Features Archives - Star Observer /category/features Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:42:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Features Archives - Star Observer /category/features 32 32 Black, Fat & F**gy: A Born Diva, Milo Hartill Is Changing The Game /features/black-fat-fgy-a-born-diva-milo-hartill-is-changing-the-game/240405 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:42:17 +0000 /?p=240405 “Multi-hyphenate diva & dickhead”, reads the email signature of Milo Hartill. But a slightly more succinct descriptor for the stunning Hartill is ‘entertainer’: someone faithfully dedicated to making us laugh, ...

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Queer History Is Back In Style In Queensland’s ‘Make a Scene’ Exhibition /features/queer-history-is-back-in-style-in-queenslands-make-a-scene-exhibition/240403 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:23:37 +0000 /?p=240403 When Queensland Museum curator Chris Salter envisioned Make a Scene: Fashioning Queer Identity and Club Culture in the 90s, it was more than an exhibition — it was a chance ...

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Engorge-ous: Reuben Kaye Is Standing To Attention & Ready For The Opera House /features/engorge-ous-reuben-kaye-is-standing-to-attention-ready-for-the-opera-house/240401 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:08:58 +0000 /?p=240401 Reuben Kaye is marching into the Sydney Opera House with Engorged — a show so tumescent, ballsy, and bulgingly inappropriate that even the Concert Hall might blush.  Returning as part ...

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Narelda Jacobs & Karina Natt On Rainbow Family & Writing Their Book As An Act of Resistance /artsentertainment/narelda-jacobs-karina-natt-on-rainbow-family-writing-their-book-as-an-act-of-resistance/239935 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:23:39 +0000 /?p=239935 When celebrated Whadjuk Noongar journalist Narelda Jacobs and communications specialist Karina Natt join our interview with their eight-month-old daughter Sanna, it’s clear that their new book If Queers Weren’t Meant ...

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Sandra Bernhard Is Coming To Australia — And She Feels More Radical Than Ever /artsentertainment/sandra-bernhard-is-coming-to-australia-and-she-feels-more-radical-than-ever/239933 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:12:14 +0000 /?p=239933 At this point in her career, there’s not much that Sandra Bernhard hasn’t done. Her career has encompassed many different facets of entertainment — and she’s always refused to be ...

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Jess Mauboy Is Ready To ‘Bring The Confetti’ At Mighty Hoopla Sydney /features/jess-mauboy-is-ready-to-bring-the-confetti-at-mighty-hoopla-sydney/239924 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:39:26 +0000 /?p=239924 For almost a decade, London’s Mighty Hoopla has been the spiritual home of queer pop lovers — a technicolour playground where chart divas, drag royalty, nostalgic bangers and unapologetic camp ...

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Meet Mitch Brown: The AFL’s First Out & Proud Bisexual Player /features/meet-mitch-brown-the-afls-first-out-proud-bisexual-player/239567 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:49:55 +0000 /?p=239567 The first thing you notice about Mitch Brown is how kind he is. And not the ‘media-rehearsed’ type of kind — just that down-to-earth, human sort of kind. When we ...

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Courtney Act’s New Children’s Book Is All Confetti & Rainbows /features/courtney-acts-new-childrens-book-is-all-confetti-rainbows/239565 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:00:41 +0000 /?p=239565 Whether on stage, screen or the page, Courtney Act knows the magic that happens when someone feels truly seen. Her new children’s book, Confetti and the Rainbow Garden, is a ...

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Mardi Gras 2026: A Lean Mean Glittery Machine, In A Brand-New Era /features/mardi-gras-2026-a-lean-mean-glittery-machine-in-a-brand-new-era/239561 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 01:48:17 +0000 /?p=239561 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) is entering a new chapter. After some tumultuous years, the festival is stripping things back, finding its feet again, and returning to what ...

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‘The OG Lesbian Bitch’: Rosie O’Donnell On Her New Show, Common Knowledge /features/the-og-lesbian-bitch-rosie-odonnell-on-her-new-show-common-knowledge/238977 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 02:46:35 +0000 /?p=238977 It’s been a big year for Rosie O’Donnell — one of her serial workplace bullies was elected to the presidential office again, and she moved her family across the ocean, ...

