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COVER STORY
Sweetheart and gay icon Kylie Minogue will once again return home to dazzle audiences with her upcoming ‘Tension Tour’, representing yet another milestone in Kylie’s decades-long reign as Australia’s pop queen. Here’s how it all began.
Interview | Venus Mantrap
This edition of FUSE Magazine, we celebrate the achievements of a local Canberran hero and drag artist with a difference; you may have heard of them, the inimitable Venus Mantrap.
FILM
Yes its true! A sequel to the Australian cult classic movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is in the works with the original main cast all set to return on screen.
LGBTIQ HISTORY
In recent years, TV shows have started to explicitly state a character’s sexuality, either in dialogue or through a coming out scene. Christina Wilkins, Lecturer in Film and Creative Writing, asks it is bisexuality better depicted on TV than in the film?

LGBTIQ+ FILM & TV

FILM
Laura Barling, Digital Content Producer at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), takes a jump to the right as The Rocky Horror Picture Show celebrates 50 years.
INTERVIEW
We chatted with the Festival Director of Queer Cinema, Lisa Rose. Since her appointment in 2017, Lisa has overseen the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival’s growth from strength to strength which is leaving a lasting mark on LGBTIQ+ cinema in Australia.
FILM
Did you know? Strange World (2022) was the first Disney animated movie to feature a gay lead character. The film is about three generations and includes Ethan Clade, a boy with a same-sex crush.
FILM
Queer Screen's 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival is bringing an unmissable lineup of LGBTQIA+ cinema to Canberra! From April 3-5, the National Film and Sound Archive will host a dazzling selection of films that celebrate queer stories in all their depth and diversity.
Steaming
Netflix’s new reality show The Boyfriend has been making waves and starting conversations both inside and outside Japan as viewers follow the story of nine gay and bisexual male housemates who live and work together.
FILM
Hot men in leather skirts and bare thighs! The weird and very bizarre. A classic return to drag in the desert and Belfast lads in a delightful skin-filled homage to an unlikely revolutionary.
FILM
'I Saw the TV Glow, the latest Sundance film is a unique, overwhelming piece of avant-garde cinema with a queer twist!
FILM
In The Room Where He Waits is the haunting debut gay film from award-winning local Australian filmmaker Timothy Despina Marshall.


Steaming
Netflix’s new reality show The Boyfriend has been making waves and starting conversations both inside and outside Japan as viewers follow the story of nine gay and bisexual male housemates who live and work together.
FILM
Hot men in leather skirts and bare thighs! The weird and very bizarre. A classic return to drag in the desert and Belfast lads in a delightful skin-filled homage to an unlikely revolutionary.
FILM
'I Saw the TV Glow, the latest Sundance film is a unique, overwhelming piece of avant-garde cinema with a queer twist!
FILM
Yes its true! A sequel to the Australian cult classic movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is in the works with the original main cast all set to return on screen.

THEATRE, ARTS &  BOOKS

Review
As one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays, Coriolanus is startlingly relevant under Trump 2.0. Coriolanus by Bell Shakespeare is playing in Sydney and Melbourne 20 June until 10 August.
Queer Books
In his new book, King of Dirt, Holden Sheppard explores sex, self-destruction and redemption.
Music
Llewellyn Hall echoed with heartbreak, harmony, and a bold reimagining of history as Qwire presented These Precious Hours – Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Reimagined.
Interveiw
Canberra Comedian Holly Hazlewood puts the tea in TransFat with a savage and cutting look at coming out, misogyny, queer dating, chasers, toxic masculinity and what it's like to age backwards. We chat to Holly in the lead-up to her new show and this year's Comedy Festival, which draws talent from a…
Interveiw
Gay icon Princess Diana communicates from the heavens in this unbelievably campy comic depiction exploring all things Princess of Wales. With our irreverent Australian comic nature, this show is expected to be an absolute hit here in Oz! We chatted with the show's creator and drag actor, Linus Karp…
INTERVIEW
Holden Sheppard on Invisible Boys and Writing Without Fear. Author Holden Sheppard is set to achieve a major career milestone with the highly the TV adaptation of his award-winning debut novel, Invisible Boys.
THEATRE
"The show has so many iconic queer references, inside jokes, and moments that make you think, 'Oh my God, I know this!' As an actor, it's such an incredible experience to be a part of." — Abu (he/they).
FEATURE
Changing attitudes. Hilary Caldwell. This kinky queer academic and mother of four has come out blazing to change attitudes to sex and sexuality.