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TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST CATHERINE MCGREGOR
NAMED QLD AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
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By Toby Longhurst
AAF Group Captain
and
transgender
advocate
Catherine
McGregor has been named the
Queensland Australian of the
Year for 2016.
McGregor, who is the world’s
highest ranking trans military
official, was presented with her
award by Queensland Premier
Annastacia Palaszczuk after being
selected from a group of four
nominees including humanitarian
Lucy Strickland, journalist Peter
Greste, and human rights activist
Debbie Kilroy.
Gp Capt McGregor has served
three tours of duty and since
announcing that she would
transition to identify as female in
2012, has used her public profile
to help raise awareness and
understanding of trans issues in
the community.
“I hope I’m worthy of the trust
emplaced in me by my fellow
Queenslanders and by the
committee,” McGregor told the
audience at the Queensland State
Library when accepting her award.
“You’ve honoured me, but more
importantly, you’ve honoured the
ADF of whom I’m a member. Also
you’ve given great hope to a very,
very small minority of Australians,
those who are transgendered and
intersex - a widely misunderstood
group in our community. If I can
give them any visibility and hope
in the coming year, then that will
be an enormous gift to me, one
which I can’t repay.”
REMEMBER & CELEBRATE: CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL RETURNS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY
A
fter the overwhelming
community
support
seen at last year’s
World AIDS Day candlelight
vigil in New Farm Park – the
first seen in Brisbane in seven
years – the Queensland AIDS
Council will again be holding
another vigil again this year to
remember friends and family
members lost to HIV/AIDS on
1 December.
The non-religious event will this
year be held in Reddacliff Place
in Brisbane’s CBD, a move that
organiser Gary Williams says
is a nod to the many vigils held
in King George Square at the
height of the epidemic, while also
acknowledging that HIV touches
all communities, not just our own.
“For many years now HIV has
also affected the heterosexual
community and is no longer a
Gay man’s illness,” Mr Williams
told QNews. “We need to embrace
the whole of community and
draw them into the nucleolus not
segregate them and pretend they
are not out there.”
Several speakers will share their
personal experiences with HIV/
AIDS with an Auslan interpreter
present. Candles will be supplied
for everyone wishing to partake in
the vigil, while those in attendance
will also have the opportunity to
write a message for lost loved ones.
Williams added that while HIV is
different now, we as a community
must never forget the devastating
effects that HIV/AIDS had on our
McGregor later told AAP that
the award signified the changing
attitudes of Australians.
“The Queensland I was born into
could not have accepted me as the
trans woman I am,” McGregor
said.
“An awful lot has changed since
then, and is still changing in an
amazing way. To win this award
would be an incredible milestone
and shows the change in attitude
to transgenderism.”
McGregor will now join the other
Australian of the Year winners
from each state in Canberra for
the announcement of the national
Australian of the Year award on 25
January 2016.
community, and the fact that HIV
is still with us.
“It is true that HIV is not the illness
that it used to be and people can
live a normal life, maintain jobs
and experience a lot less side
effects from medication,” Williams
said. “But we must never forget
those times when life was very
unkind, people were extremely ill
and a massive number of people
lost their lives from this mystery
illness.
F
Bishop who has long kept her
personal position on the issue to
herself made the announcement
on an episode of Channel 10’s The
Project, nonchalantly stating that
she had no qualms with a change
to the Marriage Act and that she is
happy that all Australians will get
to have their voices heard.
“I have absolutely no concerns
about it myself, but I know there
a lot of people who are deeply
concerned about the issue,” Ms
Bishop said when questioned
about her stance on the matter by
host Carrie Bickmore.
“That’s why I think a plebiscite,
where the Australian people get
to have a vote on it, on an issue
as fundamental as this, that
goes to the very composition of
our community, the way we feel
about each other, how we treat
The 2015 World AIDS Day
Candlelight Vigil will be held
7:00pm – 9:00pm at Redacliff Place,
6 Queen St, Brisbane. For more
information, please visit www.
worldaidsdayqld.org
“World AIDS Day is not only part of
the history of our community but
it was a time of great devastation,
tragedy and a period in the lives of
older LGBTI community that will
never be forgotten. We don’t forget
those who lost their lives during
the world wars so we definitely
should not forget those people
that lost their lives to AIDS. For
me personally World AIDS Day is
the Anzac Day equivalent for the
LGBTI community”.
FOREIGN MINISTER JULIE BISHOP: “I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
CONCERNS ABOUT” SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
oreign Minister and
Deputy Liberal Leader
Julie Bishop has publicly
declared that she is in favour
of marriage equality.
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June to hold a national plebiscite
after the next federal election
rather than allow the parliament
to decide with a conscience vote.
each other. I think the Australian
people should have their say.”
