02/09/10 - Mid North Coast residents are being urged to help look after the health and wellbeing of CoastOut patrons by volunteering to become an ACON Rover for the upcoming gay and lesbian surfing festival at Coffs Harbour.
Posted Thu, 02/09/2010 - 4:25pm by admin.
02/09/10 - ACON's famous ball-dropping fundraiser Bingay is heading back home to the famous and newly renovated Imperial Hotel in Erskineville. Bingay began at the Imperial in 1999 but moved to Enmore's Sly Fox Hotel for three years while the Imperial was closed for refurbishment.
Posted Thu, 02/09/2010 - 4:18pm by admin.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association (SGLBA) are proud to share the Business Award Winners, 2010. Winners were announced at a Long Table Canapés evening on Tuesday, August 24th. This year's nominees were of the highest standards and came from businesses including IBM, the World Wildlife Fund, Flying Penguin and Out Travel.
Posted Tue, 31/08/2010 - 4:28pm by admin.
26/8/10 - The biggest annual event for Western Sydney's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community - the Parramatta Pride Picnic - is set to take place next month.
Posted Thu, 26/08/2010 - 4:11pm by admin.
23/08/10 - NSW Seniors Week is putting the grey in gay by becoming a presenting partner for the 2010 Honour Awards, NSW’s annual gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community awards.
Posted Wed, 25/08/2010 - 1:34pm by admin.
23/08/10 - Members of NSW's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community have just a few days left to nominate people and organisations for a 2010 Honour Award.
Posted Mon, 23/08/2010 - 2:13pm by admin.
19/08/10 - Gay men are being encouraged to help ACON build the health and wellbeing of our community by taking part in an important bi-annual survey.
Posted Thu, 19/08/2010 - 10:37am by admin.
17/08/10 - NSW Deputy Premier and Health Minister, Carmel Tebbutt will join leaders from the health, government, business and community sectors at a reception at Sydney's Town Hall tonight to mark the 25th anniversary of one of Australia's leading community health organisations.
Posted Tue, 17/08/2010 - 10:37am by admin.
10/05/10 - Network Ten and many of its top presenters are lending their support to an international effort to reduce discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.
Posted Wed, 11/08/2010 - 1:04pm by admin.
4/08/10 - Members of NSW's GLBT community are being urged to nominate people and organisations who deserve to be Honour-ed at ACON's new and improved GLBT community awards.
Posted Wed, 04/08/2010 - 2:41pm by admin.
The Federal Government has announced that funding will be provided to ACON to create a much needed education program for the aged care sector that focuses on issues for older gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.
Posted Fri, 25/06/2010 - 6:13pm by admin.
ACON is offering community members an opportunity to literally make history by contributing stories and images to a special project aimed at documenting ACON’s 25 years of community service.
Posted Fri, 04/06/2010 - 12:05pm by admin.
To mark our 25 years of community service, we’re offering you an opportunity to decide how a financial contribution from you will help make a difference in our community. Want to be part of a healthy and caring community? It’s your choice.
Posted Tue, 01/06/2010 - 11:11am by admin.
27/05/10 - ACON has welcomed data from NSW Health showing that HIV diagnoses in NSW have continued to remain stable for another year.
Posted Thu, 27/05/2010 - 12:51pm by admin.
21/05/10 - NSW Health has confirmed a number of cases of Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) among gay men in Sydney prompting a call for gay men to use condoms and get regular sexual health checks.
Posted Fri, 21/05/2010 - 2:56pm by admin.
20/05/10 - Australia’s largest community-based gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) health organisation has expressed concern at comments from AFL player Jason Akermanis who has called for gay AFL players to keep their sexuality private.
Posted Thu, 20/05/2010 - 4:40pm by admin.
21/04/10 - After ruling out an Australian Bill of Rights, ACON has reaffirmed its call to the Federal Government to introduce anti-discrimination laws to protect the human rights of gay men, lesbians, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.
Posted Fri, 23/04/2010 - 9:52am by admin.
Members of Newcastle and the Hunter Region’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are set to get ‘shirty’ at the local launch of a new national education campaign about same-sex law reform.
