Chloe Sargeant, Author at Star Observer /author/chloesargeant Setting Australia鈥檚 LGBTIA+ agenda since 1979 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:44:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Chloe Sargeant, Author at Star Observer /author/chloesargeant 32 32 Tip Toe: The Most Nervewracking Thing About Russell T Davies’ New Drama Is How Real It Feels /artsentertainment/tip-toe-the-most-nervewracking-thing-about-russell-t-davies-new-drama-is-how-real-it-feels/242156 /artsentertainment/tip-toe-the-most-nervewracking-thing-about-russell-t-davies-new-drama-is-how-real-it-feels/242156#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:44:23 +0000 /?p=242156 There are shows you enjoy, but they kinda follow you around like a shadow after you’ve finished them, and pop into your head like a jumpscare while you’re making dinner ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/tip-toe-the-most-nervewracking-thing-about-russell-t-davies-new-drama-is-how-real-it-feels/242156/feed 0 Hey Wayne Carey! If Mitch Brown’s Black-Tie Outfit Offends You, That Sounds Like A ‘You’ Problem /opinion/hey-wayne-carey-if-mitch-browns-black-tie-outfit-offends-you-that-sounds-like-a-you-problem/242135 /opinion/hey-wayne-carey-if-mitch-browns-black-tie-outfit-offends-you-that-sounds-like-a-you-problem/242135#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:04:08 +0000 /?p=242135 What is more predictable than straight men seeing a queer bloke wear something interesting and acting like civilisation is under threat? This week the target was former AFL player Mitch ...

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]]> /opinion/hey-wayne-carey-if-mitch-browns-black-tie-outfit-offends-you-that-sounds-like-a-you-problem/242135/feed 0 DV-Alert Launches National LGBTQIA+ Domestic Violence Workshop With ACON & Lifeline /news/dv-alert-launches-national-lgbtqia-domestic-violence-training-workshop-with-acon-lifeline/242139 /news/dv-alert-launches-national-lgbtqia-domestic-violence-training-workshop-with-acon-lifeline/242139#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:09:25 +0000 /?p=242139 National domestic and family violence training provider, DV-alert, has launched its first dedicated workshop aimed at helping frontline workers better support LGBTQIA+ people experiencing domestic and family violence. The new ...

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]]> /news/dv-alert-launches-national-lgbtqia-domestic-violence-training-workshop-with-acon-lifeline/242139/feed 0 Join The Sisters of The Order of Perpetual Indulgence & Trough Man For A Newtown Queer History Walk /news/join-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-trough-man-for-a-newtown-queer-history-walk/242130 /news/join-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-trough-man-for-a-newtown-queer-history-walk/242130#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:03:09 +0000 /?p=242130 If you’ve ever wanted a queer history lesson delivered by a flurry of nuns in heels and one of Sydney’s most legendary LGBTQIA+ characters, the Sisters of The Order of ...

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]]> /news/join-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-trough-man-for-a-newtown-queer-history-walk/242130/feed 0 Darren Hayes, Robbie Williams, The Corrs & More To Honour Jos茅 Carreras In One-Night-Only Event /artsentertainment/darren-hayes-robbie-williams-the-corrs-more-to-honour-jose-carreras-in-one-night-only-event/242133 /artsentertainment/darren-hayes-robbie-williams-the-corrs-more-to-honour-jose-carreras-in-one-night-only-event/242133#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:25:34 +0000 /?p=242133 Opera royalty, Irish pop legends, a former boyband heartthrob and one of Australia’s most beloved queer musicians are all heading to Brisbane for what organisers are billing as a once-in-a-lifetime ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/darren-hayes-robbie-williams-the-corrs-more-to-honour-jose-carreras-in-one-night-only-event/242133/feed 0 $250k Govt Funding Announced To Expand LGBTQIA+ Pregnancy Support In NSW /news/250k-govt-funding-announced-to-expand-lgbtqia-pregnancy-support-in-nsw/242120 /news/250k-govt-funding-announced-to-expand-lgbtqia-pregnancy-support-in-nsw/242120#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:07:58 +0000 /?p=242120 The NSW Government has announced $250,000 in funding for a new statewide antenatal education and pregnancy support program aimed specifically at LGBTQIA+ families. The one-off funding package will allow Rainbow ...

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]]> /news/250k-govt-funding-announced-to-expand-lgbtqia-pregnancy-support-in-nsw/242120/feed 0 Former NRL Star Kane Evans Flooded With Support After Coming Out As Gay /news/former-nrl-star-kane-evans-flooded-with-support-after-coming-out-as-gay/242108 /news/former-nrl-star-kane-evans-flooded-with-support-after-coming-out-as-gay/242108#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:23:41 +0000 /?p=242108 Former NRL and Fiji international Kane Evans has been met with an outpouring of support after publicly coming out as gay. Evans, who played 149 NRL games across stints with ...

