A GROWING gay and lesbian film festival has scored a coup by giving audiences one of the few opportunities to see acclaimed Australian trans* film 52 Tuesdays outside of major cities.

The shOUT! Film Festival, touring during May, will be the only place to see52 Tuesdays (pictured) in regional NSW.

Starting off in Newcastle just two years ago, the film festival is now spreading across regional NSW with showings in its home city, Coffs Harbour and rounding off in the Gold Coast at the end of the month | Read more

The evolution of communities is often subtle, and then every so often something will catch the locals off guard in the same way architects turn classic into funky — a mark on the streetscape that leaves some to ponder: “Where did that come from?”

Travelling to Adelaide for leisure was once like row of quaint Victorian terraces. Tidy, elegant with a warmth and charm of an old aunt. Just like auntie, where you would pop in and see her while passing through to the real destination, so to was Adelaide, the stopover to the Barossa or Clare valleys.

But staying in Adelaide. For a holiday. Without leaving. Just on foot? That would have once been the same as asking to spend a week at nan’s rather than go to Schoolies week. Unfathomable if you weren’t the casino-dwelling 50-plus types | Read more

FIRST-EVER BOLLYWOOD MUSIC VIDEO FOR GAY RIGHTS

THE United Nations has produced the first-ever Bollywood music video that directly deals with themes of gay rights, same-sex relationships and homophobia.

It is the latest campaign by UN Free and Equal to fight negative stereotypes of LGBTI people around the world, and portrays a story of a young man who brings his boyfriend home to meet his family for the first time | Read more

FROM Melbourne to New York, Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue has gone from the red carpet of the Logies to the dancing on table tops at the GLAAD Media Awards.

Introduced by Boy George, Minogue spoke on stage to the crowded Waldolf Astoria auditorium of her introduction and acceptance by the LGBTI community.

“Acceptance is natural to me, unfortunately it isn’t to so many people which is precisely why we are all here tonight,” she said | Read more

LGBTI bosom buddy Dolly Parton has spoken n support of same-sex marriage in a recent interview with Britain’s Event Magazine.

“I think everyone should be with who they love,” the country music icon said.

“I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.”

A long-time supporter of LGBTI rights, Parton herself has been the subject of gay rumours over the years over her best friend Judy Ogle | Read more