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Campaign: Founder of Australia’s First National Gay Mag Reflects On 50 Years of Advocacy /features/campaign-founder-of-australias-first-national-gay-mag-reflects-on-50-years-of-advocacy/238598 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:59:17 +0000 /?p=238598 To honour and celebrate its 50th anniversary in September 2025, the trailblazing gay magazine Campaign is fondly remembered by its founder, Rod Stringer, as a vital lifeline for a community ...

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On The Ground At The Anti-Trans vs Pro-Trans Rallies In Melbourne /features/melbourne-anti-trans-vs-pro-trans-rallies-feature/238442 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:55:23 +0000 /?p=238442 Star Observer was on the ground to cover August 16’s anti-trans vs pro-trans rallies in Melbourne. One rally was protected by lines of police officers and peddled unsubstantiated and bigoted ...

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There’s A Bear In There: The Harbour City Bears Celebrate 30 Years /features/theres-a-bear-in-there-the-harbour-city-bears-celebrate-30-years/238437 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:43:25 +0000 /?p=238437 Bears might not be native to Australia, but there’s plenty of them to be found in Sydney — if you know where to look. This year, the Harbour City Bears ...

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So Bloody Proud: Melbourne Chargers Lead The Charge on New Era of LGBTQ+ Blood Donation /features/so-bloody-proud-melbourne-chargers-lead-the-charge-on-new-era-of-lgbtq-blood-donation/237946 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 02:12:22 +0000 /?p=237946 At 7:30am on a chilly winter Monday, a group of burly rugby players in their kits gathered outside the Lifeblood Melbourne Donor Centre on Collins Street. They were there to ...

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Here For Health Always: Celebrating 40 Years of ACON /features/here-for-health-always-celebrating-40-years-of-acon/237941 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 01:56:49 +0000 /?p=237941 From the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, to being Australia’s leading HIV and sexuality and gender diverse health organisation today — ACON is celebrating 40 phenomenal years of health, action, ...

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Queensland’s Drag Kings Are In Their Renaissance Era /features/queenslands-drag-kings-are-in-their-renaissance-era/237936 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 01:45:32 +0000 /?p=237936 While shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race have seen drag queens pushed to the forefront of visible queer entertainment in recent years, drag kings have been the somewhat forgotten siblings. But ...

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Gays On The High Seas: The VACAYA Kimberley LGBTQ+ Cruise of A Lifetime /features/gays-on-the-high-seas-the-vacaya-kimberley-lgbtq-cruise-of-a-lifetime/237474 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:35:28 +0000 /?p=237474 Where better to start an over-the-top LGBTQIA + cruise than with VACAYA on Australia’s Top End?  In mid-May, several hundred rainbow vacationers boarded a luxury cruise ship in Darwin, near ...

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Long Live Queen: This Tribute Show Honours Freddie Mercury’s 50-Year Legacy /features/long-live-queen-this-tribute-show-honours-freddie-mercurys-50-year-legacy/237453 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:22:20 +0000 /?p=237453 This September, the spirit of Freddie Mercury returns to Brisbane and around the country as Australia’s most authentic Queen tribute show, Bohemian Rhapsody, is back for their greatest hits tour.  ...

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Here You Come Again: Why The Girls, Gays, Queers & Theys All Love Dolly Parton /features/here-you-come-again-why-the-girls-gays-queers-theys-all-love-dolly-parton/237454 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:21:09 +0000 /?p=237454 Here You Come Again: Why The Girls, Gays, Queers & Theys All Love Dolly Parton is one of our features from the July 2025 print issue – you can see ...

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Seann Miley Moore: The Hedwig The World Needs Right Now /features/seann-miley-moore-the-hedwig-the-world-needs-right-now/237455 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:03:19 +0000 /?p=237455 Seann Miley Moore: The Hedwig The World Needs Right Now is one of our features from the July 2025 print issue – you can see more here. If you’ve seen ...

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