As part of Meridian’s work with the Canberra Inclusive Partnership (CIP), Meridian coordinates a Service User Reference Group (SURG) to provide advice and input on the provision of our services.
The remastered works of Stephen Cummins will premiere at the Mardi Gras Film Festival during Sydney WorldPride on 21 February 2023 and screen at Arc Cinema in Canberra at the NFSA in Canberra on 26 March 2023.
GAY BODIES IN PUBLIC SPACES
Head and shoulders shot of two young men (Simon Hunt and Stephen Cummins) side by side looking directly at camera.
Stephen Cummins’ 9 short films – created between 1984 and 1995 – map the changing politics of representation of the human body during that decade.
While his initial Super 8 experiments used the body as landscape and canvas, an increasing poli…
Making their Canberra debut as part of WorldPride, gifted British polymath, non-binary, poet, recording artist, novelist, and playwright Kae Tempest brings their extraordinary spoken-word performance to the Canberra Theatre for one night only.
Set in a fantastical realm - part cocktail bar, part jungle - KING interrogates the power systems that oppress the natural development of male sexuality and identity.
Felicity Nicol sits down with director, choreographer and creator, Shaun Parker for a deep dive into the jungle-like cocktail bar setting of KING: Parker’s latest dance-theatre masterpiece, created in collaboration with internationally acclaimed Bulgarian singer-songwriter Ivo Dimchev, who performs his seductive score live on stage, in the role of cabaret crooner.
It is being hailed as the ‘must-see’ show of Sydney WorldPri…
Sex can be hard, messy, dirty, awkward, funny, confusing, exciting and weird, but it should always be pleasurable. Friction gets in the way of pleasure. Friction can be physical or psychological, it can refer to shame, vulnerability, experience level, desire or drive – anything that creates a barrier between a consenting adult and their ability to experience pleasure. Enter left Drip.
According to the (American) National Crime Victimisation Survey, the likelihood that an LGBTIQ+ person will experience a violent hate crime is nine times higher than for a cisgender and straight person. There were an average annual 6.6 violent hate crime victimizations per 1,000 LGBTIQ+ people during the last three-year period.
Equality Tasmania has welcomed the State Government's decision to ban Nazi symbols and called on it to go further with more comprehensive hate crime legislation. The Government has announced it will prohibit the display of Nazi symbols including the swastika, following the lead of Victoria and NSW.
Mett Ethan, our FUSE64 cover guy. The buzz around Ethan’s upcoming performance at Canberra’s FreshOut on Saturday 11 March 2023 has got us all pretty excited, so we thought we’d have a quick chat with this fresh faced up-and-coming banger.
Milkshake Festival will return to the Westerpark in Amsterdam in 2023. The Milkshake Festival is not just a dance festival, but one with a clear message where respect, freedom, love, tolerance and fun are of paramount importance.
