Gay Media: Going Down Under?

The Star Observer needs your help. We are facing a dire threat.

A perfect storm threatens the Star Observer, the not-for profit publication dedicated to Australia’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans* and intersex community.

We need to raise money to protect the Star, and ensure our community does not lose it's voice.

The independent nature of our reporting makes us a high profile target. Legal battles are a reality of investigative journalism, some battles are over, others ongoing. But the expense and distraction of these battles has been high at a time when the Star Observer has been reinventing itself.

Our community ownership structure prevents us raising funds from shareholders or commercial investors and so we are reaching out to you, our community for help.

Put bluntly, we need your support right now. If just 2,500 of you, our loyal readers, pledged a tiny $30, we will easily hit our funding target.

To see the Star Observer in action, have a look at our site, visit us on Facebook, or read our latest magazines...

Sydney's Star Observer turns to crowdfunding on Pozible. 

Harley Dennett - from Sydney Star Observer - on Guardian Unlimited.

Warning: May contain exaggerations.

PS Sorry about the photo - SSO's choice, not mine.