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Bowled Over the dragumentary, SBS, starring Wanda DParke
Bowled Over the dragumentary, coming to SBS this month, follows three drag queens from Taboo at North Ipswich Bowls Club over the course of a year. A decade ago, the Taboo monthly drag show rescued the bowls club from its financial woes. Bowled Over tells the stories of three queens from Taboo, each at a …
Bowled Over, a dragumentary trip down a very (f)rocky road
Bowled Over, described as a ‘dragumentary’ and a ‘trip down a very (f)rocky road’, comes to SBS on 19 January. The documentary is the third episode of the series Untold Australia. Bowled Over tells the story of the North Ipswich Bowls Club, on the point of closure, until saved by a drag show. Nearly a …
Here’s five great queer films you can stream right now
G.B.F. (Netflix) G.B.F is a teen-aimed comedy from the director of Jawbreaker, an adopted LGBTIQ title at this point. For the unitiated, “G.B.F.” means “Gay Best Friend”. The film takes the stereotypical American high school dynamics and character outlines and dashes them with a hint of genuine wit and surprising intelligence. Throw in a heft …
Gay ‘conversion therapy’ survivor in new TV doco
Gay conversion therapy survivor Chris Csabs wants his appearance on upcoming SBS documentary Christians Like Us to spark conversation. The new two-part “social experiment” sees ten Australian Christians with vastly different beliefs live under the same roof for a week to confront controversial topics ranging from clerical sexual abuse and abortion to conversion therapy and …
Cross-Cultural Same-Sex Couples Wanted For SBS Wedding Series
SBS is filming new episodes of documentary TV series Marry Me, Marry My Family and they’re encouraging same-sex couples to apply. The show explores what happens when people from two different cultures exchange vows, and how the two families blend their own religions, traditions and cultures. The show’s first season, screened earlier this year, profiled …
Watch The Mardi Gras Parade Live In Brisbane At The Sportsman Hotel
Can’t make it to Sydney for Mardi Gras? Brisbane’s Sportsman Hotel are inviting everyone to come together to watch the parade live on the big screen in the venue’s Lounge Bar this Saturday night. The venue are throwing a Mardi Gras party that evening, with shows by drag performer Miss Synthetique and special guests at …
Darwin’s Miss First Nations Pageant Introduces New Queens Of The Desert
A new documentary will follow a group of fabulous Indigenous drag queens as they prepared to compete in the inaugural Miss First Nations pageant in the Northern Territory. When organisers opened applications for the new contest earlier this year, they said they were overwhelmed by the response and the anticipated event was held over five …
Undressed: Brisbane’s Brandon Strips Off For TV Show
20-year-old Brisbane student Brandon stripped to his underwear on national TV when he appeared on new reality dating show Undressed. The show premiered on SBS on Monday night. The show’s previously matched-up couples meet each other in a room furnished with only a queen bed and a large screen. Soon after meeting for the first …
SBS forced to defend its support for marriage equality
Government Senators Matt Canavan and Chris Back have accused the SBS of an “abuse” of its position as a public broadcaster for it’s support of marriage equality during a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra today. The Senators’ concerns stem from SBS’s decision to publicly declare themselves as supporters of marriage equality earlier this year, and …