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    Our fab female friends on film

    Monica Davidson is a third-generation fag hag: a straight female friend to gay men. Now, she’s on a mission to bring fag hags – or ‘handbags’, a term she prefers – out of the shadows. She’s already...

    • Posted 65 days ago
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    Our picks for MQFF 2013

    The 2013 Melbourne Queer Film Festival has arrived. At this year’s festival, there are almost 170 films to choose from and the variety is delectable. Following on from last week’s look at the festival’s special events, here...

    • Posted 72 days ago
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    Directors on demand at MQFF

    Ever watched a film and had a burning question for the director? Well, Melbourne Queer Film festival audiences can put the hard word to some of this year’s filmmakers as they fly into Melbourne from interstate and...

    • Posted 78 days ago
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    Gayby doco screened on ABC2

    A documentary on the world of same-sex families and what it’s like growing up with gay and lesbian parents will screen on ABC2 later this year. Growing Up Gayby is directed by Maya Newell, a ‘gayby’ herself with...

    • Posted 85 days ago
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    Stiletto steals the show

    Silver Stiletto, the drag caper about an ex-SAS soldier turned vigilante drag queen, walked away with the Audience Award at the My Queer Career short film program at Mardi Gras Film Festival on Friday, March 22. The...

    • Posted 85 days ago
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    Daddy Dearest: You must remember this

    I had to watch Casablanca this week for homework. Yes, you heard correctly – at the age of 37, I have homework. You see I’m going to school, writers school in fact. Lord knows I needed to...

    • Posted 98 days ago
  • Rainbow region celebrates queer cinema

    by DAN SEED The Northern Rivers hosted the fourth Queer Fruits Film Festival (QFFF) in Lismore, NSW on December 29 and 30. The only regional event of its kind in Australia, the festival held the Pacific premiere of...

    • Posted 134 days ago
  • Actor crowdsources trans reassignment

    An online campaign launched by a Sydney transgender activist is seeking to fund and film a documentary of the gender transition process. Transman and actor Andrew Guy released a trailer for the self-made documentary It’s Not About The...

    • Posted 134 days ago
  • Midsumma has arrived

    Midsumma is finally here. It’s been a long time coming and 2013 is an exciting year for the festival as it notches up its 25th year; it’s silver jubilee. That’s 25 years of presenting shocking, dazzling, heart-warming...

    • Posted 135 days ago
  • Melbourne queer film festival sneak peak

    Australia’s largest LGBTI film festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, has revealed just a fraction of what’s to come in 2013. The 2013 line-up will screen over 150 films from filmmakers across the world for 10 days in...

    • Posted 135 days ago