The Mardi Gras Road Trip
Newcastle Flicking through the collections from the Hunter Rainbow History Group, Newcastle's rich and extensive queer history is dazzling. Highlighting both the vibrancy and pain
Where love ends
Over recent years in Australia, we have seen immense progress in the recognition of LGBTAIQ+ rights and acknowledgement we form part of Australia’s rich and
Leigh Bowery: Freaky and fabulous
“I wanted to disappoint everybody “ There have been multiple articles and reviews written about Leigh Bowery so where do I start in adding my
Sapphic summer selections
MUST WATCH FILM: Bottoms Your mandatory watching for this STUN issue is Bottoms (2023). Though a satirical look at high school dynamics, this comedic and
The legalities of sending that pic
The first documented ‘nude’ image was sent in 1828 yet laws governing nude images remain confusing to this day. Governments work to catch up with
When one door opens
There’s an old saying, “When one door closes, another one opens.” When I was growing up it was just something that old people said but
Leigh Bowery and me
Leigh was one of a kind. He was very different. I was a classmate of Leigh’s at Melbourne High in the late ‘70s. Melbourne High
Book review: Raving by McKenzie Wark
Pleasingly, McKenzie Wark isn’t here to start a(nother) generational debate about what raves used to be and what they’ve become. Like her, some of us
Let’s be adult
Sometimes you’d think the world was made exclusively by and for children. Well, at least that’s what people against the queer community want us to
Train Like a Pro
Cam Smith had been a Kings Cross bouncer for 10 years with a black belt in jujitsu and an economics and marketing degree when he
Not bovvered by HIV
If you thought that it couldn’t get any crazier than the Covid anti-vax movement then news out of the UK may make you reconsider. New
‘Yes!’ to the roundabout makeover
A peculiarly Canberra landmark, the Rainbow Roundabout on Lonsdale Street in Braddon is a much-loved and photographed feature of our capital. Painted in 2017 to