While serving as Deputy Prime
Minister under former PM Tony
Abbott, Bishop showed loyalty
to her leader by not taking a
public stand against his position,
although she did hint towards her
support on numerous occasions.
While new Prime Minister
Malcolm
Turnbull
supports
marriage equality, he and Bishop
remain in the minority within their
party on the matter who voted in
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WORLD
BRIEFS
US – WORLD PRIDE HONOURS
STONEWALL 50TH ANNIVERSARY
New York has been confirmed as the
host city for World Pride in 2019, the
year that marks the 50th anniversary of
the Stonewall riots of June 1969 which
saw a violent backlash against constant
police harassment and raids of gay bars.
The riots are often cited as the birthplace
of the modern gay rights movement.
Held every few years, previous World
Pride host cities include Toronto, Rome,
Jerusalem, and London. The next world
pride will be held in Madrid in 2017.
LIBERAL CANDIDATE LIKELY
TO BE AUSTRALIA’S FIRST
OPENLY GAY FEDERAL MP
A
ustralia is set to elect
its first ever openly
gay man in the
House of Representatives
this December at the North
Sydney by-election with the
Liberal Party endorsing the
former vice-president of the
Sydney Gay and Lesbian
Business
Association,Trent
Zimmerman
as
their
candidate.
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Labor’s Penny Wong, former
Greens leader Bob Brown and
Liberal Dean Smith, the House of
Representatives has never had an
openly gay or lesbian MP before.
also served as an adviser to Joe
Hockey – a man Zimmerman says
he has a tremendous respect for,
despite their differing views on
same-sex marriage.
Zimmerman is a former North
Sydney City councilor and has
The North Sydney by-election will
be held on 5 December.
Formerly held by Joe Hockey since
1996, the seat of North Sydney
is considered to be a very safe
Liberal seat, so much so that the
Labor party has decided not to
run a candidate in the by-election,
meaning that short of an unlikely
upset from an independent,
Zimmerman is all but ensured of
retaining the seat for his party.
While Australia has had a number
of openly gay senators, including
NETHERLANDS – BLOOD
DONATION RELAXED FOR GAY MEN
The Netherlands have become the
latest country to relax their blood
donation policy for gay and bisexual
men. Previously all men who have
ever has sex with another man were
banned from ever donating blood in the
Netherlands, with the policy now being
changed to allow donation provided the
donor hasn’t had sex with a man in the
previous 12 months. The move has been
welcomed by some and condemned by
others for being too little, too late given
that many nations, including Australia,
are now pushing to having the 12 month
restrictions lowered further or dropped
altogether.
DEMENTIA MUM’S BEAUTIFUL
RESPONSE(S) TO NEW DAUGHTER
F
By Toby Longhurst
or many, “coming out” to
family and friends is a
stressful experience.
And if doing once is hard enough,
spare a thought for Tina Healy
who has to come out to her mother
every couple of weeks.
Tina, 54, is a transgender woman
and feared that revealing herself
as female might be too stressful
for her mother, who suffers from
dementia.
But her mum’s “beautiful”
response of love and acceptance
soon put her mind at rest.
TAIWAN – TAIPEI CITY INVITES
SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY
Since 1973 over 16,000 couples
have participated in mass wedding
ceremonies hosted by the Taipei City
Government, and now for the first time
same-sex couples have been permitted
to participate. This year year, out of
123 couples to step forward and say ‘I
do’ in front of a packed crowd, ten were
same sex couples. Despite no formal
recognition of the union by the state, the
couples were happy to join in. “Every love
deserves to be cherished,” said Taipei
City Mayor Ko Wen-je, who served as
the ceremony’s presiding witness.
“When I told her I was a woman,
she just looked at me and said,
‘Oh, what do you know? I’ve got a
beautiful new daughter!” Tina told
ABC News.
and whatnot, and it was just so
beautiful to me that making new
clothes for me was one of the first
things she thought of.”
Because her mother’s memory is
failing, Tina has to come out every
time she visits, but the response is
always the same.
When she came “dressed as Tina,
not Chris (her former self)”, the
first thing her mum did was “put
my hand to my face and say,
‘You’re beautiful!”
Tina said the two of them then had
tea together and her mother said,
“You’ve held this in for a long time,
haven’t you? Why didn’t you tell
me? I would never have minded.”
It was the happiest time of Tina’s
life, she said, adding that she had
known she was a woman since she
was 4 but waited nearly 50 years to
fully come out
Tina, from Melbourne, has four
children with her former partner
Tess and two grandchildren.
“My message for any trans person
who wants to come out is to come
out when you feel ready and safe,”
she said. “Everything will change,
for sure, but it’s not always for
the worse, like we might assume.
Sometimes, things change for the
better.”
“I started to cry, and she pulled
me to her shoulder and said ‘Cry it
out, dear. Cry it out.’ My partner at
the time cried as well.”