Posted Mon, 12/04/2010 - 4:30pm by admin.
29/03/10 - The work of renowned Australian artist and musician Reg Mombassa will feature on a series of designer T-shirts that go on sale this week as part of an innovative education campaign about same-sex law reform.
Posted Wed, 31/03/2010 - 12:02pm by admin.
22/03/10 - Members of the Northern Rivers lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are set to get ‘shirty’ at the local launch of a new national education campaign about same-sex law reform.
Posted Tue, 23/03/2010 - 1:18pm by admin.
22/03/10 - Members of the Illawarra’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are set to get ‘shirty’ at the local launch of a new national education campaign about same-sex law reform.
Posted Tue, 23/03/2010 - 1:14pm by admin.
19/03/10 - A new resource is set to help mature age people with HIV look after their health and wellbeing as they get older.
Posted Fri, 19/03/2010 - 3:06pm by admin.
12/03/10 - Want to see what happens when over three hundred gay and lesbian senior citizens get friendly in the dark? Then get along to a delightful, delicious and de-lovely afternoon that’s set to put the silver back into the silver screen.
Posted Fri, 12/03/2010 - 3:18pm by admin.
01/03/10 - People attending the final weekend of Mardi Gras celebrations in Sydney this weekend are being urged to play safe and look after each other.
Posted Mon, 01/03/2010 - 3:47pm by admin.
23/02/10 - Comedian Jackie Loeb and broadcaster Bernie Hobbs are set to join the mad cap Bob Downe and four other amusing Aussies as they position themselves for a night of sexual power plays as part of The Great Debate at this year’s Mardi Gras festival.
Posted Tue, 23/02/2010 - 4:11pm by admin.
23/02/10 - A new online health promotion campaign aims to address binge drinking among same-sex attracted young people.
Posted Tue, 23/02/2010 - 1:13pm by admin.
23/02/10 - People attending the Mardi Gras celebrations in Sydney over the next two weeks are being urged to take precautions when they’re out and about due to the surge in homophobic violence that accompanies the famous event.
Posted Tue, 23/02/2010 - 12:55pm by admin.
15/02/10 - The work of one of Australia’s most celebrated erotic photographers features in a new health promotion campaign for this year's Mardi Gras season.
Posted Tue, 16/02/2010 - 11:16am by admin.
15/02/10 - Gay men attending this weekend’s Fair Day are being encouraged to help ACON build the health and wellbeing of our community by taking part in an important bi-annual survey and getting a free syphilis test.
Posted Mon, 15/02/2010 - 2:52pm by admin.
Some of Australia’s highest profile employers have come out in support of a ground-breaking program which aims to make workplaces more responsive to the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Posted Wed, 10/02/2010 - 11:03am by admin.
09/02/10 - Services for young people who are same-sex attracted or gender diverse are set improve following a new collaboration between two of NSW’s leading community organisations.
Posted Tue, 09/02/2010 - 9:46am by admin.
05/02/10 - Some of Australia’s highest profile employers are set to come out in support of a ground-breaking program which aims to make workplaces more responsive to the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Posted Fri, 05/02/2010 - 1:54pm by admin.
04/02/10 - Getting out and about this Mardi Gras? Expand your horizons and help create a stronger and more vibrant GLBT community by attending one of ACON’s fabulous Mardi Gras events.
Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 3:11pm by admin.
02/02/10 - Australian celebrities have come out in force today on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to launch a new national education campaign. The celebrities have joined forces with members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to educate all Australians about 85 law reforms that will positively affect the lives of same sex couples.
Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 4:02pm by admin.
03/02/10 - Increasing rates of syphilis among gay men in Australia, and particularly in inner-city Sydney, has prompted a new health promotion campaign urging gay men to get tested for the disease.
Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 3:28pm by admin.
02/02/10 - ACON marks its silver jubilee in 2010 and wants community members to help plan the commemorations.
Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 9:28am by admin.
27/01/10 - Entertainer Natalie Bassingthwaighte has dedicated her new single, ‘Love Like This’, to celebrate the Wear it with Pride campaign and will give all of her profits from the single, to the ongoing support of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.
Posted Wed, 27/01/2010 - 4:11pm by admin.
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