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		<title>California marriage ban ruled &#8216;unconstitutional&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 8]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California&#8217;s same-sex marriage ban may be overturned, with a US court ruling it &#8216;unconstitutional&#8217; overnight. The New York Times reports a federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that the voter-approved ban (Proposition 8) on same-sex marriage violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution by discriminating against gay and lesbian people. It&#8217;s now thought the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madonna to tour Oz in early 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madonna has announced details of her 2012/13 World Tour, which begins on May 29 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Set to be her most extensive tour ever in terms of number of dates, according to its worldwide producers, it will see the Queen of Pop come to Australia for the first time in 20 years. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaga reveals Born this Way Ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga has given fans a sneak peek at the new stage for her 2012-13 world tour, called the Born This Way Ball. The Marry The Night singer showed off the elaborate design via Twitter on Monday night, which is a black and white sketch featuring a medieval castle with a central area enclosed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killeen joins Women Say Something</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gretel Killeen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mardi Gras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10th panelist in the sell out Mardi Gras event Women Say Something – We Are Family has been announced as former Big Brother host and author, Gretel Killeen. The speaking series hosted by DJ Kate Monroe takes panels of women who meet in the style of television show The View to talk, debate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harbour Party experiences CoolChange</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mardi Gras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Mardi Gras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mardi Gras Harbour Party will this year unveil a number new features including a fresh new name and day change to Saturday, February 25. Making its debut as CoolChange, Harbour ‘12 organisers are promising a new party experience under the artistic direction of Gill Minervini whose credits include ten years as creative director for events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking with Claire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening on Friday, February 10, Claire’s Kitchen is the new venture of French-born Marc Kuzma, aka Claire de Lune. After six years running Slide just next door, Kuzma is looking forward to bringing some French style to the ‘Paris end’ of Oxford St. Kuzma and award-winning chef Daz Antaw (former chef at Duck Pie, Balmain) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From parties to portraits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Tsiavis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mardi Gras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nik Dimopoulos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ll undoubtedly know the party behind the artwork, but now a Mardi Gras exhibition is putting the spotlight on the works used in the popular Trough X events. Produced by John Tsiavis and Nik Dimopoulos, the provocative images and multimedia featured in the exhibition look at the gay subcultures of ‘hanky codes’. Best known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elegies for Angels double passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACON]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mardi Gras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to win one of two double passes to the ACON charity preview of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, February 28, 7pm at the Seymour Centre? The Brett Russell (pictured) directed production is a moving, ultimately life affirming song cycle based on stories of those who&#8217;ve passed away from AIDS, bringing together a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LISTEN: New music from Sam Sparro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Return to Paradise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Sparro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shallow Ground]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Sparro is back and is giving us some disco-soul realness with his new track The Shallow Ground. It&#8217;s the first track to be released from his new album, Return To Paradise, and was produced by Jesse Rogg and Greg Kurstin. The song is about Sparro&#8217;s experiences living in Los Angeles, according to his website. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Star shots</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2012/02/07/star-shots/71258</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Stambouliah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Young queer photographer Luke Stambouliah will present his latest works, Betwixt (The Black Show), at Sydney Theatre’s Richard Wherrett Studio, February 21 &#8211; March 5. The pictures feature some of Australia’s finest performers, including Paul Capsis, Linda Cropper, iOTA and Damian Walshe-Howling. info: www.lukestambouliah.com]]></description>
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