Tina added that after crying,
her mother, who used to be a
“beautiful seamstress”, then said,
‘Well, now you’re going to need
some new clothes! What do you
need?”
Tina explained she “had always
loved sitting across the table and
watching my mum sew up gowns
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DON’T MISS REBECCA PIERCE AT
BRISBANE MODERN ART GALLERY
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ebecca Pierce OAM
is one of Australia’s
favourite contemporary
artists and will this month
be exhibiting her work at the
Brisbane Modern Art Gallery.
From 17-28 November Pierce’s solo
exhibition ‘Like Baking a Cake’
will be on display, with a meet and
greet with the artist on Saturday 21
November 2:00pm – 4:00pm.
“The title ‘Like baking a Cake’
encapsulates many things for
me,” Pierce explains. “A cake
often has many ingredients,
and this exhibition is also made
up of numerous parts or series;
these series touch on various
developments over my 16 years of
painting.
Rebecca Pierce’s solo exhibition
Like Baking a Cake will be
displayed 17-18 November at the
Brisbane Modern Art Gallery, 483
Brubswick St, Fortitude Valley.
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With stunning river views, the
elegant venue offers not one, but
two fireworks displays from the
Portside Wharf precinct with
viewing from Moda’s private
balcony, while the 4.5 hour food
and drinks package includes
premium beverages (including
spirits), and market style food stalls
where you can watch the head chef
plating up canapes and decadent
desserts.
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ired of the same old
choices for New Year’s
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has classy and up-market new
option for seeing in the new
year!
Portside’s stylish Moda Events will
be camper and more fabulous than
ever this New Year’s Eve with its
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year’s bash hosted by local drag
legend Miss Synthetique and music
by Sydney icon DJ Kitty Glitter.
Rebecca Pierce primarily works
with paint, inks and fine points
on canvas and paper. Her work
initially with a design and
decorative orientation harnesses
these elements whilst exploring
aspects of the natural and urban
landscape. The interpretation of
the human face and the reading of
the landscape, effects of cyclical,
emotional and climatic changes
to ourselves and others responses
to these changes are often drawn
upon.
“The common thread, or the batter
in this cake (exhibition) is colour
and texture, this for whatever
reason is a love of mine that is
evident in some shape or form
throughout all the past, present
and revisited series.”
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and drinks included in the price,
the package it will probably end
up making your night far more
affordable than hitting most of the
bars and clubs in Brisbane.
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Braille gay sex book
created for the blind
“The book is about sexual
stimulation - I don’t think ‘porn’
is the right word,” Ms Linde said.
“I discovered that there is no porn
or erotica at all for the visually
impaired. Everyone needs some
sexual stimulation!”
The book has earned praise from
Hakan Thomsson, president of
Sweden’s National Federation of
the Visually Impaired.
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By Rod Gardiner
hen
it
comes
to
erotica
and
pornography,
the
blind and visually impaired
have been kept in the dark –
until now.
Swedish artist Nina Linde has
created a Braille sex book which
features straight, gay and lesbian
porn.
The X-rated book Occasionally
Blind features images that
are raised from the page and
descriptions in Braille to allow
blind people to experience them.
“The visually impaired will be
able to take part in the book, both
through audio and Braille.” he
said.
“I think that some people imagine
that we have no sexuality, which is
not true. Visually impaired people
are just as sexual as any other.”
Currently, the book is only
available in Swedish, but Ms Linde
hopes it may be translated in to
other languages.
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“As sportsmen, doing a naked
calendar has given us a chance —
that nobody should be afraid of
anyone’s sexuality.”
In fact they loved it so much the
boys on the team have created and
fund their own program called
Sport Allies – an organisation
standing up against homophobia
in sport.
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hen the Warwick
Rowers decided to
do a naked calendar
for raise money for their club,
they attracted a lot of interest
from gay men – and they
loved it!
The calendars have grown in
popularity over the last few years
and if their hot pics and sexy
teaser video are anything to go by,
the 2016 version will be the best
yet.
Collectively, they said that
they aspire to be “men who are
not afraid to be themselves, to
embrace people of every gender
and sexuality, and to show our
affection for each other.”
To help support the Warwick
Rowers and Sport allies, check out
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problems with homophobia in
sport and how people can play
their part to end it.
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FEATURE
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT
OF GAY DATING APPS
Ben Walters is a psychologist at the Centre for Human Potential www.cfhp.
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By Ben Walters
ook-up apps often come as standard issue with the
average gay man. And it’s not hard to see why - they
give us access to a seemingly endless supply of (often
ridiculously attractive) available people in our area, they’re fun
to use, and they let us to connect with people who we’d otherwise
never have a chance to meet.
But, despite these perks, people who use these apps often walk away from
their experiences feeling more lonely and insecure than when they started.
