A small city with a big pink heart! Canberra is well known as Australia's most LGBTIQ+ inclusive and gay-friendly city. It's busting at the seams with stunning architecture, museums, parks and historical sites — and that's just the beginning. Dig a little deeper to find amazing restaurants and food experiences, beating nightclubs, quiet pubs and quirky cafes, hidden gems in back alleys, quiet nature, and so many awesome attractions to keep you entertained. Canberra has a thriving LGBTIQ+ community and plenty of great festivals and queer-friendly spaces spread around the city — it's no wonde...

With a mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world, regardless of who they love or how they identify, Booking.com’s most extensive LGBTIQ+ travel research to date spotlights the steady progress, as well as the recent setbacks, for these communities when it comes to travel.

 Milkshake Festival will return to the Westerpark in Amsterdam in 2023. The Milkshake Festival is not just a dance festival, but one with a clear message where respect, freedom, love, tolerance and fun are of paramount importance. 

By now, we all know that Sydney WorldPride 2023 is only around the corner. It's going to be one super wild month of rainbows and glitter.  If you have not already started, it's time to fill that online cart with all your favourite WorldPride event and party tickets; find somewhere awesome to stay, and get those sparkles out!

FUSE Magazine is super excited to be reporting from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as we road-tested the Sydney WorldPride Amplified 'Pride Climb'. You'll literally be drag-ed to this amazing WorldPride activity!

By now, everyone knows that in February2023 Sydney Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPride will unite to present a truly global LGBTIQ+ pride festival — the very first in the Southern Hemisphere. unning from 17 February to 5 March 2023, the theme for the festival ‘GATHER, DREAM, AMPLIFY’ was developed by WorldPride in partnership with our extraordinary First Nations and LGBTIQ+ communities. As part of the festival, greater Sydney will be transformed into a living rainbow art city, with organisations across Sydney, including the Royal Botanic Gardens, The Domain Trust and the Scenic Skyway in Kat...

In a move sure to stir up the industry standard, airline Virgin Atlantic has scrapped rules on gendered staff uniforms to encourage staff to freely express their identity. The Richard Branson owned company will also offer the option of gender pronoun badges for staff and passengers, and changed its online booking system to offer a gender-neutral title for customers.

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