LGBTQ
It was a bank, a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate
A Taylor Square landmark that has sat dormant for more than 15 years is set for a new lease on life after plans were approved to add three storeys and a rooftop, and transform the basement into a live music venue.
- by Michael Koziol
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United Australia senator Ralph Babet posts racist, homophobic slurs
Greens leader Adam Bandt condemned Babet’s posts, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory had emboldened the hard right.
- by Olivia Ireland
Trump day one: Drills, pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’
According to his own statements, the new US president has a lot to do on his first day back in the White House.
- by Colleen Long and Dan Merica
I grew up as an outcast but I found solace in drag
“I can be the puppeteer of my own perception, empowered by a simple eyelash flutter.”
- by Art Simone
The Queen of Sashay: Maxi Shield talks to Drag Race’s Michelle Visage
With RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under set for its fourth season, a local drag icon had some questions for the show’s host about RuPaul, the power of community and the politics of drag.
- by Michael Idato
Opinion
Gender equality
Thorpey, a bishop, sex workers and a grieving mum walk into the premier’s office. It’s no joke
The equality bill sat for a year in the NSW parliament – until a motley crew had Chris Minns’ ear.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘It will rectify great harms’: Why one Liberal MP defied her own party
North Shore MP Felicity Wilson crossed the floor to support independent MP Alex Greenwich’s omnibus equality bill.
- by Michael McGowan
Jessi almost died on the operating table. The result? ‘Comedy gold’
A life-threatening emergency inspired a Brisbane-raised performer’s outrageous one-person show in the MELT festival.
- by Nick Dent
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Gender equality
Why Jasmine has to pretend to be someone else when she goes to work
Each day Jasmine Nightingale turns up to work as a security guard she has to use a different name or risk committing a crime.
- by Alexandra Smith and Michael McGowan
‘Nothing to be afraid of’: Carlton veteran’s message on Pride round
Blues forward Darcy Vescio shows off Carlton’s pride round guernsey.
- by Hannah Hammoud
Opinion
City life
I know why people are flocking to Melbourne – it has nothing to do with coffee or laneways
I’ve lived in cities all over the world, but it was a trip to Melbourne that helped me discover my personal superpower.
- by Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
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