It is impossible to interact with so many people without experiencing some
kind of rejection – whether it’s that hot guy ignoring your message, chats
fizzling out, or conversation ending abruptly after meeting up.
So, what can you do to make your app experience more enjoyable?
One way to start is by questioning your assumptions about what everyone
else online is doing. Once you get online, it’s easy to assume that everyone
else is getting exactly the kind of responses they want, from a lot of different
guys, a lot of the time. But, this is just not true. Nobody is appealing to
all the people they are interested in (even that guy with the ripped torso).
Rejection is never going to be pleasant, but it’s easier to cope with when you
realise that being rejected is not the same as failing.
Supplementing apps with other ways of meeting people can also help. While
apps are great for instantly finding new people, there’s still an important
place for making an effort to meet friends of friends, joining community
groups and striking up conversations with new people at bars and clubs.
If you’re finding that your use of apps is interfering in your life or
strongly affecting your mood, it can also be a good idea to check in with a
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Mark Newton-Troon
1976 - 2015
We recently lost our much loved friend after a long
battle with Depression. In spite of his own struggles,
Mark always put others first. He always had an ear to
listen and a shoulder to cry on if you needed it.
Through his company Illusion Entertainment Mark
managed many of Brisbane’s leading drag entertainers
and did all he could to foster and support new talent.
As a trained hairdresser, Mark personally styled
hair for noteables such as Australian legend Rhonda
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many other performers.
Away from what we call the ‘scene’, Mark loved and
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experiences.
Mark was laid to rest on Monday 2nd November in
his hometown of Warwick Qld, with his husband Brett
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LIFESTYLE
WHEN IS THE FEMALE
CONDOM NOT A FEMALE
CONDOM?
W
By Tammy Rudduck
hen it is an internal
condom, of course!
Is the term “female condom”
outdated? While it can be difficult
to advocate for changes at the
higher level, we can do our bit and
adopt the term “internal” over
“female”. We can also advocate
the use of internal condoms for
all receptive partners, not just
those identifying as female or with
vaginas. This is the messaging
from FC2 manufacturers who are
now endorsing the FC2 condom
for anal use.
The FC2 is made from nitrile,
which is stronger against breakage
than regular condoms and can
be used with water or oil based
lubricants, and by people with
latex allergies. Other benefits of
the FC2 include extra protection
against skin to skin STI’s and it
does not require an erect penis for
insertion. Not only this, but it has
also been identified as providing
increased pleasure to both parties
due to the material used and
looser fit.
For some time now there has been
talk about town that men were
using the internal condom for anal
sex. This was never an approved
use for the female/internal
condom, but now it is!
You can also fill out the form at
www.chep.hiv/freecondoms
if
you would like them to send you
some internal condoms to try,
for free!
The FC2 is currently the only
approved internal condom in
Australia and it is a highly effective
prevention against HIV and
other STI’s when used correctly.
The FC2 is a 16cm condom (like
a super-sized regular condom)
that the receptive partner inserts,
either with his finger or on his
partner’s penis. It has an outer
ring and inner ring to help keep
the condom in place, but the inner
ring can be taken out for anal
use. There are many websites and
YouTube clips demonstrating how
to use the internal condom for anal
use (there are also clips for vaginal
use also).
HOROSCOPES
ARIES
LEO
SAGITTARIUS
You have set yourself a lot of
challenges and tasks, but by trying
to do everything at once you have
only made things more complicated
for yourself. Accept the help that’s
offered, it’s meant from the heart.
Arguments are strong in the stars
but you must be careful not to bite
or you could end up being accused
of causing problems. Focus on what
you know needs to be done and
ignore distractions.
Communications are not as they
should be and, although you think
you are talking things out, others
may see it as shouting. Think about
what you want the end result to be
for success today.
TAURUS
VIRGO
CAPRICORN
Interfering influences at work are
making your life a more difficult
place to be. Step back and look at the
bigger picture and you will soon see
what needs to be done to rectify the
problem.
The whole point of a working life is
earning and enjoying what you do.
If you know you’re not happy, then
make the changes now, not later
please my friend.
This is the perfect time to follow
your instincts and to throw out the
rule book. You may not know it
Capricorn, but you hold the power to
make the impossible possible.
LIBRA
AQUARIUS
Embrace a more artistic side to
your work. This will enable you to
grow in confidence and put last bad
experiences behind you. Kind words
from strangers spark something
magical.
You meet with like minded people
who can help you take your career
up to the next level. You may have
to cancel a social commitment to
show how serious you are about your
ambitions.
SCORPIO
PISCES
Certain problems have been making
you ill, but that no longer needs to
be the case. From now on you start
to see what should be a priority and
what and who you need to cut loose.
