Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has confirmed its official all-night flagship party will return in 2026 – but the venue remains under wraps, with organisers yet to reveal where the festival’s biggest night will be staged | By Ben Grubb gaysydneynews.com.au/news/mardi-g...
Sydney Mardi Gras says it will no longer engage with GSN or include it in future media opportunities because the outlet didn’t cover an app it announced in September and re-announced in October – even though it wasn’t available to download either time gaysydneynews.com.au/news/mardi-g...
Australian singers Jessica Mauboy and Delta Goodrem, along with British chart-topper Becky Hill, will join American singer Kesha in the line-up for Mighty Hoopla Sydney – the LGBTQIA+ music festival being put on at Bondi Beach during Mardi Gras next year gaysydneynews.com.au/news/jessica...
Analysis | Ultimately, and perhaps sadly, creating spaces where people feel included, safe and comfortable sometimes means drawing lines that exclude others, writes Ben Grubb. gaysydneynews.com.au/news/a-namin...
CEO Michael Lewis and owner Kevin Du-Val of the soon-to-be-launched gay club on Oxford Street, which was initially set to be named after lesbian Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony” song – despite its target demo being gay men – have apologised in an open letter gaysydneynews.com.au/news/pink-po...
Soon-to-launch gay bar Pink Pony has changed its Instagram handle to “new.name.coming” after backlash that accused it of culturally appropriating a song by a lesbian while at the same time marketing itself primarily towards gay men gaysydneynews.com.au/nightlife-an...
Three LGBTQIA+ professionals have been awarded scholarships to support their further education and community leadership through the Pride Business Association’s 2025 education fund gaysydneynews.com.au/news/reveale...
Beau Lamarre-Condon declares “the truth will prevail” during a court hearing, where he confirmed his not guilty pleas to the alleged DV-related murders of former Channel 10 presenter Jesse Baird and Baird’s boyfriend, Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies gaysydneynews.com.au/news/lamarre...
Whether you’re after sunrise dance floors, underground queer raves, drag competitions, theatre, or a big gay harbour cruise, Sydney’s October long weekend has something for everyone gaysydneynews.com.au/news/20-gay-...
AMEX has withdrawn sponsorship of the 2026 Sydney Mardi Gras, leaving Australia’s most prominent queer organisation with no principal sponsor for 2026 and exposing the cash-strapped non-profit to an estimated $500,000 to $1m blackhole to fill for future festivals gaysydneynews.com.au/news/america...
Key discrepancies in a Waverley Council contract disclosure document – modified at least three times since first being uploaded – could point to changes in the Bondi Beach Party planned for the 2026 Mardi Gras season | @eliothastie.bsky.socialgaysydneynews.com.au/news/council...
Oxford Street drag competition Slay 2 Stay will return for its sixth season this October, Universal Sydney has announced | By Ben Grubb gaysydneynews.com.au/news/slay-2-...
The son of a publican who owns the Imperial Hotel and Universal – who claimed to be a “director” of the company that owns those pubs – has been charged after allegedly breaking into a woman’s home with two other men to steal her car keys, registration papers gaysydneynews.com.au/news/univers...
Serial Grindr fraudster and catfisher Dong Qiao Li has been sentenced to three months in jail for defrauding his latest victim after a magistrate heard of his decade-long history of scamming victims out of almost $120,000 | By Ben Grubb gaysydneynews.com.au/news/grindr-...
Analysis: Flash, the gay dance party that seems to have beef with Gay Sydney News for reasons that are not fully understood, is moving from its original venue on Oxford Street to new digs following a run-in with council over capacity issues gaysydneynews.com.au/nightlife-an...
Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon will reportedly argue he acted in self-defence after pleading not guilty to the alleged murders of former Channel 10 presenter Jesse Baird and his Qantas flight attendant boyfriend Luke Davies | By @eliothastie.bsky.socialgaysydneynews.com.au/news/lamarre...
Police say they now want a jail sentence imposed on a 32-year-old man who has repeatedly used Grindr to catfish and defraud victims – only after the extent of his past offending was raised in court by Gay Sydney News | By Ben Grubb gaysydneynews.com.au/news/police-...
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras signals a major shift, inviting promoters and partners to co-produce "signature" events instead of running all festival celebrations in-house | By Ben Grubb gaysydneynews.com.au/community-ev...
A new novel about persecuted gay codebreaker Alan Turing has drawn backlash for allegedly “straight-washing” his life, prompting a book review website to restrict reviews of the title over “unusual behaviour” – but the author insists the criticism is misplaced gaysydneynews.com.au/arts-and-cul...
Palms has secured Showgirl Sundays, the long-running drag showcase formerly hosted at Stonewall, after a dispute over how it was named in the nomination list for Sydney’s annual drag awards and amid ongoing tensions over the lack of payment for guest performers gaysydneynews.com.au/news/palms-s...
Exclusive: Stonewall Hotel's top floor will be transformed into an upscale, all-male strip club with a cover charge under plans to revitalise the 27-year-old Oxford Street gay bar | By Ben Grubb gaysydneynews.com.au/nightlife-an...
