Three decades after Priscilla, drag blooms in Alice Springs
Drag and cabaret performers from near and far travel to Australia’s red centre to celebrate a special anniversary of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
January 2024
My big move
My big move: as a young gay man in the 60s, Darlinghurst was my safe haven – now it is my home
My big move
My big move: leaving Berlin for Alice Springs wasn’t my choice. But as life wore on I healed there
March 2023
‘It can be transformative’: walking the Pennines with Queer Out Here
Club culture
Tell me about it, stud: the rapturous return of the butch lesbian scene
February 2023
Kylie, Ultra Violet, Kim Petras: WorldPride festival has ‘something for everyone’, CEO says
Sydney is gearing up for a massive, global party — but it’s also an important reminder of the work still to be done on LGBTQ+ rights
January 2023
February is LGBTQ+ history month: here are 10 of the best places to celebrate it
This year’s event is themed on queer contributions to cinema, with screenings, museum tours, talks and exhibitions from Glasgow to Margate
The moment I knew
The moment I knew: I was on a quest to figure out exactly how gay I was. But I kept coming back to her
Turning up at a party in the same outfit as someone else can be awkward, but one summer in New York, a sartorial coincidence blossomed into romance
Summer essentials
Your ultimate Melbourne events guide: the best things to do this weekend and what’s on through January
Highlights from Guardian Australia’s ultimate guide to the best arts, gigs and festivals happening around the country
October 2022
Observer walks
Street smarts: educational guided walks across the UK
From architecture in London, street art in Belfast and city routes hosted by former homeless people, here are some of the most informative trails on offer
June 2022
10 of Europe’s best destinations for LGBTQ+ travellers this Pride season
From Madrid to Mykonos our writer picks the most queer-friendly holiday spots in Europe
May 2022
My best shot
Two lovers at sunset in Vietnam … Maika Elan’s best photograph
‘Although homosexuality is legal in Vietnam, I still got negative reactions to my pictures of couples being intimate. And this just motivated me to take more’
February 2022
How we met
How we met: ‘I wanted to discover the world. He said: I’ll go with you!’
Stefan and Sebastien, both 39, met at a bar in 2009. Sebastien instantly decided Stefan was ‘the man of my life’
June 2021
‘Iconic gay image’: history of sailors and sex explored in Barcelona exhibition
Catalan city is hosting new show looking at relationships between men who spend their lives at sea
April 2021
Gay, communist, female: why MI5 blacklisted the poet Valentine Ackland
A biography of the Dorset poet, who was a lover of the novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner, traces her struggle ‘to live as herself’
February 2021
On the trail of Cambridge's rich and radical queer past
To mark the start of LGBTQ+ History Month, the creator of a new audio tour reveals the people and places that have shaped queer life in the city – and why he wanted to share their stories
July 2020
Going on holiday during the pandemic – it's just one big guilt trip
Arwa Mahdawi
I thought escaping from New York City for a few days would restore a sense of normality to my life. Instead, I ended up getting a coronavirus test, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
February 2020
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020 – in pictures
A selection of images from the 42nd annual parade
Accessible cities
'It’s a game changer': a 690kg, cloak-wearing guide dog is making its Mardi Gras debut
This year audio describers, and one very large guide dog, are aiming to enhance the vision-impaired experience of the Sydney parade
End of the Century director: 'First, gay men have sex – then they go for wine and cheese'
Lucio Castro’s first film is an explicit romance in which the lovers look the same across two decades. It’s not The Irishman, he says, and he prefers it that way