Everyone seems to have an opinion
on what you should be doing and you
appear to be listening to everyone
but yourself Pisces. When are you
going to make you a priority? Now
is the answer!
GEMINI
You receive information which
changes the way you view a close
one, but careful Gemini, as aspects
suggest you won’t know the whole
story straight away. An open mind
pays dividends.
CANCER
Those you thought you could trust
have let you down and, in the
process, your faith in human nature
has been a little damaged. News
from far away gives you the ability to
take a break.
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OSCAR WILDE’S GREATEST QUOTES
H
as there ever been a
wittier writer than
Oscar Wilde? From
his brilliant plays such as
‘The Importance of being
Earnest’ to his classic novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray’,
Wilde’s words were always
as ingenious as they were
entertaining.
Flamboyant
and colourful throughout
the drab conservatism of
Victorian England, Wilde was
the world’s first gay icon and
his work still shines just as
brightly today. Here are a few
of our favourite Oscar Wilde
quotes.
“To me the life of a businessman
who eats his breakfast early in the
morning, catches a train for the city,
stays there in the dingy, dusty world
of the commercial world, and goes back
to his house every evening, and after
supper to sleep, is worse than the life
of a galley slave- his chains are golden
instead of iron.”
“The public is wonderfully tolerant.
It forgives everything except genius.”
“Education is an admirable thing.
But it is well to remember from time
to time that nothing that is worth
knowing can be taught.”
“There is only one thing in the world
worse than being talked about, and
that is not being talked about.”
“The world is a stage, but the play is
badly cast.”
“To define is to limit.
“We are all in the gutter, but some of
us are looking at the stars.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never
simple.”
“You will always be fond of me.
I represent to you all the sins you
never had the courage to commit.”
“Every saint has a past, and every
sinner has a future.”
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t
understand a single word of what I am
saying.”
“Some cause happiness wherever they
go; others whenever they go.”
“Anyone who lives within their means
suffers from a lack of imagination.”
“Always borrow money form a
pessimist. He won’t expect it back.”
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so
intolerable that we have to alter it
every six months.”
“My own business always bores me to
death; I prefer other people’s.”
“I like men who have a future and
women who have a past.”
“Life is much too important a thing
ever to talk seriously about it.”
“Keep love in your heart. A life
without it is like a sunless garden
when the flowers are dead.”
“The only form of fiction in which real
characters do not seem out of place is
history.”
“Only dull people are brilliant at
breakfast.”
“Always forgive your enemies;
nothing annoys them so much.”
“Nothing is worth doing except what
the world says in impossible.”
“I have always been of the opinion
that consistency is the last refuge of
the unimaginative.”
ARTS
“By giving us the opinions of the
uneducated, journalism keeps us
in touch with the ignorance of the
community.”
SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL MURDER MYSTERY MAYHEM!
T
he Villanova Players
will
this
month
be staging one of
Australia’s best loved plays –
Summer of the Seventeenth
Doll at the Yeronga State
High School Auditorium
from 20 November through to
6 December.
high life with their girl friends, the
barmaids Olive and Nancy.
Each year two cane cutters from
Queensland, Barney and Roo,
travel to Melbourne to live the
Tickets are available now via
www.villanovaplayers.com or call
3899 9962. $ $20/$15 concession.
But this year, the seventeenth year,
everything is different. Can their
arrangement last. What would you
give to hold on to your dreams?
Come a see what has made this
play an endearing Australian
Classic for 60 years.
N
ash Theatre’s final
production of 2015 is
a fabulous comedy
farce that you’re just going to
love (even if the show’s title is
a bit of a mouthful).
The Farndale Avenue Housing
Estate
Townswomen’s
Guild
Dramatic Society Murder Mystery
will open 14 November and run
through until the 29 November
at the Brunswick Room, at the
Merthyr Road Uniting Church.
The show follows four ‘talented’
ladies of The Farndale Avenue
Housing Estate Townswomen’s
Guild who are putting on a
murder mystery - Murder at
Checkmate Manor. With the ladies
attempting to play 14 roles, missed
cues, collapsing sets and various
other mishaps, this play is bound
to have you in stitches.
Directed by Gilly Graham and
featuring Phillipa Bowe, Emily
McCormick, Rob Harvey, Brenda
Keith-Walker and Lisa Wheildon
fun and games are guaranteed.
Tickets are $25/20 concession
and are available now via www.
trybooking.com/152747 or call
33794775.
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MUSIC
BOWIE IS BACK!
D
By Jordan Hirst
avid
Bowie
has
confirmed he will
release a new album
on his 69th birthday.
“It can now be confirmed that
‘Blackstar’ is the forthcoming single
and album from David Bowie,” a
short statement on his website read.
