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Bette Midler under fire for social media posts about "birthing people"

Bette Midler has copped a swift backlash on social media after she shared her thoughts about gender inclusive language saying it was leading to...

Review | 'Koorlangka Reimagined' at Perth International Cabaret Festival

Koorlangka Reimagined | His Majesty's Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½  Koorlangka Reimagined received a well deserved standing ovation on opening night of the Perth International...

Review | 'Hecate' is a powerful and inspiring production

Hecate | Subiaco Arts Centre | Until 16 Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★   Yirra Yaakin deliver a theatrical project that has been years in the making,...

Here's a queer thing about language

I'd read that comedian Pam Ann had once performed a special gig for Sir Elton John. The story was Elton had hired a 747...

Is homosexual a bad word?

Last week the New York Times highlighted that the word homosexual is falling out of favour with, well... homosexuals. In the article Professor George Chauncey,...

Linguists Attempt to Make the German Language More Gender Neutral

For centuries the German language has allocated masculine (der), feminine (die) and neutral (das) gender articles to its nouns, but due to changing attitudes...

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