A platonic dilemna
This year I have thrown myself into the dating world, doing everything short of carrying a huge sign flashing “Available!”. For many years I was …
The Vanity Fair gene
Some of us have it, some of us don’t. I am talking about the Vanity Fair gene — the ability to create something fabulous out …
Sydney’s finest food and wine – and me
For the last eight or nine years, I have been been involved in the AIDS Trust’s Food & Wine Fair. I started off as the …
The excitement of the first time
For some of us it feels like a million years ago when we first stumbled across the LGBTI community. People who didn’t grow up in …
The other ‘c’ word
When I was just a drag beginner and wore 10 pairs of stockings and had uneven eyebrows, it was all the rage to wear panelled …
Racism and homophobia are not camp
This week most of the drag community was in a storm of glitter, when a not-well-thought-out PR stunt went dreadfully wrong and backfired. This was …
Keeping abreast of things
A young boy at the bar asked me 101 questions about what I do for a living — drag. He claimed he wasn’t interested in …
To stocking or not to stocking
When I first started performing way back in the ’90s, it was stock standard that all showgirls wore stockings. And when I say “wore stockings”, …
Party for the right to marry
The fight for marriage equality is not an easy one, with most of the country actually not too concerned if a same-sex couple can marry. …
Stripping the dressing room of its mystique
The life of a showgirl has its ups and downs. Just because you work in a social environment doesn’t mean it’s all fun and partying. …