Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph has been hit by a wave of criticism and complaints after they published a transphobic slur in a headline. The newspaper was sharing the news that actor Scarlet Johansson had decided to withdraw from the film Rub & Tug, following negative publicity around her decision to accept a part where she would portray a […]
Bangarra Dance Theatre has emerged as one of the big winners at this year’s Helpmann Awards. The awards for live performance are being presented over two nights, the first act of the awards ceremony was held at Sydney’s Town Hall and saw Bangarra Dance Theatre take to the stage several times to pick up trophies. […]
Cabaret singer Queenie van de Zandt has just been nominated for a Helpmann Award for her show that explores the music of folk singer Joni Mitchell. “I’ve always loved Joni Mitchell, every since I wa sin my early twenties.” Queenie told OUTinPerth. “I discovered her through a friend who forced me to listen to her, […]
When Woolongong’s library announced it would be holding a reading session hosted by local drag performer Roxee Horror there was the predictable complaints about the event. People took the event’s Facebook page to complain about a drag queen reading stories. Former Labor leader Mark Latham took to Twitter to voice his opposition saying it exposed […]
Outside a Mosque in Indonesia’s Aceh province a young man stands in front of a crowd of hundred of onlookers, he wears a traditional white koko shirt, and stands as a hooded man hits him with a cane. A police officer counts each stoke and the crowd cheer after each stroke hits the man’s body. […]
Daniel Monks is getting ready for a big night at the 2018 Helpmann Awards. The Perth raised actor is one of four performers nominated for the Best Actor in a Play award. The nomination puts Monks in some esteemed company. His performance is Malthouse Theatre’s production of The Real and Imagined History of The Elephant Man sees […]
The Uniting Church has announced it will support a diversity of views of same sex marriage, allowing ministers to decide for themselves if they wish to conduct ceremonies. The church said both views on marriage between same sex couples were equal and it recognised both sides of the discussion. Meeting for the first time since […]
It’s not long now til the new season of Orange is the New Black drops and fans have finally got their first look at the show’s sixth season. The new season relocates the action from Litchfield Penitentiary to the often mentioned nearby Maximum Security prison. The change in location gives the show a whole new world […]
Actor Scarlett Johansson has announced she will withdraw from playing a transgender man in the upcoming film Rub & Tug. The news that Johansson would portray real-life transgender man and underworld figure Dante ‘Tex’ Gill had drawn a backlash from transgender community who argued that transgender actors should be hired to play transgender characters. In an […]
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans have called for an upcoming Pride Parade in the nation’s capital to be banned. More 210,000 people have signed an online petition hosted at the President of Korea’s website. The petitioners say the gay pride parade that is scheduled to occur this weekend in an ‘abomination”. It will the […]
