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Sorry About The Mess: Cassie Workman Is Gifting The World A Punk Trans Superhero

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:01:04 +0000

Created by Australian comedian and musician Cassie Workman, Sorry About The Mess is a new animated comedy series following Alice Peril, the transgender lead singer of punk band SUX. Alice’s ...

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Qtopia Sydney’s Pride Fest Is Back: It’s Bigger & Queerer Than Ever Before

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:51:51 +0000

As winter starts its annual hobby of making Sydney a bit gloomy, Qtopia Sydney is once again rolling out the purple carpet, ready to save the day. Pride Fest is ...

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Thank you, Dame Sybil

Chris Vernon — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:35:48 +0000

This month, Queensland’s 17c��IA+ community will celebrate the 65th Queens Ball, widely recognised as the world’s longest continuously-running 17c��IA+ event. This year’s Ball carries special significance following the passing of ...

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Little Miss Sunshine Coast: QLD Drag Icons On Why Showing Up To Your Local Pride Events Matters

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 06 May 2026 03:39:50 +0000

Not every Pride celebration needs a flashy parade — often, the best queer events involve a packed venue, a sticky floor, and stunning drag queens making you feel seen, heard, ...

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Why The New GNA Blood Donation Rules Are A Landmark Moment in Australia’s 17c��+ History

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 06 May 2026 02:14:52 +0000

For decades, donating blood came with a quiet but cutting message for 17c��IA+ Australians: not you. That’s what makes the latest changes from the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood feel so ...

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You’re Not Imagining It, Same-Sex Surrogacy Is The Next Target For Conservatives And Fascists

Patrick Lenton — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:20:54 +0000

In the last week, there have been several viral videos circulating around social media targeting gay dads with surrogate children. It’s not a coincidence – while same-sex surrogacy, adoption and ...

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A Tribute To The Inimitable Maxi Shield

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:22:58 +0000

There are some people who feel larger than the rooms they stand in — and then there are people like Maxi Shield, who somehow made entire cities feel smaller and ...

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Anarchic Artist Collective Briefs Has Officially Come Of Age

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:05:11 +0000

“Circus with attitude, drag with muscle, and burlesque with bite”: artist collective Briefs is celebrating 18 years of their anarchic, fabulous shows. “She’s of legal drinking age now, she’s off ...

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Bro-Mosexuals: Tim Collins And Hannah Conda Are Real-Life Brothers in Wigs

Lydia Jupp — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:39:06 +0000

The chance of two brothers from the same family both becoming professional homosexuals in wigs is not super high — but Hannah Conda and Tim Collins are living proof that ...

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Where Are Melbourne’s Lesbian Bars? Queer Women Are Building Their Own Nightlife Instead

Amelie Mcintosh — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:14:44 +0000

It’s a question you hear a lot: where are the lesbian bars in this day and age? Amelie McIntosh explores how lesbian nightlife has evolved, and how queer women in ...

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Peach PRC Is All Grown Up, Glowing Up & Bringing 17c��+ Australia With Her

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:51:28 +0000

There’s something just a lil radical about watching a young Adelaide girl with pink hair and a bedroom full of big feelings turn herself into a full-blown pop phenomenon — ...

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Loch The Fuck In, Because Deadloch Season 2 Is Nearly Here (And It’s Gone Troppo)

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:42:16 +0000

There are very few television shows that burrowed into the Australian queer psyche the way Deadloch did. The neo-noir detective-comedy didn’t just flirt with queerness — it was elbow-deep in ...

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Comedian Nick White On Absurd Characters, Being Queer In Comedy, & Loving The Sims

Patrick Lenton — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:22:13 +0000

“I guess quite a bit of my material is about being gay, because being gay is so funny sometimes,” says viral comedian Nick White, while chatting about his new comedy ...

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EXPLAINER: Lesbian Action Group Try Third Legal Attempt To Ban Trans Women From Events

Patrick Lenton — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:23:56 +0000

A trans exclusionary group called the Lesbian Action Group (LAG) has been in court this week, appealing a decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that ruled the group ...

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The Ongoing Fight Against Queensland’s Trans Youth Healthcare Ban

Michael James — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:07:01 +0000

What began as a “pause” on gender affirming healthcare for trans youth in Queensland has become one of the most controversial and legally contested healthcare battles in the country — ...

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2026 Gifts Us Yet Another Glorious Midsumma Night’s Dream

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:51:51 +0000

By the time the last glittering shows took their bows, Midsumma Festival 2026 had once again done something quietly radical: it carved out time and space for queer joy, creativity ...

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Mardi Gras 2026 Is Spotlighting The Huge Boom In Interest In 17c��+ Sport

Lydia Jupp — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:54:47 +0000

The glorious few weeks that is the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a time for community — in whatever capacity that means to you. While some feel most at ...

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Black, Fat & F**gy: A Born Diva, Milo Hartill Is Changing The Game

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:42:17 +0000

“Multi-hyphenate diva & dickhead”, reads the email signature of Milo Hartill. But a slightly more succinct descriptor for the stunning Hartill is ‘entertainer’: someone faithfully dedicated to making us laugh, ...

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Queer History Is Back In Style In Queensland’s ‘Make a Scene’ Exhibition

Michael James — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:23:37 +0000

When Queensland Museum curator Chris Salter envisioned Make a Scene: Fashioning Queer Identity and Club Culture in the 90s, it was more than an exhibition — it was a chance ...

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Engorge-ous: Reuben Kaye Is Standing To Attention & Ready For The Opera House

Chloe Sargeant — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:08:58 +0000

Reuben Kaye is marching into the Sydney Opera House with Engorged — a show so tumescent, ballsy, and bulgingly inappropriate that even the Concert Hall might blush. Returning as part ...

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