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I sat down with Piper and Kit, two members of Magandjin People’s Pride (MPP), to talk about their involvement, how things get done, and queer advocacy and community. What is your current involvement with MPP? Piper: I’m a member, I help to organise events and rallies, and this is my third year in MPP. There […]
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Queer Fest was a massive festival with a ring of 55+ stalls, food trucks, a stage, and plenty of areas to kick back and chill. It was an explosion of queer creativity and community, with all types of creatives represented behind stalls and on stage. Artist stalls were loosely grouped by discipline and this grouping […]
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Queerbait For those lucky enough to have seen Queerbait at last year’s Pride Ball (or when they opened for Bikini Kill, still not over that), you’d know Queerbait’s perfect harmony of driving drums, rhythmic bass and guitar, and commanding vocals. You can’t help but dance! Support their single ‘Clock’ on Bandcamp! Red Hill Red Hill’s […]
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A ragtag group of local trans activists and community-builders (including Magandjin People’s Pride and UQU Queer Collective) organised a march and rally on the 30th of March for Transgender Day of Visibility (31st March). This was one part of a National Day of Action for transgender resistance, with similar events held in every state and […]
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I’ve been drawing since I was a kid, cartooning. I was getting pretty quirky. The media was pretty conservative back then, and this was something amateurish but really interesting music and commentary. I got their subscriber magazine. It used to come out every month. It was the same size as Semper but more cheaply produced, […]
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What are your favourite or most impactful events to run with Skirts? I love running all events that we offer at Skirts but I must say I really enjoy Skirts Chapters and Networking Dinner. Skirts Chapters is like an organised yap sesh every month – haha! It’s a casual space for members to connect and […]
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What has your involvement with the Nest Community been like? What kind of work do you do? I founded The Nest Community in 2014 so have been working within the organisation as a volunteer from the very beginning. By 2019, when we were still in Everton Park we had reached a turning point where we […]
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The much-adored Shakespearean ballet took centre stage at QPAC at the end of March, and what a brilliant start to the 2025 Queensland Ballet season, in its 65th anniversary year. This ballet is a classic for a reason – it tells one of the most well-known love stories in a timeless manner, with passionate choreography, […]
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