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	<title>Star Online &#187; midsumma</title>
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		<title>Come out and dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian LGBTIQ support group ArciLesbica always hosts fun-filled nights but their Midsumma event is set to be one to mark on the calendar. On February 4, the group will dance under the stars along Melbourne’s famous Italian strip, Lygon St, at the Piazza Italia. With a nod to the past, the night is called FUORI!, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights book republished 40 years on</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Female Eunuch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Events are being held in Melbourne and Sydney to celebrate the reprinting of the seminal gay rights book Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation by academic and author Dennis Altman. First published in 1971, the book has often been said to have done for gay rights what Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch did for feminism. A conference, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling the impact</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/community/2012/01/30/feeling-the-impact/70688</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic impact survey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne queer arts and cultural festival Midsumma wants to hear from you. Organisers have set up the festival&#8217;s first economic impact survey to understand how festival-goers participate in the three-week event. The study follows a Midsumma social impacts study completed in 2011. If you have two spare minutes, jump online and let the hard-working organisers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget the bus</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/whats-on-play/2012/01/27/dont-forget-the-bus/70560</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re heading out west this weekend for Midsumma, leave the car at home and catch the shuttle bus especially put on for the festival. The bus will head to all the events on the GO WEST program on Sunday, January 29 and has two pick up/drop off locations. Catch the bus at Newport Train [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West is best</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/community/2012/01/27/west-is-best/70289</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hobsons Bay City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predictably for a Melbourne crowd, gastronimic delight A Gentlemen´s Guide to Eating Out attracted a strong crowd last week. This event was part of GOWEST, a Hobsons Bay City Council initiative celebrating queer culture during the Midsumma Festival. There are still plenty of activities planned in the municipality over the next few days, including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midsumma brings the family together</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/soapbox-opinion/2012/01/25/midsumma-brings-the-family-together/70134</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/soapbox-opinion/2012/01/25/midsumma-brings-the-family-together/70134#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Schafter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the pleasure of performing at Melbourne’s Midsumma Carnival. And no, I don’t have mad juggling skillz and I can’t body roll like Beyonce — but I do occasionally thrash a guitar and swear a lot as my Mac pumps out techno beats. I developed a musical alter ego in my early 20s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion play</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2012/01/18/passion-play/69825</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love in a Cubicle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LGBT theatre collective Out Cast will celebrate its 15th birthday with one of its earliest successes, Love in a Cubicle, as part of the 2012 Midsumma Festival. Ten years after it opened at the Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre in Melbourne, it will return to the space between January 11 &#8211; February 11. Bookings: www.outcast.org.au [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drawing conclusions</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2012/01/18/drawing-conclusions/69821</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ArtBoy Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kylie minogue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For cartoon lovers, an exhibition featuring images of well-known gay icons will be on display this Midsumma. Featuring the work of local cartoonist Brett Willis, TOONARAMA – The Exhibtion showcases caricature cartoons of Kylie Minogue, Matt Mitcham, Madonna, George Michael, and Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum, plus local drag icons Kerrie Le Gore, Tabitha Turlington and Doug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oz day sounds for girls</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2012/01/18/oz-day-sounds-for-girls/69816</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Girl & Eve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new night in Melbourne for girls is set to change boring Saturday nights this summer. Girl &#038; Eve presents weekly theme nights including foam parties, secret meet-a-date nights, high school reunions and much more. For Midsumma, Girl &#038; Eve will present a special Australia Day eve edition of the party, from 9pm on Wednesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster mash</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2012/01/18/monster-mash-2/69810</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horror of the Inch, a concert experience paying tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, David Bowie, Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Kiss, Tina Turner and Elton John, will make its debut at the Order of Melbourne (January 22) and the DNM bar (January 26-29) as part of Midsumma Festival this [...]]]></description>
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