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When Steven was 13, he came out as gay. Later, he came to the realisation that he was actually bi and pansexual. He details how he finally found the courage to fly, "a blue, purple, and pink flag – the bi flag."

20 Jul 2021

6 min read

Max Minghella says being surrounded by gay people has "been a part of my reality since before I can remember."

19 Jul 2019

2 min read

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is one of the world's largest, most high profile and most loved LGBTQI celebrations, and provides an opportunity to ...

Playing football had become a way of keeping up appearances. I found guys were hesitant to challenge my sexuality if they saw I was participating in the same masculine activity as they were.

04 Mar 2021

6 min read

Karan Nagrani is a proud gay man of colour who lives with a rare degenerative disability. He feels as though there is a false narrative that only white people aren't inclusive, and that while Australia has made steps toward celebrating diversity - it can often feel performative.

19 Jun 2024

5 min read

The government’s draft religious freedom bill doesn’t address the real discrimination issue, writes LGBTQ+ advocate, Chris Csabs.

09 Sep 2019

5 min read

The journey to parenthood for this Asian Australian gay man was a dance with swirling papers.

25 Feb 2023

5 min read

The mother of a man who was inside the Orlando club where 50 people were shot dead has released the terrifying exchange of text messages between her and her son. The texts ended abruptly and she never heard from him again.

13 Jun 2016

4 min read

Australian mother-of-three Gayle Lawrence was there for her son, Nathan, when he came out and when his brother, Aidan, followed a year later. Here’s what she learned.

27 Jun 2023

5 min read

Anna McGahan is an actor and a proud queer Christian. After spending 10 years in the Pentecostal church, attending so-called gay conversion therapy and marrying a man after years of celibacy, she started to realise her queerness wasn't going to be 'prayed away'.

19 Feb 2024

6 min read