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Leather Pride, Fluffy turns 8 and much more! It has been a big old week in the world of LGBT Queensland! Leather pride week is currently underway and proving incredibly successful! We look forward to seeing you at the Mr Leather final on Saturday July 4th! The following weekend, get your party hats on as Fluffy turns eight! This edition of QNews, as ever, has much to offer! With current news, community and entertainment listings, we have filled it with everything we know you love. A new event to Brisbane is Horse Meat Disco - the hottest thing to come from Europe. Other events include the charity bake off at Sporties and a Hoe Down at the Wickham - all to prepare for in August.
WE ARE ALSO GIVING AWAY DOUBLE PASSES TO HORSEMEAT DISCO AND VAN SHE, ZE VEMIXES TOUR. CLICK HERE TO DISCOVER MORE AND ENTER...
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The Bligh Government has reintroduced a discriminatory Adoption Bill to State Parliament, which will make it easier for heterosexual couples to adopt, while excluding gay and lesbian couples........... |
Deputy leader of the Opposition, Lawrence Springborg has denied that he has made any homophobic comments after coming under fire from sections of Queensland's LGBT community for describing Queensland union leaders as “fairies” and Pansies”............ |
The first ever Brisbane Leather Pride Festival is underway, with hundreds of leather clad men turning up for the official launch earlier in the week, and many more enjoying the range of events on offer such as the Leather Dinner and a special screening of Daddy and the Muscle Academy at the Sportsman Hotel.... |
It is hard to believe, but it was 8 years ago that Brisbane's nightclub scene was changed forever when the coolest cat it town suddenly burst onto the scene. Offering a cutting edge venue, unrivalled lighting, and the hottest parties around - Fluffy was born..... |
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We're all fucked! God I do love the drama but this is true to a certain extent. Some people have more emotional baggage from the past than carousel no. 7 at Brisbane airport, and others have issues that would fill a slightly camp Louis Vuitton carryon bag........... |
ATime to dust of those aprons and get out the mixing bowls, because The Sportsman Hotel Annual Gay and Lesbian Charity Bake Off and Handcraft Auction is coming up, and as always is expected to raise much needed funds for charity, which this year will be going towards Open doors and PFLAG........ |
Performer, Todd McKenny has announced that he had approached his Dancing with the Stars colleague Sonia Kruger to be the mother of his second child.........
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Are you thinking of having a baby? It seems that once that reproductive instinct kicks in, it's almost impossible to suppress it, but if you're in a lesbian relationship, it's obviously not something you can just leave to fate. There's a lot of planning involved.....
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And the winner of the 2009 Queen's Birthday Ball LGBT Friendly Politician of the Year goes to: Grace Grace. A well deserved winner, who in the past year has become more involved in Brisbane's LGBT community than any other politician in recent memory....... |
What does it mean to be gay and a sportsperson….and does it matter anyway? Damn straight it does! We have so few people who truly acknowledge their whole being and it will only get easier as more people get involved..... |
Condoman, one of Australia's most iconic health messages in promoting the use of condoms returns in a new and exciting design format in 2009. Condoman was originally conceived and developed in 1988 by a group of Indigenous Health Workers in Townsville..... |
Queensland's LGBT History Project in conjunction with the State Library of Queensland and the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives is set to host and evening of issues and inspirations that challenge our conventional ways of 'doing' history....... |
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 SHAMELESS This a sexism at it's worse ! Simply using the male body to promote a brand of runners. Poor Nick Symmonds has been duped into using his naked body to promote a brand. Just thought you should be warned. CLICK HERE to see for yourself on YouTube :) Oh .. and ... try not to enjoy watching ...
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