Oh, my, my, my! There has never been a better time for queer* couples in our nation’s capital looking for romantic date spots. From the whole of Braddon to selective parts of Civic, Fyshwick and greater Canberra, queer* couples everywhere can now comfortably take their pick of almost all of Canberra’s favourite rendezvous hotspots.
The Tales That Really Mattered: A Discussion of Fanfiction, Queer Identity and Lord of the Rings
“I had just sat through three movies where Sam had followed Frodo across Middle Earth on a perilous journey, and it seemed obvious to me that after everything they’d been through they would get married … How could the story now veer wildly off course and have Samwise marry a girl from the Shire?”
In Conversation: Genderless
“As a gender-diverse person worried about their future in the workforce, I approached a non-binary employee of the Australian Public Service, Rian Jenkins, in order to gain an understanding of how their experience being out at work has impacted their life … I hope this interview, as it did for me, eases gender diverse people’s worries and makes them a little happier about the prospect of growing up in a cisgender world.”
Coming Out In A Relationship
“Is it cheating to realise, while dating a man, that you are also interested in women?”
Cousin Josephina
“She stole it. Cousin Josephina was a thief.”
Queerbaiting On Paradise Island
“Many viewers found it hard to reconcile what seemed to be two incompatible notions: being on The Bachelor … and being in a relationship with a woman.”
It’s Raining Gorman: How Raincoats and Queerness Interact
In celebration of the Canberra-based Facebook group “like if ur a cool queer who owns a Gorman raincoat”, its memes and water protection, we asked several cool queers to review their Gorman raincoats (and one lone Driza-Bone).
Mardi Gras and Corporations: The Intersection I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Want
“I simply cannot shake the feeling that the event … has become another target of capitalist exploitation.”
Gendered Memory
“I felt invisible and very in the spotlight all at once. I played that memory game in my head.”
A Transfeminine Experience with Toxic Masculinity
“At the young age of six, I learnt that boys wanting to wear dresses was not normal.”