Jacques Nieuwoudt, Author at Star Observer

Charli XCX, Local Aussie Heroes, & “Stylish Sapphic Vampires”: Sydney Film Festival Previews Their 2026 Program

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:40:59 +0000

A full month ahead of their official announcement, Sydney Film Festival has revealed 13 seductive films from their program of over 200 set to screen from June 3 – 13. ...

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Meet The Polyamorous Bookbinder Bringing His “Flehr” To The Ancestral Craft

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:15:13 +0000

Robert Flehr is many things. Among them, a bookbinder, leatherworker, paper marbler, calligrapher, plant daddy, herbalist, amateur bodybuilder, former contemporary dancer, collector of amber, and father to two delightful rescue ...

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Olympic Committee Bans Transgender Athletes From Women’s Games

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:45:52 +0000

Transgender women will be prohibited from participating in women’s events at the Olympics following a recent announcement made by the The International Olympic Committee (IOC). The contentious rule, dubbed the ...

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Mardi Gras Raised $440k Through New Fundraising Initiatives In 2026

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:31:41 +0000

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has raised a historic $440,000 this festival season, the organisation ascribing this significant jump to “a powerful show of community belief in the future ...

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Laneway Is Back For Mardi Gras And It’s Bringing Music And Mayhem

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:17:30 +0000

As the sun sets on Mardi Gras 2026, there is one Sydney street that will still be ablaze with the last and loudest roars of ecstatica. Where you’ll lose your ...

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It Starts With A ‘VrrooOOOMMMM’: The Glittering Icon That Is The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:38:04 +0000

It all starts with a “vrrooOOOMMMM”. A chorus of over a hundred motorcycle engines call the city of Sydney to attention. Eager, glitter-faced crowds peer over barricades, waiting in gleefully ...

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Drag For Good Offers Iconic Drag, Trivia, Prizes AND Makes The World A Better Place

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:47:43 +0000

A sweet, nutty blini downed with a sip of smooth merlot. The wry chuckle of a stunning drag queen. You (and the patron beside you) cry-laughing. A question about the ...

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Sydney Mardi Gras Is Holding The Inaugural ‘Mardi Gala Ball’ In 2026 To Raise Funds

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:41:35 +0000

Imagine this: you close your eyes as your tongue curls around a decadent dessert, prepared by a Masterchef. Actually, since you are seated in a lavish, heritage-listed hall directly above ...

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Sydney Mardi Gras’ Progress Pride Flag Raising Spotlights LGBTQ+ Progress, Joy & Resilience

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:41:23 +0000

There’s some who might think the Progress Pride flag raising ceremony is no big deal. After all, our signature rainbow is in every shop window on Oxford Street, not to ...

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THICK ‘N’ JUICY Fair Day After Party

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:10:21 +0000

Why did the muscle bear cross the road? To get to the big boys on the other side, of course. And when we say across the road, we mean it ...

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Yes, I’m A Scene Gay, and You Are Too: Confessions From Inside Sydney’s Gay Scene

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 05:43:50 +0000

‘Yes, I’m A Scene Gay, and You Are Too: Confessions From Inside Sydney’s Gay Scene’ is a personal essay written by Jacques Nieuwoudt. The theme for the upcoming Sydney Gay ...

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Jacques Nieuwoudt: Gay Male Beauty Standards & Trying to Attain the Unattainable

Jacques Nieuwoudt — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:11:51 +0000

In this powerful essay, Jacques Nieuwoudt speaks about the unhealthy relationship gay male culture can have with the gym, toxic internalised male beauty standards, and muscle dysmorphia. Nieuwoudt asks if ...

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