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    Brisbane Comedy Festival’s gay agenda

    When it comes to deciding which shows to see during a comedy festival, most people find themselves spoilt for choice due to exhaustive line-ups. For the first time, LGBTI comedy fans in Brisbane may also find it...

    • Posted 80 days ago
  • Comedians come out for marriage

    Australian comedians will come out in force for marriage equality next week. Rallies are set to take place around Australia next Saturday, May 12 to call for Australia to end the ban on same-sex marriage. Comedian and...

    • Posted 384 days ago
  • Tom Ballard’s political filth

    The first time this writer saw Tom Ballard’s stand-up show, the young queer comedian regaled the audience with a toe-curlingly embarrassing story about how his lusty teenage hormones had once led him to have a wank under...

    • Posted 386 days ago
  • A couple of swells

    Two sterling queer comics from down south are performing at the Brisbane Powerhouse this month. See Tom Ballard in Doing Stuff, March 6 – 11, and catch Hannah Gadsby in Hannah Wants A Wife, March 13 –...

    • Posted 446 days ago
  • Adding some spark to marriage equality

    A new web series starring Brendan Maclean as a B-grade wedding planner who dedicates his life to giving his oddball clients the perfect day, Sparks is a comedy with a deeper underlying message about marriage equality. Despite...

    • Posted 448 days ago
  • Ballard shows support for youth

    Triple J’s Tom Ballard has thrown his support behind Victorian queer youth network Minus18. The comedian will share his coming-out story in a new Minus18 resource, OMG I’m Queer, a compilation of young people’s experiences dealing with...

    • Posted 490 days ago
  • Brisbane laughs out loud

    Australia’s funniest comedians are heading north for the 2012 Brisbane Comedy Festival at the Powerhouse, and with names like Wil Anderson, Tom Ballard and Dave Thornton, there’ll be plenty of laughs to be had. Last year’s festival...

    • Posted 518 days ago
  • ARIA confirms more performers

    There’s less than a week until the Australian music industry gather at Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, for the 2011 ARIA Awards, and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) yesterday announced more performers and presenters for the...

    • Posted 550 days ago
  • Triple J says ‘It Gets Better’

    Triple J staff and special guests Missy Higgins, Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah), Jake Stone and Stav Yiannoukas (Bluejuice) have added their voices to online anti-bullying campaign, the ‘It Gets Better’ Project. Openly gay presenters Tom Ballard, Brendan Maclean...

    • Posted 573 days ago
  • Kylie loves Cosmo

    The latest personality to sing the praises of Gay Pirates singer Cosmo Jarvis is none other than pop princess Kylie Minogue. The multi-platinum diva sent a tweet to her followers announcing Jarvis as her latest crush and...

    • Posted 575 days ago
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