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Heartstopper star Joe Locke is leaving the wholesome world of Charlie Spring behind, taking a decidedly darker turn in the new queer mystery thriller Black Church Bay. A new clip from the film has been released following its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival on September 25, giving fans another look at Locke alongside Weekend star Tom Cullen.

Magda Szubanski has revealed a surprising new detail about her iconic red carpet encounter with Heath Ledger, confirming the late Australian actor was almost set to appear alongside her on Kath & Kim. The unforgettable moment between Ledger and Szubanski’s beloved character Sharon Strzelecki took place at the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards and has continued to resurface online almost two decades later.

After more than two decades of performing, Anthony Callea still feels the nerves before stepping on stage. He still feels the excitement, too. For the singer, those sensations are something to treasure. “My number one love is live performance. And I put every ounce of my DNA towards that,” he says. “It’s part of me, and I love it.” His upcoming Connection Tour grows out of that love, but also a more personal need.

Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder have been arrested alongside more than 100 protesters during a major pro-Palestine demonstration outside the United Nations in New York, where they were joined by a host of prominent LGBTQIA+ celebrities and allies.

Just two months after Ryan Murphy revealed he was considering bringing Glee back to our screens, the potential reboot has taken a major step forward: there is now officially a script. The Glee co-creator has revealed that he has reunited with fellow creators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan to begin writing a new incarnation of the beloved musical series.

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher has launched a petition calling on the NSW Government to withdraw public funding from Divine Playhouse, reigniting the controversy surrounding the LGBTQIA+ arts venture as it prepares to return for a series of events at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art.

On Thursday afternoon, New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani and the Netherlands’ gay prime minister, Rob Jetten met at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan. There, the pair sat down with young queer people and archivists to learn more about the centre’s work.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have officially appointed Jeremy Moineau as their new director, following an open EOI recruitment process. Jeremy, a prominent human rights advocate, policy advisor, and performer, currently leads UTS’s LGBTQIA+ Equity and Inclusion at the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion (CSJI). She also provides strategic governance to the Inner City Legal Centre (ICLC), NSW’s dedicated non-profit LGBTQIA+ community legal service.

Indonesia, one of Australia’s closest neighbours sitting a mere 165km from our Northern border, has declared the spread of LBGTQ+ culture a “non-military threat to the state”. The so-called Presidential Regulation No.111 on General Policy for National Defense, signed by President Prabowo Subianto in October 2025, positions the dissemination of queer culture as a risk to international security, alongside other designated non-military threats such as terrorism, separatism, and radicalism.

I love bisexuals. Obviously. We’re funny, gorgeous, intelligent — and we get a bad rap. Bi women are often treated like we exist for somebody else’s sexual entertainment: assumed to be hypersexualised and greedy, or presumed incapable of keeping our pants on and staying faithful to our partners. Bi men cop all that nonsense too, but they’re also told they couldn’t possibly be bi in the first place.