Following her sold out tour-de-force performances in 2023 and at Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2024, the highly anticipated return of Dame Lisa Simone to Australia is coming in 2026, to reprise the iconic classics of her mother, Dr Nina Simone, as only she can.
Lisa Simone’s voice and stage prowess has not only earned her worldwide recognition, but practically every accolade, including Oscar-nominations, Emmy and Peabody Awards, two-time Grammy nominations, starring roles on Broadway, and chart-topping albums.
She premiered the Disney roles of Aida (Aida) and Nala (The Lion King) and won the…
I must say I was a bit excited when I was asked to test the new Bumzzy Butt Shaver 2.0 for FUSE Magazine. As a gay man who likes to be smooth where it counts, shaving my body has always been a bit of a complicated chore that is often fraught with danger. I had seen the Bumzzy Butt Shaver pop up on my socials, and I was keen to see if it would live up to all the hype.
The premiere season of Emmanuelle Mattana’s Trophy Boys was met with rave reviews, hailed as a “revelation” and one of the most important new works in Australian theatre.
Winning Best New Work at the 2024 Sydney Theatre Awards and garnering multiple Green Room Award nominations, this “hilarious and devastating debut play” (The Age) captivated audiences with its razor-sharp queer dark comedy.
Performed by a female and non-binary cast in drag, the play offers a blistering dissection of privilege, power, and the toxic performance of masculinity in an elite private boys’ school setting. After n…
Everyone's favourite Anti-Queer Christian Conservative, Cory Bernardi, is back in the headlines. The former disgraced Liberal senator who quit federal politics nearly a decade ago has won a South Australian Legislative Council seat for One Nation, after a tight preference count.
Welcome to 1956, where the quiches are pristine, the cardigans are pressed… and every woman in the room might be harbouring a deliciously scandalous secret.
Following an ABC investigation into a series of violent attacks on gay and bisexual teens in Sydney, which were linked to extremist networks, the NSW government is taking action, which is part of a broader legislative effort to shut down unlawful "factories of hate" that promote violence.
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The NSW government will introduce new laws to create specific LGBTQIA+ hate crimes and increase penalties.
Offenders who target people because of their sexuality or gender identity could face jail terms of up to seven years.
The reforms follow an ABC investigation into Islam…
The new requirement under “Enhancing Vetting and Combating Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program” introduced under a broader push to strip gender identity from federal policy, is expected to affect trans travellers, migrants and asylum seekers worldwide, including those from Australia’s LGBTIQ+ communities.
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The Trump administration has finalised a US immigration rule requiring all visa applicants to disclose “biological sex at birth.”
The US State Department has confirmed the sex-at-birth requirement will apply to all visa applications.
Immigration sy…
Heralding the team’s expansion into live events all across Australia, TRANSGENRE Volume III will take over the UniBar in Kaurna/Adelaide on Saturday May 23, 2026. It’ll be an all-ages event with doors opening at 12pm, and for the first time in the festival’s history, tickets will be FREE!
