to thank our patrons and the community support for the last 30 years,” the Darlinghurst venue said in the statement on Thursday. They’d made the difficult decision to close “due to COVID, ongoing restrictions …
Mardi Gras cancels 2021 Party and other events due to COVID-19
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has cancelled its annual Party and several other events with large gatherings due to COVID-19. Mardi Gras made the announcement due to Sydney’s ongoing restrictions on gatherings and dancefloors. As a result, a range of the festival’s usual events won’t go ahead. The annual Party, as well as Laneway, …
Sydney women’s pool slammed over transgender rule
A popular female-only pool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has copped backlash for banning transgender female patrons unless they’ve “undergone a gender reassignment surgery.” The McIver’s Ladies Baths in Coogee had published the rule in an FAQ section of its website. This week, its discovery sparked criticism on social media. Under a heading “Are transgender women …
Petition calls for beloved LGBTIQ pub to be saved from closure
Over 6,000 people have signed a petition to stop the closure of The Green Park Hotel, a much-loved, historic LGBTIQ pub in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The 130-year-old pub has announced last drinks are this weekend. St Vincent’s Hospital purchased the hotel in November to transform it into a community mental health clinic next year. Local Gus …
Gay Brazilian man to be deported after OnlyFans sex video conviction
A Brazilian tourist convicted of posting explicit videos of his Sydney ex-boyfriend on amateur porn site OnlyFans without consent will be deported after spending months in prison. Fabricio Da Silva Claudino (pictured) filmed the consensual sex with the ex-partner in his home in Marrickville, Sydney in 2019. The 32-year-old Instagram star then uploaded the four-minute …
Mardi Gras members to vote on proposal to ban police from parade
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras members will vote on a contentious proposal to ban police from future parades at this weekend’s AGM. Activist group Pride in Protest put forward the motion, one of many up for a vote at the Saturday meeting. The group emerged in 2018 with a goal of returning Mardi Gras …
Sydney gay porn couple ‘evicted from apartment after extreme noise complaints’
Sydney work-from-home gay porn star couple Billy Santoro and Gage Santoro have left their lavish apartment building after “extreme noise” complaints. The couple were renting on the seventh floor of the stunning Monument apartment complex, located in the rainbow neighbourhood of Surry Hills and overlooking iconic Oxford Street. But the pair reportedly rubbed the building’s …
Man accused of murdering Kimberley McRae extradited to Sydney
New South Wales homicide detectives have extradited a Colombian man from the Caribbean island of Aruba on charges of murdering Sydney trans woman Kimberley McRae. Police found McRae, 69, dead in her Coogee unit in suspicious circumstances in January this year. After an investigation police accused Colombian student Hector Enrique Valencia, now 21, of murdering …
Sydney’s gay penguin couple have become dads again
Sydney’s world-famous gay penguin dads Sphen and Magic have become doting parents to their second newborn chick during their aquarium’s breeding season. Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said they’ve welcomed several new Gentoo Penguin chicks over the last month. The babies privately hatched in their Sub-Antarctic Zone, with the he oldest arriving mid-October. The youngest’s birth …