From Helen Razer speaking on gay culture and the arts to Tom Cho talking about his story of coming out, our Big Gay Week last week covered a lot of ground. Here’s a selection of three videos of our B…
The Wheeler Centre’s match-making sensation is back for 2011, and as part of our Big Gay Week, this time we’re offering the chance for those same-sex inclined book lovers to find that kindred…
The Wheeler Centre’s match-making sensation is back for 2011, and as part of our Big Gay Week, this time we’re offering the chance for those same-sex inclined book lovers to find that kindred…
In a recent article for The Age, Helen Razer tackled the conundrum of queer culture and the value of the ghetto. The very idea of ‘gay’, she argued, is itself a bit of a problem. While it might be…
‘Out and Proud’ or ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’? Sexual identity and public acceptance are not always easy bedfellows. Our guests share their personal accounts of the agonies and ecstasies of telling all …
Hosted by Richard Watts, and part of our Big Gay Week, Tom Cho, Virginia Lovett, Wes Snelling and Ana Kokkinos share their Coming Out Stories.Between tales of brotherly acceptance and incredulous…
To mark the Wheeler Centre’s Big Gay Week, Rodney Croome, campaign director of Australian Marriage Equality and an honourary lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, writes yesterday and…
When Alan Hollinghurst won the 2005 Man Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty, the mainstream press celebrated it as the first time a gay novel had taken home the award.But what makes a piece of…
What makes a piece of writing gay? The author? The subject matter? The characters? Is Queer literature alive and well in Australia and what value is there in identifying it as such?In a discussion…
One of last year’s crowd favourites, the unstoppable cultural phenomenon that is Erotic Fan Fiction returns, with another adults-only night of fantastical tales where anything goes. This time, the…
Much-loved author Armistead Maupin brings his new tales to the city of literature. In 1976, he launched his daily newspaper serial, Tales of the City, in the San Francisco Chronicle. The first…
Midsumma storytellers Jennifer Cayley and Jan Andrews
Melbourne’s premiere arts and cultural event for the GLBTI community Midsumma Festival began on the weekend.For…
On Saturday the US repealed its controversial policy on gays and lesbians serving in the military not revealing their sexuality. Better known as Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the policy had long been…
With the publication of his latest book, Fortune Cookie, Bryce Courtenay cements his reputation as one of Australia’s most popular novelists. It’s surprising then that he came to…
