Tell Me On A Sunday
“Take That Look Off Your Face,” the opening song of the musical “Tell Me on a Sunday,” was only a moderate hit song in Australia. Wikipedia tells me the song … Read the rest “Tell Me On A Sunday”
Tag lgbtqia+
Sweet Dreams achieved at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
I woke in the middle of the night to the 1980s hit song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), and for a moment, I wondered if Annie Lennox was appearing … Read the rest “Sweet Dreams achieved at the Sydney…
Second Mardi Gras Test-Run
My physio cheered me on with a simple ‘Yeah, you can do it!’ as we aced our second pass at the Mardi Gras parade route after my right-leg amputation last … Read the rest “Second Mardi Gras Test-Run”
Screw Loose
‘My leg has fallen off,’ I told a colleague yesterday when she asked about my activities in the foyer at work. I was seated “reattaching” my prosthetic leg which had … Read the rest “Screw Loose”
Lismore’s Rainbow History
Forty years later, memories flooded back to me today of the trepidation I felt as I stepped into the office of Jim Brigginshaw, the Editor of Lismore’s daily newspaper, “The … Read the rest “Lismore’s Rainbow History”
Queerstories
A few years had passed since my last attendance at Queerstories, the recurring LGBTQIA+ storytelling night in Sydney. My most recent visit was pre-COVID, and after a recent stint in … Read the rest “Queerstories”