Lyle Shelton has vowed to never apologise for comments he made about Queensland drag performers Queeny and Delta Good-Rim, despite being called to a conciliation process at the Queensland Human Rights Commission. Shelton, who previously lead the ‘No’ campaign against marriage equality, and was formerly the leader of the Australian Christian Lobby, unsuccessfully ran for […]
Western Australian Liberal Senator Matt O’Sullivan says a Drag Storytime event at the City of Perth library is “wildly inappropriate” and will lead to the sexualisation of young children. Senator O’Sullivan has written to the City of Perth requesting that the event featuring local drag artist Perri Oxide is cancelled. Senator O’Sullivan said his objection […]
The Australian Christian Lobby is demanding the City of Perth cancel a Drag Story Time event scheduled to take place in the city’s library on 13th November. The groups Western Australian Director, Peter Abetz, said the event was designed to normalise homosexuality and “transgenderism” and targeted young children. “There is no place at a family-friendly […]
Tres Masc? | Connections Nightclub | til Feb 12th | ★ ★ ★ ½ I wish my gym was as fabulous as the one that Cougar Morrison constructs on the Connections stage. Tres Masc is a drag show which set out to examine masculinity and sexuality, and whilst the view provided is a fairly limited one at […]
You may know Veronica Jean Jones as a drag performer and Bingay hostess with the mostest. You may not know that VJJ identifies as transgender. The vivacious lady has now decided to share some of her journey with me, OUTinPerth and the world! Given that you live a significant part of your professional life on […]
NYC drag icon and queer pioneer Lady Bunny is returning to Perth this month for one big night of laughs, music, debauchery and vulgarity and Connections Nightclub. Bunny’s name is readily recognised in the an(n)als of drag history along with Leigh Bowery, Divine and RuPaul, and her trademark hair and filthy mouth will not be […]
Drag Queens took over the Hyde Park Hotel last week for the first installment of Drag & Drop, a new night of drag realness. Scarlet Adams, Katya Kokov and Veronica Jean Jones brought their Priscilla, Queen of the Desert show to the much loved North Perth pub.
A new drag event arrives in Perth this week as three of this town’s premier drag performers take over The Hyde Park Hotel. Katya Kokov, Scarlet Adams and Veronica Jean Jones are getting on board a bus and heading to the pub for a Priscilla Queen of the Desert Show. We used Transperth’s journey planner […]
Supermodel of the world RuPaul is set to have her life immortalised on film with a new dramedy produced by J.J. Abrams’ company Bad Robot. Abrams will couple with RuPaul’s Drag Race producers World Of Wonder to create a fictional version of the fabulous life of the world’s most famous drag queen. The series is set […]
The iconic queer documentary Paris is Burning has been added to the US Library of Congress. The film is one of 25 movies of historical importance that has been selected for cultural preservation the country’s national film registry. Filmed in the late 1980’s, and released in 1990, the documentary explores New York’s drag ballroom scene […]
