Chloe Sargeant
Managing Editor at Star Observer
Writer at Freelance
managing editor @star_observer • proudly disabled and radiantly queer scallywag ❤️🔥 LOTR stan 🧝🏻♀️ she/they • all opinions sadly my own
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4 days ago |
starobserver.com.au | Chloe Sargeant
Doug Lucas stands as a living archive of queer joy, and a staunch queer elder in Melbourne’s glittering LGBTQIA+ nightlife. As he prepares to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Melbourne Excellence in Drag and Entertainment Awards (known as the MEDEAs), we celebrate not just a performer—but a pioneer whose legacy is woven into the fabric of Victoria’s queer history.
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1 week ago |
starobserver.com.au | Chloe Sargeant
Western Australia’s new birth certificate laws have officially come into effect today, representing a significant advancement for the state’s transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex communities. The updated legislation means that individuals no longer need to undergo medical treatments or receive approval from the Gender Reassignment Board to update their gender marker on their birth certificates.
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2 weeks ago |
starobserver.com.au | Chloe Sargeant
Adelaide’s LGBTQIA+ community has etched a new chapter in its proud history, with Helen Bock being announced as the first-ever inductee into the South Australian Pride Hall of Fame. A pioneer, activist, musician, beloved community elder, and one of the co-founders of Adelaide’s Feast Festival, Bock’s recognition is more than symbolic — it is a celebration of a beautifully sapphic life lived unapologetically.
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2 weeks ago |
starobserver.com.au | Chloe Sargeant
Two decades ago, Goulburn Valley Pride began as a handful of coffee meet-ups around Shepparton kitchen tables. Today, it’s one of Victoria’s most vibrant and vital regional LGBTQIA+ events — and in 2025, they’re marking 20 years of community connection with their biggest event yet. The milestone celebration will take place on Saturday 31 May at the GV Hotel, transforming the heart of Shepparton into a shimmering Emerald City of queer joy, glamour, and pride.
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2 weeks ago |
starobserver.com.au | Chloe Sargeant
Unveiled on Friday 17 May, a striking new monument honours the memory of LGBTQIA+ people persecuted and murdered under the Nazi regime during World War II has been unveiled in Paris. Falling on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (known better as IDAHOBIT), the unveiling was a deliberate gesture of solidarity between the traumas of the past experienced by LGBTQIA people, and the struggles still faced today.
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