Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to gather at Taylor Square tonight for a protest march against alleged police brutality at the Mardi Gras Parade last Saturday night (March 2).

Described as a “musical safari through the jungle of love” a special concert this Sunday in Darlinghurst headlined by New York-based musical director Lance Horne and featuring stars of cabaret and song will help raise money for ACON’s Anti-Violence Project.

SYDNEY: Police have delivered an early Christmas present to inner-city residents and the LGBTI community after the arrest this week of two men wanted over a vicious assault and robbery of a Surry Hills man who had earlier befriended one of the attackers via a smartphone dating app.

SYDNEY: Police have released the profile image used by a man who was allegedly involved in a violent home invasion and assault of a Surry Hills resident who had earlier befriended the attacker via an online mobile phone dating app.

NSW Police have assured Sydney’s LGBTI community and the wider public that they remain safe on city streets after a violent, unprovoked and random assault allegedly committed by an off-duty police employee just outside a popular inner-city gay nightspot last weekend.

An open forum early next month promises to throw a spotlight on some of the issues faced by GLBTIQ people of South Asian backgrounds as they negotiate traditional family roles while also creating new identities and relationships.

Following the assault and robbery of a Surry Hills man in his own home this week by a person he had earlier met on a phone dating app, NSW Police have called for the public to use caution when on the internet or using online phone apps.

Police are on the search for two alleged attackers after a Sydney man was assaulted and then gagged and robbed after inviting a man to his Surry Hills home he had met through an online phone dating app.

She made headlines earlier this year when it was made public her brother is Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Now, she is making political waves of her own as a Liberal candidate for the upcoming local council elections for the City of Sydney. With her partner Virginia Edwards, Serkan Ozturk meets Christine Forster.

Sydney police allege they have prevented $100,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis destined for tomorrow’s Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and related parties, after four men were arrested earlier this week in connection to commercial drug supply in the city’s inner suburbs.

A forum in Sydney this Mardi Gras weekend will bring together gay community leaders and representatives of Christian churches and organisations, with those involved suggesting that it’s a clear sign that progress is being made in the volatile and hostile space where sexuality meets religion.

DINE: Old school Italy has a new face in inner-city Sydney. Welcome to Caffe Sicilia. By Natasha Dragun.

In a return to its glorious past, trams may be running down the Oxford Street once again in the near future no matter which of two plans is favoured by the NSW Government to extend light rail to Sydney’s eastern suburbs, a leading transport expert believes.

Local police have blasted hoodlums who continue to travel to Oxford Street and surrounding areas and get involved in drunken violence, following an early morning assault over the weekend on a police officer that left him with injuries to the head and jaw.

Reporting incidents of assault can be difficult for many men who often feel shame and guilt. But, as one male victim tells SX, it’s important to speak out against violence and homophobia. Here is his moving story.