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It was wonderful to see the references to gay veterans this ANZAC Day. One particularly beautiful story is this one ... http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/04/the-soldiers-who-fell-in-love-during-wwi.html  

  Catherine: We have had so much positive feedback about the Beautiful Women Campaign. Well done BreastScreen Victoria. This included one of the participants who sent us an email from her friend of 18 years, living in the UK. The email read:  "Hiya …!! I wanted...

Congratulations to Jill Bolen and Brian Day for their presentation at the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland. Great feedback about the presentation and a write up in the Brisbane Times blog as follows: "Gay men are more likely to experience poverty that straight...

Today we launched Beautiful Women, a Campaign celebrating the beauty of LGBTI women. The Campaign recognises the diversity of beauty and the contributions LGBTI women have made in challenging narrow definitions of female beauty. Beauty is presented as 'beyond skin' to...

LGBTI Elders are invited to attend our first Garage Meet to help set the agenda for Alice's Garage for 2017. The session will kick off with morning tea and then Jamie Gardner Date: Wednesday 7th December Time: 10 - 12midday Location: St Kilda (RSVP for details) Agenda...

Congratulations to Jean Taylor on the publication of her latest book Lesbians Ignite. Come and celebrate the launch on Saturday 19th November, details here: lesbiansignite. The following is an edited bio from Dyke Books: "Born in Melbourne Australia in 1944, Jean...

I hear from a lot of people who want information for religious organisations that believe they are exempt from laws protecting LGBTI people from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status. There are no such exemptions -...

Catherine: Today Alice's Garage and Switchboard Victoria launched a beautiful film paying tribute to Richard James. Richard was a wonderful gay man who created The Baroness of Balaclava to challenge the invisibility of older gay men. The Baroness marched in Mardis...

LGBTI Dance Club  LGBTI elders and their allies are invited to a week of stylish movement classes with All The Queens Men. No dance experience needed as we will teach you all the moves. At this daily dance club, held at Melbourne’s Substation, you can learn a...

Jill: The submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on older LGBTI people's experiences of elder abuse written by Dr Catherine Barrett, is confronting but essential reading. For those working within aged care, for those who know or care for older LGBTI folk,...

Jill: From 21 to 23 June 2016, the International Federation on Ageing [IFA] held their Conference in Brisbane. For the first time ever we presented an LGBTI Symposium. It was successful to the extent that LGBTI communities are now officially on the agenda for the next...

Catherine: I'm currently in Perth for a workshop with GRAI, an amazing organisation established in 2005 to advocate for LGBTI Elders (for more information click here). Today I met with some gorgeous men from Prime Timers, an organisation providing social activities...

G'day. I'm Jill from Queensland and I'm here to help. Not many folk like doing paperwork concerning death or failing cognitive abilities through illness or accident; many leave it too late. This is also important for older LGBTI people. Some folk are even...

Today the Government apologised to gay men for the laws that criminalised homosexuality in Victoria. It was a very moving event and Parliament House was packed. This photo is of Noel Tovey AM waiting for the apology. Noel was convicted of the 'abominable crime of...

On the weekend almost 2000 Melbournians participated in the first Move in May event - running and walking around the Botanical Gardens to raise awareness the discrimination LGBTI people encounter. The Move in May concept was developed by Angie Greene (who has a gay...