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Five things you can still see and do at South Australia’s Feast Festival
Organisers of South Australia’s Feast Festival say the annual LGBTIQ event is “bouncing back” from the interruption of COVID-19 shutdown with plenty of safe entertainment still on offer. Feast was sadly forced to cancel its annual Picnic in the Park event due to the short-lived statewide COVID-19 lockdown. The event usually attracts around 3,500 people …
Conservatives are losing it over Harry Styles wearing a Gucci dress in Vogue
Harry Styles has become the first solo male star to cover US Vogue, but some right-wingers are furious he did it while wearing a Gucci dress. The singer is on the cover of the fashion magazine’s December issue, and one of the outfits he wore for the spread includes a floor length dress. In his …
REVIEW: Kylie Minogue saves 2020 with new album ‘Disco’
The Sportsman Hotel’s resident DJ Merlin recommends Kylie Minogue’s new unabashedly dance-heavy album Disco. Read his review below. She’s done it again. The fabulous Ms Minogue has delivered an amazing offering chock-full of dancefloor goodness with Disco. Across her long career, Kylie has been an avid supporter of (and been supported by) the LGBTIQA+ community. …
Gay groom’s wedding flash mob to Lady Gaga’s ‘Stupid Love’ goes viral
A US fitness instructor has surprised his new husband by busting out choreo with their wedding party in a flash mob to Lady Gaga’s “Stupid Love”. On National Coming Out Day, Brock Dalgleish posted videos to social media of he and groom Riley Jay Barrington walking down the aisle. Dalgleish then stops, pulls off his …
Eurovision champ Duncan Laurence just got engaged to his boyfriend
Reigning Eurovision Song Contest winner Duncan Laurence and his boyfriend Jordan Garfield have announced their engagement on social media. The Dutch singer-songwriter won the contest for the Netherlands back in 2019 with his track “Arcade” and is still reigning champ due to 2020’s cancellation. Laurence, who’s bisexual, shared the news on social media, with a …
Anthony Callea got a death threat before his Australian Idol finale
Anthony Callea has recalled receiving a death threat before he competed in Australian Idol‘s grand finale in 2004. The 37-year-old recalled the incident on new podcast The Idol Archives with former Idol judge Mark Holden. “It was hand-delivered to the house. It was essentially, ‘If Anthony won the grand final he would be killed,’” the …
Slain Brisbane DJ Andy Stephens farewelled at memorial
Brisbane DJ and radio host Andy Stephens has been farewelled at a memorial as friends remember him as a “true character of the Brisbane DJ scene”. Stephens, known as Andy C, was tragically found dead in his inner-west Brisbane home earlier this month. Police later charged two men with murder over the 48-year-old’s death. For …
‘I’ll sue’: Village People star denies YMCA is about ‘illicit gay sex’
Village People frontman Victor Willis has spoken out about the group’s iconic song YMCA to insist it’s not about “illicit gay sex”. The 1978 song featured on the band’s album Cruisin’ and was a chart-topper around the world. But in a fiery Facebook post this week, Victor threatened legal action over “false accusations” about the …
Darren Hayes’ brutal response to calls for a Savage Garden reunion
Darren Hayes has shut down talk of a potential reunion for Savage Garden, alluding to a fractured relationship with former bandmate Daniel Jones. During a recent Instagram Q&A, Hayes gave a frank response to a follower’s call to “please do a Savage Garden reunion”. “Imagine if you had come out and survived a really dysfunctional …
Brisbane Pride Choir to join online afternoon for LGBTIQ seniors
The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) and 2Spirits have joined with the Brisbane Pride Choir to celebrate with our LGBTIQ elders on Sunday for Queensland Seniors Week. Queensland’s 60th annual Seniors Week began last weekend, with events moving online this year due to COVID-19. This Sunday (August 23), our LGBTIQ seniors can join the …