QNN

3 May 2017

Q-mmunity Network News, Ep 15 2017

Government & Organizations, News & Politics

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Welcome to our weekly news bulletin for the gay and lesbian community, broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network and on JOY 949. News this week includes;

A group of celebrities have launched a campaign lobbying the federal government to introduce a mandatory national anti-bullying program across Australian schools with a LGBTIQ focus.
Australia’s first openly gay sports CEO is set to make history by taking a same-sex date to an awards night.
Adelaide’s iconic Mars Bar has announced it will close it’s doors this month after 40 years.
Rapid HIV testing has launched in Bendigo letting locals get a test result in just 20 minutes.
The Equality campaign has launched a new petition asking people of faith in Australia to sign and support marriage equality.
Ellen DeGeneres has celebrated the 20th anniversary of her coming out.

In Sport;

A gay American rower has proposed to his boyfriend after completing a journey across the Atlantic ocean.
A gay baseball player in Adelaide has come out on live TV.
A lawsuit to have male trans wrestler, Mack Beggs, banned from competing has been dismissed in court.

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