Newsletter 11: Hello + recruitment, regatta, and pride, pride, pride

Hello. So you may have been reading OUTNT for a while now, or just a little bit. The parent of this unruly child is currently the single parent Rainbow Territory. But being a queer family, Rainbow Territory would like to take on more partners, occasional flirts, long term lovers, and friendships. This is a call out for for more […]

Love, marriage and happily ever after

So the whole of Australia (and the world) seems to be calling for equal marriage. What happens when a relationship goes wrong? Rainbow Territory wants to hear from you about domestic and family violence in lgbtqi relationships, and between family members. The NT government is reviewing the Domestic and Family Violence act, and Rainbow Territory wants […]

2015 Alice Springs Pride Carnivale program announced

OUT NT hears from the gang in Alice about the upcoming Alice Springs Pride Carnivale starting July 30. Family fair day, pride party, film night, an art exhibition, workshops and forums are all part of this year’s festival. “The opening night art exhibition on Thursday July 30 kicks off another great weekend celebrating diversity in Central Australia,” […]

Alice Springs Youth Pride – 14 July

The next Youth Pride get together is happening soon! The group is a youth led initiative run from a committee of young people, aiming to challenge stigma and provide support to young people who are Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Intersex or Questioning their gender or sexual identity. Youth Pride will be creating a resource pack and […]

Art of Pride launched, Homage: an Expression of Human Diversity coming up

On Friday 3rd of July Mayfair Gallery became Gayfair Gallery, and top end queers and their families, friends and supporters got their art on at the opening of ‘Art of Pride – Queer Territory’. Superbly curated by local artist Matty Vanroden, and framed as a ‘soft opening’ of Darwin Pride Festival, over 100 people attended the […]

Dr Dino Hodge receives Community Contribution Award

PHOTO: L-R Justice Michael Kirby AC, Dr. Terence McClafferty and Dr. Dino Hodge at the launch of ‘Don Dunstan – Intimacy & Liberty’ (Panos Couros photo) Dr Dino Hodge was presented with a Contribution to the Community award in Darwin in June by NTAHC. NTAHC staff, board members, and community supporters joined together to recognise […]

Cake to share: newsletter 11

Cake to share is a random section of the newsletter where people can share something with others. Not all cake suits all tastes, so please sample or skip as you wish. Email your cake to share to outnt@outnt.info NAIDOC week, Indigenous inclusion http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/the-importance-of-lgbti-indigenous-inclusion/138278 Relentlessly gay – oh yes I am http://www.salon.com/2015/06/18/baltimore_woman_responds_to_homophobe_by_making_yard_even_more_relentlessly_gay/ Research, call for participants, lived experiences […]