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Paris Olympics mimicked a kangaroo, found herself in another embarrassing snafu at a Sydney nightclub.Raygun, the divisive breakdancing sensation, tried to grab a microphone out of the hands of a drag queen Thursday, but not before she fell on the stage in an apparent attempt to recreate her viral performance from the Summer Games.In a video shared on Instagram, the crowd at long-running gay bar Universal can be heard chanting Raygun’s name before she loses balance busting out one of her breakdancing moves.The 37-year-old dancer, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, then gets back up, and tries to grab the mic out of Sydney drag queen Champagne’s hands.The breakdancer blamed being tipsy for her topsy-turvy act.“Hahaha, defs had a bit too much! Imagine my hangxiety today!” she commented on an Instagram post by Gay Sydney News.Some social media users had tongue and cheek reactions to the infamous dancer.“It’s like seeing Jesus walk on water,” wrote Instagram user London Briidge.Others were more supportive.“She was a great sport! I’d have given her gold last night!,” wrote Instagram user Keira Billie, in reference to her dismal Olympics routine in which she failed to score a single point.Raygun announced she was retiring after the “really upsetting” backlash she faced following her Paris performance, only to turn back around and say she is “never going to stop.”“I’m still going to be part of community jams, or I’d like to go to community jams and still and still dance and still break,” she said back in November.It appears that’s what she did, or at least attempted to, this week.

the babygirl. The Oscar-winner, 57, hit Bondi beach in her hometown of Sydney, Australia on Saturday, cutting a stunning figure as she dashed out of the water in a skintight black shorty wetsuit with Bond-girl elegance. The “Babygirl” star’s athletic physique wasn’t the only thing on display at Bondi beach.

Daily Mail reports.A New South Wales police spokesperson confirmed to news.com.au police attended the scene. His death is not being treated as suspicious.

The Bookshop Darlinghurst, Australia’s oldest LGBTQI bookstore, turns 40 this month.In recent years, The Bookshop has weathered the impacts of COVID, economic and political uncertainty and inclement weather, and for a while its future was precarious.

Two Saudi sisters, who had reportedly applied for asylum in Australia on the grounds that one was a lesbian woman and the other an atheist, were found dead in a Southwest Sydney flat in June 2022. The sisters had had their applications for permanent protection visas, based on sexuality and religious beliefs, denied earlier this year. Trigger Warning: This story discusses deaths of two women, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The sisters, Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, were found dead in their Canterbury unit in Sydney’s southwest on June 7.

Surry Hills Police Area Command in Sydney has confirmed that missing Sydneysider Michael Laali, 37, has passed away.On Friday, July 22 police located Laali’s body inside a unit on College Street, Sydney.On Thursday, New South Wales Police appealed to the public for assistance in locating Laali, who had been missing from Darlinghurst.According to the police, Laali was last seen leaving an address on Taylor Street, Darlinghurst around 8.30 am on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. “Serious concerns are held for Michael’s well-being.

A 48-year-old man, accused of leading the terrorist group ‘Shura’, allegedly plotted to carry out attacks on Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and other places, a NSW court heard this week. Sydneysider resident Hamdi Alqudsi is facing trial after being charged with heading a terrorist organisation, which was preparing to carry out terror attacks. In their opening statement before the jury, the prosecution detailed the evidence against Alqudsi, who has claimed he is “innocent”. According to the prosecution, Alqudsi formed Shura in 2013 and recruited people in Australia to travel to Syria to fight against the commonwealth. When the Australian Federal Police and NSW police foiled the plan, the group veered to planning domestic terror attacks.Crown prosecutor Patricia McDonald SC told the jury that there were plans to attack a naval base in Sydney, the Israeli embassy, courthouses and the Mardi Gras, reported News.com.au.  The prosecution said that the attack on Mardi Gras was suggested by the terror group’s contact in Syria, Mohammad Ali Baryalei in September 2014.