After a source snitched early to
London newspaper The Times that
Bowie’s new release is “an album of
long, jazzy jams” that is “completely
Lazarus is a New York theatre piece
that Bowie is co-writing, based on
the 1976 cult film The Man Who Fell
to Earth in which he starred.
While he was contractually barred
from producing the music for
the original film, the new stage
production is set to feature new
“Contrary to inaccurate reporting
on the sound and content of the
album, only the following can
be confirmed: The single will be
released on November 20th and
is not part of David’s theatre piece
‘Lazarus,’” the official statement
read.
“The album will be released on
David’s birthday, January 8th 2016.”
Tina Arena,
C
“Prods. R writing [musical] now
about my life with my music. Its
very Interesting idea. There r 3
Chers!” she tweeted, revealing one
would represent the Sonny & Cher
years, another would be solo Cher
up to the “Believe” era and the last
would be Present Day Cher.
T
“I could b old Cher! Shes wise n tells
2 young 1’s not 2 fear future,” she
tweeted.
Tina Arena has announced a
series of One Night Only shows in
Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and the
Gold Coast early next year.
her has hinted that
she’s still working
on the long-gestating
stage musical version of her
life.
On October 25, the tweet-happy
singer told fans she had spent time
with Jersey Boys writer Rick Ellice.
“Spent last 3 Days with Rick!! He is
Writer of Cher Musical. We had so
much fun ... He wrote Jersey Boys.
Hhmmm… She’ll be more of a
PAIN,” she tweeted.
Cher first announced tentative
plans for the stage show in a series
of excited tweets back in June 2012.
“All 3 talk 2 each other & Sing
2gether! I’m [helping] 2 write cause
i was there & know stories that no1
knows but me ! I hope it happens!
“It’s a VERY SLOW PROCESS! been
working on it quite a while now.”
For One Night Only
By Jordan Hirst
ina
Arena
has
announced a series of
One Night Only shows
in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne
and the Gold Coast early next
year.
The singer is preparing to tour
with her recently-released album
Eleven.
“I’m very proud of all of my
records because they’re all kind
of different,” Tina recently told
Channel Ten’s The Project.
“But this one is particularly
interesting for me because for the
first time in my life I don’t care
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Fans got their first taste of Bowie’s
single “Blackstar” when a 1-minute
clip of the song was revealed as the
theme tune to new UK crime drama
series The Last Panthers earlier this
month.
bonkers” and the Thin White
Duke’s “oddest” yet, Team Bowie
fired back.
Cher’s Still Working on
Cher: The Musical
By Jordan Hirst
Bowie material and re-arranged
classics.
about ticking any box other than,
‘Does this feel right for me?’ If it
feels right for me, then I think it’ll
feel right for others as well.
“I’m very appreciative of the fact
that I’m 40 years into a career and
people have followed me. They’ve
followed the highs, the lows and
the in-betweens.”
The new shows follow Tina’s
previously announced A Day on
the Green gigs with Simply Red
and Natalie Imbruglia at regional
wineries in February.
But before then, Tina will be
inducted into the ARIA Hall of
Fame at this year’s ARIA Awards
in Sydney on November 26.
“What a thrill to receive this
recognition for what has been an
incredible journey so far,” Tina
said in a statement.
FREEHELD IS THE NEW
QUEER FILM THAT IS SURE
TO TOUCH YOUR HEART
1
Review by Peter Gray
0 years ago New Jersey cop Laurel Hester had to fight tooth
and nail – predominantly from her deathbed – for her livein girlfriend to receive the benefits she deserved as gay
civil unions weren’t recognised at the time. It’s the kind of
story that will hit close to home for many a viewer, and will
potentially anger some as well, but the strength of ‘Freeheld’
lies in its overall inspirational temperament.
FILM
finest moments. Steve Carell, who has oddly been absent from a lot of
the promotional material, livens the film up considerably as a flamboyant
lawyer who takes on Laurel’s case, and his insistence on pushing Shannon’s
buttons with his quips allows the film a little room to breathe.
‘Freeheld’ has been made specifically to support the LGBT community as
well as open the eyes of those who may not be completely open-minded
about gay marriage, and present to them the message that equality is what
we are really striving for. Simple but inspirational, and an unashamed
A decade isn’t really that long ago for views on same-sex partnerships
to be so skewed, and though the US has broken the barrier by legalising
gay marriage, Australian audiences will no doubt be heavily affected
by aspects of the story that the LGBT communities are still fighting for
today. That aside, ‘Freeheld’ is a particularly conventional tale with Laurel
(Julianne Moore) surviving her day-to-day existence in a closeted manner,
knowing her sexuality could potentially disable any chances of advancing
in her department. Her walls slowly start to come down when she meets
Stacie (Ellen Page), a confident young mechanic who instigates the change
in Laurel accepting her sexuality.
