NSW Beat Project

Welcome to the NSW Beat Project website

The Beat Project is an online resource and community network for beat users – developed by beat users, to help educate and empower men to better deal with police harassment, and to ensure our safety when confronted by homophobic violence.

The Beat Project is open to all beat users in NSW, whether you identify as gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, intersex or whatever!

We encourage beat users to report any police harassment and homophobic violence, and will provide information about what is happening at beats around NSW. All reports will be treated with strict confidentiality, and will be de-identified and de-personalised.

Information is also available on our Facebook page – facebook.com/beatproject

The NSW Beat Project was established in 2008 following an increasing and alarming level of police harassment and threatening behaviour, and the introduction of new and disturbing tactics which actively targets us at ‘known beats’ across Sydney.

Our Aims

• Provide information so beat users will be informed of their rights when dealing with police

• Collect and document incidences of police harassment at beats, with the aim to end police harassment 

• Monitor and alert beat users of police harassment and homophobic violence at beats

• Effect change for the protection and safety of beat users

• Seek legislative change to remove homophobic laws and decriminalise public sex in NSW, looking at the Amsterdam model and similar moves in the UK for direction

The NSW Parliament has announced it will hold a major inquiry into the series of gay-hate killings and bashings across Sydney for decades.

If you have ever encountered police harassment and/or homophobic violence at a beat, please get in touch and tell us about your experience…

Inquiry Term of Reference

If you encounter and police harassment or homophobic violence, please email: sydneybeatproject@gmail.com