Written Word Archives - Star Observer /category/artsentertainment/writtenword Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 05:29:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Written Word Archives - Star Observer /category/artsentertainment/writtenword 32 32 National Survivors’ Day: LGBT Survivors of Sexual & Family Violence Speak Out in New ACON Anthology /news/national-survivors-day-lgbt-survivors-of-sexual-family-violence-speak-out-in-new-anthology/233834 /news/national-survivors-day-lgbt-survivors-of-sexual-family-violence-speak-out-in-new-anthology/233834#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:57:34 +0000 /?p=233834 LGBTQIA+ survivors have come together to share their stories in The Loud Way Home, an anthology of experiences of domestic, family, and sexual violence. Queer survivors are often left out ...

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]]> /news/national-survivors-day-lgbt-survivors-of-sexual-family-violence-speak-out-in-new-anthology/233834/feed 0 Australian Federal Court Ruling Forces Reclassification of LGBT Graphic Novel ‘Gender Queer’ /news/australian-federal-court-ruling-forces-reclassification-of-lgbt-graphic-novel-gender-queer/233394 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:37:04 +0000 /?p=233394 The Australian Federal Court has ordered the Australian Classifications Review Board (ACRB) to review its classification of the graphic novel memoir Gender Queer by non-binary and asexual American author Maia ...

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]]> Art Simone Announces Her New Book ‘Drag Queens Down Under’ /artsentertainment/art-simone-announces-her-new-book-drag-queens-down-under/232851 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 04:57:38 +0000 /?p=232851 Australian drag legend and RuPaul’s Drag Race: Down Under fave Art Simone has announced her new book coming soon, Drag Queens Down Under. The title, released by Affirm Press, is ...

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]]> Straight Actors Playing Queer: Are We There Yet? /artsentertainment/straight-actors-playing-queer-are-we-there-yet/231917 /artsentertainment/straight-actors-playing-queer-are-we-there-yet/231917#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2024 04:41:32 +0000 /?p=231917 In a debate that has raged longer than Cher’s career, the LGBTQI+ community have long debated the legitimacy and appropriateness of ‘playing queer’, or straight actors being cast in LGBTQI+ ...

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]]> /artsentertainment/straight-actors-playing-queer-are-we-there-yet/231917/feed 1 Voices From 1978: The First Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras – Book Review /artsentertainment/voices-from-1978-the-first-sydney-gay-and-lesbian-mardi-gras-book-review/224964 Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:38:34 +0000 /?p=224964 Dr Sophie Robinson The term ‘78ers’ – and the many people who represent its origin and history – has become an increasingly recognised term over the last decade.  When I ...

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