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]]> /news/former-nrl-star-kane-evans-flooded-with-support-after-coming-out-as-gay/242108/feed 0 SA Gov’t Announces $80k Commitment To Pride March At 2026 SA Pride Gala /news/sa-govt-announces-80k-commitment-to-pride-march-at-2026-sa-pride-gala/242107 /news/sa-govt-announces-80k-commitment-to-pride-march-at-2026-sa-pride-gala/242107#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:20:09 +0000 /?p=242107 The future of the Adelaide Pride March has received a significant boost, with the South Australian Government committing $20,000 per year over the next four years to support the annual ...

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]]> /news/sa-govt-announces-80k-commitment-to-pride-march-at-2026-sa-pride-gala/242107/feed 0 Hiraeth: Why The 40-Year Solidarity Between Welsh Miners & LGBTQIA+ People Means So Much /opinion/hiraeth-why-the-40-year-solidarity-between-welsh-miners-lgbtqia-people-means-so-much-to-me/242100 /opinion/hiraeth-why-the-40-year-solidarity-between-welsh-miners-lgbtqia-people-means-so-much-to-me/242100#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:09:44 +0000 /?p=242100 Last week, Durham Pride in the UK went ahead bigger than ever, after the Durham County Council, controlled by the hyper-conservative Reform UK, completely pulled its funding. Rather than quietly ...

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]]> /opinion/hiraeth-why-the-40-year-solidarity-between-welsh-miners-lgbtqia-people-means-so-much-to-me/242100/feed 0 Backlash After Comedian Posts Racist ‘Aboriginal Aunty’ Skit To Make Fun Of Trans Women /news/backlash-after-comedian-posts-racist-aboriginal-aunty-skit-to-make-fun-of-trans-women/242062 /news/backlash-after-comedian-posts-racist-aboriginal-aunty-skit-to-make-fun-of-trans-women/242062#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:27:12 +0000 /?p=242062 Australian comedian Lisa Jane Spencer has doubled down on a controversial video using racist Aboriginal stereotypes in order to make fun of transgender identity, reuploading the skit days after it ...

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]]> /news/backlash-after-comedian-posts-racist-aboriginal-aunty-skit-to-make-fun-of-trans-women/242062/feed 2 ‘Hacks’ Star Meg Stalter Releases Iconic Pride Month Club Track, ‘GAY’ /artsentertainment/hacks-star-meg-stalter-releases-iconic-pride-month-club-track-gay/242059 /artsentertainment/hacks-star-meg-stalter-releases-iconic-pride-month-club-track-gay/242059#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:48:23 +0000 /?p=242059 Meg Stalter has done the impossible: released a Pride anthem so aggressively gay that it’s simply called GAY. No metaphors or subtlety (Stalter has never done subtlety well tbh). Just ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/hacks-star-meg-stalter-releases-iconic-pride-month-club-track-gay/242059/feed 0 American Christian Pastor Claims Smoking Weed Makes Men 鈥楽piritually Gay鈥 /news/american-christian-pastor-claims-smoking-weed-makes-men-spiritually-gay/242056 /news/american-christian-pastor-claims-smoking-weed-makes-men-spiritually-gay/242056#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:46:56 +0000 /?p=242056 If you had 鈥淎merican Christian nationalist pastor launches pro-smoking campaign because he reckons marijuana is making men gay鈥 on your 2026 bingo card, congratulations I guess! You may now mark ...

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]]> /news/american-christian-pastor-claims-smoking-weed-makes-men-spiritually-gay/242056/feed 2 Gay Porn Star Drake Von Charged With Domestic Battery In Las Vegas /artsentertainment/gay-porn-star-drake-von-charged-with-domestic-battery-in-las-vegas/242052 /artsentertainment/gay-porn-star-drake-von-charged-with-domestic-battery-in-las-vegas/242052#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:44:54 +0000 /?p=242052 Adult film performer Drake Von has been charged with multiple domestic violence offences after being arrested in Las Vegas this week. Von, whose legal name is Dawson Bacon, was taken ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/gay-porn-star-drake-von-charged-with-domestic-battery-in-las-vegas/242052/feed 0 Qtopia Sydney’s Pride Fest Is Back: It鈥檚 Bigger & Queerer Than Ever Before /features/qtopia-sydneys-pride-fest-is-back-its-bigger-queerer-than-ever-before/242041 /features/qtopia-sydneys-pride-fest-is-back-its-bigger-queerer-than-ever-before/242041#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:51:51 +0000 /?p=242041 As winter starts its annual hobby of making Sydney a bit gloomy, Qtopia Sydney is once again rolling out the purple carpet, ready to save the day.聽 Pride Fest is ...

