An Australian health organization is backing Intersex Awareness Day, according to Gay Star News. The National LGBTI Health Alliance—a coalition of organizations across Australia that work toward the improvement of health services for LGBTI people—has publicly shown support for the day, which sees intersex activists from across the world raise awareness of important issues that affect intersex people. Intersex Awareness Day (Oct. 26) started in 1996.
Soaring rent is forcing London’s only lesbian bar, Candy Bar, to close its doors after nearly 20 years, according to SheWired.com. On Oct. 21, Candy Bar, London’s only bar primarily catering to lesbians, announced it will shut down for good in January 2014. Since Kim Lucas opened the establishment in 1996, Candy Bar has gone through several owners, but remained the go-to place for lesbians in the Soho district of London to meet and hang out with other women.