A public launch is being held this Saturday, June 4, 2022, for the Bondi memorial dedicated to victims and survivors of the spate of homophobic and transphobic violence that occurred from the 1970s to 1990s in Sydney and New South Wales.Located in Marks Park in Tamarama, the memorial titled ‘Rise’ was installed through a collaboration with LGBTQ health organisation ACON, Urban Art Projects (UAP) Design Studio and Waverley Council.The memorial is being launched to the community in a commemorative event at Marks Park. In attendance at the event will be representatives from organisations involved, as well as political figures and special guests. Waverley Mayor Paula Masselos said in a statement to Star Observerthat the memorial is “dedicated to the recognition of the recent history of gay and transphobic hate crimes that occurred in Bondi and along the east coast of Australia.”Designed by John Nicholson and UAP, the memorial’s composition is embedded with meaning, as the layers mirror the nearby cliffs but appear instead to be moving towards the horizon. “Each of its six sculpted stone layers represents one of the six bands in the pride flag” Masselos said. “The Bondi Memorial in the public domain provides an opportunity for healing by making space for recognition and confrontation of the past, giving light to changing attitudes, and inviting ongoing reflection.”Some of the victims of gay hate crimes in Sydney.The location of the monument is recognised as a place where a significant number of hate crimes occurred throughout the 1970s to 1990s.

Former Liberal minister and Independent NSW member of Parliament Gareth Ward (40) was on Tuesday charged over alleged historic allegations of sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy. Ward, member for Kiama, attended Oak Flats Police Station on Tuesday. The NSW police charged him “with three counts of assault with act of indecency, and one count each of sexual intercourse without consent and common assault”.The police case is that Ward allegedly indecently assaulted a 17-year-old teenage boy at Meroo Meadow in February 2013, and sexually abused a 27-year-old man in Sydney in September 2015.NSW MP Gareth Ward was charged on March 22, 2022, with historic sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy.

A serial killer, dubbed by the media as ‘The Mutilator’ for murdering and dismembering the bodies of two of his boyfriends in Sydney, is due to be released in September 2022 after his 21-year prison term expires. The NSW police, however, want 53-year-old Damien Anthony Peters’ detention to be continued over fears that he could reoffend. Trigger Warning: This story has details of  a gruesome double murder, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Justice Julia Lonergan of the NSW Supreme Court heard an application for Peters’ interim continuing detention last week.

The Iconic gym City Gym in Darlinghurst, which has been operating in the same location for over 40 years, and recently underwent a major 7-month, $1.5 million renovation, is holding a FREE Mardi Gras themed Fair Day on February 27 in support of mental health charity Beyond Blue.Beyond Blue is a charity particularly close to City Gym’s heart, having tragically lost three of their members due to depression in recent months, so the gym decided to take action and hold a special day to bring awareness, support and understanding around these important conditions.

Scott White has plead not guilty to the murder of American PhD student Scott Johnson in an alleged hate crime 32 years ago. White, who was 18 at the time of the murder, was arrested in May 2020 after a key informant came forward and helped break the cold case, and one of Sydney’s longest unresolved murders. Police allege that the pair met at a hotel in December 1988 before walking through bushland to a local gay beat spot at North Head.

Sphen and Magic, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium’s gay penguin couple, have become parents for a second time. The couple first gained world-wide fame in 2018 when they adopted an egg and raised their first child Lara. They have now successfully hatched another egg together.The folks at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium were naturally delighted when they shared this news with Star Observer.“If one of our pairs has too many eggs or are not good at looking after their eggs we will sometimes foster these eggs out to other pairs like Sphen and Magic.

In yet another covid-cancellation Los Angeles base musician Lauv has announced that the Australian and New Zealand leg of his ~how i’m feeling~ tour will be rescheduled to 2021. The announcement comes in response to government directives and the ongoing carnage caused by the pandemic.The tour follows from the recent success of Lauv’s debut album of the same name.

A transgender woman was brutally attacked and left unconscious by 15-20 men who then fled the scene at a Dee Why beach carpark.