Category: People
Tristan Young, a 17-year-old transgender student, was crowned homecoming queen at Oak Park High School in Kansas. Garnering the support of 1,500 fellow students, Young’s win was both a personal achievement and a statement against discrimination. While the moment was filled with joy, Young shared with The Kansas City Star the brief shadow cast upon […]
Tauranga Arts Festival Artistic Director Shane Bosher discusses DIVAS with Australian theatre legend Bernadette Robinson. Bernadette Robinson is bringing her remarkable talent to the Auckland stage this October for a limited concert series. In DIVAS, which is directed by the multi-award-winner Simon Phillips (Priscilla, Queen of The Desert, Muriel’s Wedding, The Musical), Bernadette will take […]
Sydney drag legend Vanity tells us about creating her revolutionary business Wigs By Vanity, why she won’t be competing on Drag Race, and performing at Palmy Drag Fest. Vanity is celebrating her 26th year doing drag, and when you ask the inevitable question about whether she will appear on Drag Race Down Under, she is […]
The much-anticipated scene of Bad Bunny, the Grammy-winning artist from Puerto Rico, sharing an onscreen kiss with Gael García Bernal in the LGBTQ+ Prime Video biopic Cassandro has finally been revealed, and it is receiving enthusiastic responses from the queer community online. Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, plays the role […]
DJ Ashley Craig passed away at his home in Brisbane on Thursday 31 August. He was 38 years old. Ashley Craig played Queenstown’s Winter Pride festival (formerly Gay Ski Week QT) for nearly 10 years. Ashley was orginally hired by Gay Ski Week QT organiser Sally Woods who describes him as ‘family.’ “There are no […]
Australian politician Alex Greenwich has opened up about the “confronting impact” a homophobic tweet from fellow politician Mark Latham had on him. Greenwich, the sole openly gay member of the New South Wales (NSW) state parliament, filed a lawsuit against Latham for a homophobic tweet made in late March, which Latham has since deleted. The […]
The world premiere of Lil Nas X’s documentary, ‘Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero,’ at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) experienced a delay due to a bomb threat targeting the artist. According to reports, organisers were informed of a bomb threat directed at the Grammy award-winning artist, causing Lil Nas X to delay his […]
Co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, talks about putting herself in uncomfortable spaces, rebelling against conservative capitalism, and uplifting takatāpui. It was not easy to get an interview with the Co-leader of Te Pāti Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, but boy, was she worth the effort. One of the most down-to-earth politicians we spoke with. In […]