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Cory Bernardi’s lost his Spotify playlist and Darren Hayes won the fight !
Conservative senator Cory Bernardi has criticised music-streaming site Spotify for canning his political party’s Australia Day playlist after heavy criticism from the artists on the list.
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Australia : Tribunal criticised after rejecting asylum seeker’s appeal over homosexuality
Federal court finds Administrative Appeals Tribunal relied on ‘unwarranted assumptions’ and showed ‘extreme illogicality’ in rejecting Sikh man’s appeal.
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Mental Health Advocate Jordan Bruno Crowned Mr Gay Pride Australia
“The issue I’m most passionate about is mental health in our youth sector – there are so many kids in difficult situations”
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Darren Hayes wants off Cory Bernardi’s #AC100 playlist
Just hours after its launch, Cory Bernardi’s alternative to Triple J’s Hottest 100 has been slammed by one of the artists on his playlist.
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First Tunisian ‘queer film festival’ celebrates the LGBTQ community
Gay rights activists have emerged from the shadows since the revolution in 2011, but their position remains precarious.
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NAACP President Benjamin Jealous Changed the Lives of LGBT Americans
With Sunday’s news that Benjamin Jealous will be stepping down from his position as NAACP president later this year, the Human Rights Campaign reflected on the legacy of a man who not merely led his organisation to embrace LGBT equality, but who transformed the national conversation around civil rights for all Americans.