Though the film spends a great deal on the eventual fight for Stacie’s rights
as Laurel succumbs to terminal lung cancer, ‘Freeheld’ thankfully takes its
time to invest in the relationship between the two women so that we care
even moreso when tragedy strikes. Moore, fresh off her Oscar win for ‘Still
Alice’, and Page, in one of her first film roles since coming out as a lesbian,
make for a believable pairing, despite their age difference, and it’s their
chemistry that drives the film above its clichéd simplicities. Elsewhere
there’s Michael Shannon, one of the great character actors of his generation,
finally getting to play the good guy as Laurel’s working partner, and in
his unwavering support for their relationship, as well as his rejection of
the rampant homophobia in his office, he brings about some of the film’s
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- 2 Cavill Ave, Surfers Paradise - www.escapebar.com.au
2 CLUB R M, MC, 7D
3 DEN M, MC, 7D
OA, B, D, DE, MX
- Level 1 / 64 Smith Street - Darwin City
- www.throbnightclub.com.au
2 THURSDAYS AT THE CAV B,E, GF, M, The Cavenagh
Hotel Thursdays 5-7PM 12 Cavenagh St. Darwin
THU
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Brisbane Frontrunners
Free, Gay @ Cabaret @ Sporties
V.I.P Showgirls @ Sporties
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
- www.sportsmanhotel.com.au 3831 2892
1 NELLIES BAR B, D, M
- www.sportsmanhotel.com.au Sat phone for info 3831 2892
2 QLD AIDS COUNCIL CS, Y www.quac.org.au
- for info 3017 1777.
3 GAY & LESBIAN COUNSELLING CS, Y
- www.glwa.org.au 07 3017 1717
- or free call 1800 184 527 Mon-Sun 7-10pm
4 WICKHAM HOTEL B, OA, 7D, GF
5 FAMILY B, D, GF
6 OPEN DOORS Y, CS.
- Youth Centre LGBTIQ + info +
- counselling + drop in + more
- www.opendoors.org.au 07 3257 7660
7 BEAT NIGHTCLUB GF, B, D, 7D
8 WET SPA & SAUNA M, MC, S, P, E, 7D
- www.wet.com.au 07 3854 1383
9 DEN M, MC ,7D
10 BODYLINE M, MC, S, 7D
- www.bodylineqld.com.au 07 3846 4633
11 WHITE WOLF (3 times a year)
- M, D, B www.whitewolf.net.au
12 BRUNSWICK HOTEL - E, B, GF
13 RAPID HIV TESTING
- www.rapid.org.au 2 Winn St, Fortitude Valley (Tues-Sat).
SUNSHINE COAST
HORIZONS AT PERIGIAN B, A, P, 7D - www.horizons-peregian.com.au 07 5448 3444
NOOSA COVE GAY ADULT RETREAT A, OA, P, 7D
www.noosacove.com.au 07 5449 2668
THE HIDEAWAY MENS RESORT PEREGIAN A, E, GF, M, OA, P, 7D
TOWNSVILLE
MERMAID
BEACH
1 ESCAPE NIGHT CLUB
1 THROB NIGHT CLUB
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CS- Community Services
D- Dancing
DS- Drag/ Entertainment
E- Eats / Meals
F- Female only area
GF- Gay Friendly
M- Male only area
MC- Men’s Cruise Club
MX- G&L Mixed venue
OA- Outdoor Area
P- Pool
S- Sauna
Y- Youth
THU
Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price Meal @ Sporties
Aqualicious SwimTraining
Brisbane Frontrunners
V.I.P Showgirls @ Sporties
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
1 SPORTSMAN HOTEL B, D, DS, MX, A, E, OA, 7D
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LGBTI Legal Service
Pool Comp & Karaoke @ Sporties
Aqualicious Swim Training
Brisbane Pride Choir
Wet Spa – Towel Free Tues
Superquiz night @ Sporties
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$10 Meals @ Sporties
Lambda Bowling League
$10 meal deal @ Sporties
TUE
Aqualicious Swim Training
Brisbane Pride Choir
Wet Spa – Towel Free Tues
Superquiz night @ Sporties
H
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Metropolitan Church
New Way Community Chapel
Sunday Sessions @ Sporties
Steak night + Pool Comp +
shows @ Sporties
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
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Lambda Bowling League
$10 meal deal @ Sporties
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Aqualicious Swim Training
Emotions Anonymous
Drag Shows & more @ Sporties
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
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Open Doors Drop In
The Residents @ Powerhouse
Rainbow Karaoke @ Sporties
LGBT Domestic Violence & Info
Service
Balls Out Bingo @ Sportsman
DRAG SHOWS+DJ Fradge Sporties
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
SUN
Metropolitan Church
New Way Community Chapel
Aqualicious Swim Training
Sunday Sessions @ Sporties
Steak night + Pool Comp +
shows @ Sportsman Hotel
SundayLicious (free) @ Blackbird
