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8.8KExpress Yourself – A Queer Musical Showcase Taking The Stage In Sydney
Emerging Australian queer musical talent will be taking the stage upstairs at the Beresford for Express Yourself – Queer Discovery on November 28. Supported by Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras, the event will be set over three musical showcases and feature emerging queer artists and established headliners. At the end of the series, a...
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6.5KReporter Karl Schmid Is Fighting HIV Stigma With A Simple Message: F*ck It
Karl Schmid, an ABC reporter who came out as HIV-positive in 2018, is using his platform +Life to launch a social media campaign aimed at fighting the stigma associated with the disease, The Advocate reports. Titled F+STIGMA, Schmid plans to use it to educate the public about the harm inflicted by bias against those living...
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Paul Bettany Says Playing Gay in “Uncle Frank” Is A Tribute To His Gay Dad
Uncle Frank, a film about a closeted gay man who comes out to his family is the latest of a string of films featuring an LGBTIQA character. In the film Uncle Frank by writer and director Alan Ball (American Beauty), a closeted gay man goes on a road trip from Manhattan to his home town...
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Love Or Hate Him, Real Sick Bitch Of Melbourne Is Back With ‘2 Milli On My Moot’
Last time we posted a Real Sick Bitch Of Melbourne video (All The Bottoms Getting Mad) opinion was divided… is he trash? Treasure? Or both? Well, he’s back with another collab with Sydney electro-duo Dad’s Mayo on the new song, 2 Milli On My Moot, in which The Real Sick Bitch Of Melbourne sings about, arguably,...
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18.7KTroy “Shirtless Man” Pepper Talks About His COVID-19 Shaming
In an episode of Reputation Rehab aired on ABC TV this week, Troy Pepper, talked about what it was like to be covid-shamed by the media, while the program revealed that all was not as it seemed… Pepper, who is a dancer and acrobat (check him out below), talked about how he’d innocently been walking...
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13.0KRandy Rainbow Taunts Donald Trump In New Video
Randy Rainbow has used Donald Trump’s refusal to concede his defeat at the US election to Joe Biden as the basis for his latest parody video, Don’t Tell Donald He’s NOT RE-ELECTED TODAY!. In the video, set to Not Getting Married Today from the musical Company, Randy drags-up as White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany...
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10.7K‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Postponed After Trans-Led Petition
The Sydney production of Hedwing And The Angry Inch starring Hugh Sheridan has been cancelled after a trans-led petition was created calling for the starring role to be played by a trans actor. The petition, which was started on Monday by Daya Czepanski, a NIDA graduate and trans activist, has collected over 1,700 signatures expressing...
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16.9KWorldwide Roar Marks International Men’s Day With 2021 Calendar
While we celebrate men every day at DNA, it’s officially International Men’s Day today – 19 November and our friends at Worldwide Roar are getting in on the action with the launch of their 2021 calendar. Started in 2010, the calendar features sportsmen stripping nude and celebrating the male body while promoting men’s health and...
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10.9KDolly Parton Donation Partly Funds Moderna Covid Vaccine Research
Dolly Parton’s $1 million donation has partly funded research for the development of the Moderna covid vaccine, The Guardian reports. Parton donated the funds back in April this year after her friend Dr Naji Abumrad from the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation told her they were make “some exciting advancements.” This week Moderna...
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10.9KRyan Fecteau Makes Political History In More Ways Than One
Ryan Fecteau, a 28-year-old gay man who was re-elected to Maine’s House Of Representatives, has been nominated by the Democrats to be the next Speaker Of The House, making him both the youngest person and the first LGBTIQA person to hold the office, Out reports. Joining the rainbow wave of LGBTIQA candidates who have won...
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12.1KThe Gay Cowboy Christmas We All Need To Watch
As Christmas fast approaches, MTV Studios is bringing us good vibes with a gay cowboy movie, The Advocate reports. Dashing In December, to air on 13 December, follows Wyatt (Peter Porte) a New York City financier, who returns home to his mother’s (Andie MacDowell) ranch for Christmas. While there he reconnects with his country roots,...
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10.4KAustralian Stars Unite Behind Call To Release Gay Refugee
Over a dozen Australian stars have come together to call for the release of a gay refugee who has been languishing in an Australian detention centre, QNews reports. Among the stars is author Benjamin Law, actor Kate Jenkinson, TV presenter Susie Youssef, and Crazy Rich Asians star Remy Hii who have all got behind the...
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8.6K$250K Reward Offered For Missing Sydney Man
The NSW government has announced a $250K reward for information on Simon Knight, a Sydney gay man who went missing in Surry Hills on the morning of 21 July 2005, Qnews reports. The 32-year-old chef’s employer advised the NSW police he was missing after he did not turn up to work at a Newtown café...
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15.8KKylie’s “Disco” Track By Track, The DNA Review
It’s the best reviewed album of her career and it’s selling like it might be the biggest album of her career. Yes, Disco may just be the best album Kylie Minogue has ever made! DNA slipped into some satin hot pants, strapped on some roller skates and went spinning around… Magic The album’s second single...
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9.0KUS Trans Military Ban Likely To Be Reversed Under President Biden
The US military’s transgender service ban is expected to be reversed by President-elect Biden soon after he takes office, Bloomberg reports. During the campaign, Biden promised to reinstate Obama’s policy of open service for transgender troops after it had been reversed by Trump in 2019. Removing the ban could be as easy as “pushing a...
