Tag: "LGBT"

James Zabiela
0 Comments. 1,025 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 6:17am.
  Austria’s Snowbombing Festival has been described as the coolest in the world – apt as the annual week-long music event takes place on the ski slopes of Mayrhofen. UK DJ James Zabiela is a Snowbombing devotee, and when we speak he’s just returned from the festival, stiff and sore from extreme sporting but exhilarated nonetheless. “I got back on Sunday night,” he explains. “I have a couple... Read More
Dubfire
0 Comments. 690 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 9:48am.
  Ali Shirazinia is a name that is written in EDM folklore. Initially as a part of the supergroup Deep Dish with partner in crime Sharam Tayebi – but now as a bona fide solo superstar – the Dubfire name is now associated with deep, meaningful production talent as well as a superb ability to read a crowd from behind the mixer. From the beginning, Deep Dish always did their own thing – as... Read More
Men
0 Comments. 858 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 6:48am.
  Whether it’s through her work with electroclash goddess Peaches, Dykes Can Dance or Le Tigre, as a social justice activist, or a filmmaker and artist – JD Samson remains the unapologetically inimitable voice of left-wing, queer-girl politics in the contemporary music industry. Since the natural conclusion of Le Tigre’s output after the release of This Island, Samson’s been busy... Read More
The Hondas
0 Comments. 2,138 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2011 @ 11:33am.
When your band releases a proud-gay anthem called I Am A Homosexual, you’re bound to piss someone off. But one thing that four-piece Melbourne band The Hondas didn’t count on – was offending the gay community. But offensive is the last thing you could call Taka Honda, vocalist and guitarist for The Hondas. He’s a sweet, considerate man who most know as the drummer of Little Red, who loves the... Read More
Of The Causes of Wonderful Things
0 Comments. 1,883 Views. Posted 12 Aug 2011 @ 9:16am.
Solo theatre pieces have always tended to be intimate in nature, as they explore the depths of emotion the individual actor is both capable of experiencing and of conveying to the audience. Much more so, contemporary solo productions continue to incorporate an even deeper level of psychological involvement, forcing the actor not only to perform, but to compose the work on the most elusive levels... Read More
Margaret Cho
0 Comments. 1,665 Views. Posted 7 Jul 2011 @ 9:52am.
The year is 1977 and dolled-up drag queens, long-haired hippies and former drug-addicts crowd the streets of San Francisco. Gay rights activist Harvey Milk has just won a seat in office, and a nine-year-old Margaret Cho, the daughter of Korean migrants, is feeling rather in her element. "I grew up very exposed to politics and activism," the American comedienne explains. "AIDS activism was a... Read More
The Only Gay Book in the Village
0 Comments. 2,453 Views. Posted 31 Jan 2011 @ 9:17am.
What makes a work of literature "gay"?   On Tuesday, March 1 this question and other queer-literature-related topics will be discussed at the Wheeler Centre event entitled The Only Gay Book in the Village.   Australia's gay and lesbian writers such as Bejamin Law, Fiona McGregor, William Yang and Sophie Cunningham will talk about the above label and whether their... Read More
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