The discovery of 800-year-old lesbian hugging skeletons, researchers say, is the first known same-sex burial in medieval Poland and raises questions about the women’s relationship and what their unusual burial might tell us about medieval attitudes toward same-sex bonds.
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Two same-sex skeletons buried in an embrace 800 years ago
The two women were not genetically related
This is the first known same-sex burial in medieval Poland
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Canberra’s Rebus Theatre is inviting LGBTQIA+ young people aged 12-17 to take part in Acting Out: On Screen, an inclusive creative program running during the upcoming school holidays.
Heritage NSW has rejected a second application to recognise Kings Beach — which is located about nine kilometres south of Byron Bay — for its longstanding significance to LGBTQIA+ communities across New South Wales and beyond.
You're invited to our special SpringOut FUSE Big Gay Breakfast at Tilley's in Lyneham for a fabulous morning of delicious food, coffee and champers. The FUSE Big Gay Breakfast has now been gathering at Tilley's Devine Cafe for over 16 years.
It’s an LGBTIQA+ and everyone-in-between event where everyone is welcome!
Eat, drink and be merry on a beautiful Spring morning with all your fabulous friends - and some new ones - at Tilley’s Devine Cafe in Lyneham.
Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award winner Amy Lehpamer is no stranger to stealing the show. From playing Maria in The Sound of Music to Anne Hathaway in &Juliet and Dusty Springfield in Dusty, she's brought some of music's most beloved icons to life on stage.
Between January 2024 and October 2025, Victoria Police recorded 95 app-facilitated offences targeting members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These offences included physical and verbal assault, robbery and extortion, and the filming and sharing of these offences through digital platforms.
PWDA is looking for LGBTQIA+ people with disability to share your story! They are looking for creative, real stories that reflect the diversity of our community and challenge stigma and discrimination.
The competition is part of the PWDA Community Attitudes project – a national awareness and education program focused on building inclusion in workplaces and communities.
The competition opened Tuesday 1 September and closes Sunday 25 October 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
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PWDA invites LGBTQIA+ people with disability to share their stories as part of our Comm…
It was in that moment a star was born. Her name was Dolly Parton, and in the decades that followed she would become known as the "Queen of Country". But as musicologist Lydia Hamessley explains, Parton's music drew inspiration from far beyond the Nashville sound — reaching back to old-timey Appalachian and mountain music traditions that gave her voice its distinctive heart and power.
It was 1967, and country musician Porter Wagoner was introducing a guest on his weekly TV show. It was in that moment a star was born.
Her name was Dolly Parton. In the following decades after that pe…
