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New DIVA launches website

The people behind the refreshed DIVA awards have launched a new website. The site, at www.divaawardsaustralia.com.au, features showgirl biographies, fundraiser information, photos, downloads and details of the organistion. “As we have had ... Read more
Tue September 15th, 2009 - No Comments
Drag’s back in fashion

The next fundraiser for the reborn Diva Awards will be held at Slide on Saturday, September 5. Project Drag: The Diva Runway will highlight some of the best costumes to ... Read more
Tue September 1st, 2009 - No Comments
Divas face off over awards

The move to resurrect Sydney's drag awards has been labelled a slap in the face by former DIVA chair Paul Croft. The DIVA board started winding up the company last week, ... Read more
Tue August 25th, 2009 - 30 Comments
Supporting Diva

It seems the word on everybody's lips is DIVA, and to be honest I have been dodging questions for months. If I answer honestly, I'm tarred as a bitch, so I ... Read more
Tue August 25th, 2009 - No Comments
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DIVA lives on

The highlight of the drag calendar, the annual Sydney drag awards, will live on this year. Avid Events Limited has taken on the drag night of nights, formerly the Drag Industry ... Read more
Tue August 18th, 2009 - 6 Comments
La Lennox all lady

The average person speaks at approximately 125 words a minute, while the not-so-average Annie Lennox manages to cram 150 words, dripping with her thick Scottish brogue, into that same space, ... Read more
Wed March 25th, 2009 - No Comments
Vale, Atlanta Georgia

Drag identity Atlanta Georgia (Paul McCarter) died last Thursday, aged 36, leaving behind a legacy of loud mouth humour and riveting stage performances. An autopsy this week revealed Georgia died as ... Read more
Wed September 10th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Is it what you know, or who you know?

Go West with Beverly Buttercup I can't believe I didn't win another DIVA. Now I really am a "has been". The awards this year had a fabulously ambiguous theme, of which I think ... Read more
Fri August 29th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Time to vote

It's like a rollercoaster ride you have lined up for at the Easter Show. The excitement wells up inside you as you inch along the queue, still deciding whether or ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - No Comments
City queens pop their westie cherry

Go West with Beverly Buttercup All good virgins go west when they want their cherry popped, and Mitzi Macintosh, Farren Heit and Carmen Geddit are no different. They put in a ... Read more
Thu July 31st, 2008 - 6 Comments
Honour for drag icon

Twenty years after arriving in Sydney and forging a career as a recognisable drag name across the city, Mitzi Macintosh has been named as the 2008 DIVA Hall of Fame ... Read more
Wed July 30th, 2008 - 5 Comments
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Tony, please think before speaking

You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
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Court rules in favour of trans teen
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