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
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Aqualicious Swim Training
Emotions Anonymous
Drag Shows & more @ Sporties
One Night In Asia @ Sportsman
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
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Open Doors Drop In
The Residents @ Powerhouse
Rainbow Karaoke @ Sporties
Balls Out Bingo @ Sporties
LGBT Domestic Violence & Info
DRAG SHOWS+DJ Fradge Sporties
AVENUE Q Brisbane Arts Theatre
check out more info on these events at qnews.com.au/whatshot
CAIRNS/PORT DOUGLAS
QLD AIDS COUNCIL CS, Y www.quac.org.au
HEADOFFICE CBD M, MC, E, 7D
PINK FLAMINGOS A, P, 7D www.pinkflamingo.com.au 07 4099 6622 - Port Douglas
OUT CAIRNS D, DS, B www.outcairns.org (Monthly)
REBECCA PIERCE
AVENUE Q
REBECCA PIERCE EXHIBITION
ADULTS ONLY
Like Baking a Cake
SAT 17 OCT - 19 DEC
17 - 28 NOV
@ BRISBANE ARTS THEATRE
BRISBANE MODERN ART GALLERY
http://artstheatre.com.au/
4438 Brunswick St
Fortitude Valley
17th - 28th November 2015
Meet Rebecca Saturday 21st November 2pm - 4pm
Brisbane Modern Art 483 Brunswick St Fortitude Valley QLD
(07) 3358 1230 www. brisbanemodernart.com.au
Open 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday
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SUNDAYLICIOUS
SUNDAY 15 NOV
@ Blackbird,
Eagle Street Pier - Brisbane City
FREE ENTRY - from 3pm
www.sundaylicious.com.au
ONE NIGHT IN ASIA:
POP GEN ASIA
SAT 14 NOVEMBER
9pm - late
@ Sportsman Hotel
downstairs disco bar
one night only
WORLD AIDS DAY
1st DECEMBER
FOR LIST OF EVENTS
www.qldworldaidsday.org.au
BUSH CHANGE? MORE THAN A REMOTE POSSIBILITY
L
et’s not beat around the
bush – this job is not for
just anyone.
But if you’re into the simple
things in life – this is a great
opportunity.
Forget
about
iPads, laptops or even TV –
ABC radio will have to suffice.
Forget about bars or any
semblance of night life – other
than gazing at the stars. This is
outback Queensland – and John
needs help.
After a fall on his veranda “a simple accident” - in 2009,
the 82-year-old Aussie battler
suffered a broken hip which
has degenerated into cartilage
damage under his kneecap.
As a result, John can only get
around on a 4-wheeler walker
– not ideal as he strives to run
a 8321 hectare (20,560 acre)
property.
Photos by GlacierDave on Flickr - He creates the most amazing Australian Outback Photos
“I’m not as mobile as I used to
be,” John says.
“I have no family, no sons. I
need a good mate, a right-hand
man to help me out.”
John has lived on the family
station for 55 years but can no
longer look after the 300 sheep,
40 head of cattle and 100 station,
quarter and Arab horses.
While most of us take our home
comforts for granted, John
wouldn’t swap his life on the
land for anything.
It can be very rewarding.
The position would suit a
single person as it is shared
accommodation.
It’s remote, it’s an iconic Aussie
way of life.
If it sounds like you, give John a
call on 0428 877901.
N.B: Don’t send a text message
… at age 83 his technology
skills are limited!
“It’s very isolated – 8km to my
nearest neighbour and 60km
into town,” John said.
“There’s been bugger all rain
for three years – 3ml or 5ml
now and then. It just gets worse
and worse.”
The upside is, there is solar
power and more than adequate
mobile phone coverage.
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Club Rok - Rockhampton
Escape - Gold Coast
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Miss Sportsman 2015
Congratulations to ShuShu Funtanna
Miss Sportsman Hotel 2015
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Sportsman Hotel
SPORTIES SPOOF
MONDAY MADNESS
from 5.30pm, Special $10 Menu
TUESDAY - SUPER QUIZ 2015
Join Max for a 7.30pm start
WEDNESDAY - RAINBOW
KARAOKE
Hosted by Candy & Merlin.
Pool Comps in the Club Bar
V.I.P. THURSDAYS
Hosted by Vollie & Mandy.
Special guests each week
Fluffy
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THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAYS
Balls Out Bingo & Rainbow
Karaoke & Camp Shows
SATURDAYS - “LES SEX”
Starring Shaniqua,
Synthetique, Olivia,
Shushu & Tina
SURPRISE SUNDAYS
Hostd by Candy.
Pool Comps & Shows
& special Steak Night Menu
BRAND NEW SERIES STARTING SOON
BALLS OUT BINGO AT 7pm
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