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]]> /features/qtopia-sydneys-pride-fest-is-back-its-bigger-queerer-than-ever-before/242041/feed 1 Farewell, Hacks: A Finale With A Jolt, But A Series That’s One Of TV’s Greatest Comedies /artsentertainment/farewell-hacks-a-finale-with-a-jolt-but-a-series-thats-one-of-tvs-greatest-comedies/241994 /artsentertainment/farewell-hacks-a-finale-with-a-jolt-but-a-series-thats-one-of-tvs-greatest-comedies/241994#respond Sat, 30 May 2026 02:45:16 +0000 /?p=241994 There are very few shows that understand women, LGBTQIA+ culture, ageing, ambition, loneliness, creative obsession, love, friendship, and the deeply humiliating psychic damage of being a writer quite like Hacks. ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/farewell-hacks-a-finale-with-a-jolt-but-a-series-thats-one-of-tvs-greatest-comedies/241994/feed 0 Heated Rivalry Season 2 Ready To Begin Filming As Fans Spiral Over Leaked Casting Rumours /artsentertainment/heated-rivalry-season-2-ready-to-begin-filming-as-fans-spiral-over-casting-rumours/241985 /artsentertainment/heated-rivalry-season-2-ready-to-begin-filming-as-fans-spiral-over-casting-rumours/241985#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 02:58:35 +0000 /?p=241985 The girls, gays, and hockey romance obsessives can finally exhale: Heated Rivalry season 2 is officially moving closer to reality, with new reports confirming filming is expected to kick off ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/heated-rivalry-season-2-ready-to-begin-filming-as-fans-spiral-over-casting-rumours/241985/feed 0 WTF: Why Are Sexual Health Clinics Closing & Being Defunded? /opinion/wtf-why-are-sexual-health-clinics-closing-being-defunded/241982 /opinion/wtf-why-are-sexual-health-clinics-closing-being-defunded/241982#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 23:56:13 +0000 /?p=241982 This week, Victoria鈥檚 largest sexual health and education centre confirmed it will close its Melbourne CBD clinic at the end of the month, consolidating services into Box Hill instead.聽 It鈥檚 ...

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]]> /opinion/wtf-why-are-sexual-health-clinics-closing-being-defunded/241982/feed 0 LET’S GO GIRLS! Pornhub Launches ‘Pornhub Sapphic’ For Lesbian & Bi Women /news/lets-go-girls-pornhub-launches-pornhub-sapphic-for-lesbian-bi-women/241977 /news/lets-go-girls-pornhub-launches-pornhub-sapphic-for-lesbian-bi-women/241977#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 07:34:34 +0000 /?p=241977 The adult entertainment giant has launched a new platform called Pornhub Sapphic, aimed specifically at lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer women viewers 鈥 and it鈥檚 being marketed as content curated ...

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]]> /news/lets-go-girls-pornhub-launches-pornhub-sapphic-for-lesbian-bi-women/241977/feed 0 Bigger Than Jesus: ARQ Sydney Is Reborn & Opening June Long Weekend /news/bigger-than-jesus-arq-sydney-is-reborn-opening-june-long-weekend/241939 /news/bigger-than-jesus-arq-sydney-is-reborn-opening-june-long-weekend/241939#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 04:01:53 +0000 /?p=241939 Sydney鈥檚 iconic LGBTQIA+ nightclub ARQ Sydney is set to reopen from the June Long Weekend, after the venue鈥檚 most recent incarnation, Aura, fell into administration. In a statement posted to ...

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]]> /news/bigger-than-jesus-arq-sydney-is-reborn-opening-june-long-weekend/241939/feed 0 The Veronicas Have Re-Recorded ‘Untouched’ With UK Producer Harrison /artsentertainment/the-veronicas-have-re-recorded-untouched-with-uk-producer-harrison/241935 /artsentertainment/the-veronicas-have-re-recorded-untouched-with-uk-producer-harrison/241935#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 02:04:57 +0000 /?p=241935 Australian pop duo The Veronicas have re-recorded their hit single 鈥楿ntouched鈥 with British producer Harrison, following the viral success of his remix of 鈥楢ll the Things She Said鈥. Harrison attracted ...

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