QUEER TV

Netflix’s 'Ripley'... mesmerising or charmless

Netflix’s Moody Fresh Take! The eight-episode adaptation, an Italy-set black-and-white thriller about the gay eponymous grifter turned sociopath. Depending on whom you ask, 'Ripley' is either “mesmerizing” or “charmless”.

LGBTIQ HISTORY

Bisexuality on Film & TV

In recent years, TV shows have started to explicitly state a character’s sexuality, either in dialogue or through a coming out scene. Christina Wilkins, Lecturer in Film and Creative Writing, asks it is bisexuality better depicted on TV than in the film?
Interview | Venus Mantrap

Venus Mantrap : Androgynous construct

This edition of FUSE Magazine, we celebrate the achievements of a local Canberran hero and drag artist with a difference; you may have heard of them, the inimitable Venus Mantrap.
FILM

Three wonderful films about same-sex marriage

Christina Wilkins, who is a lecturer in Film and Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham, writes about her favourite three films that celebrate equal love.
from the archives

Yasmin Element is Heidi Von Hottentot

Heidi is the brainchild of local performance artist, Yasmin Element. She brings a life-long passion for dancing showing-off, and Madonna to her burlesque creation.

LGBTIQ+ FILM & TV

MGFF 2024

Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024 Teasers

Check below for a sneak peek at the incredible cinematic journey awaiting you at the Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024. On tour nationally.
AT THE MOVIES

Essential movies to watch this Summer

FUSE Magazine film writer and movie buff Dwayne Lennoxs picks his movie highlights and must-sees for Summer 2023, including Saltburn, Maestro, Poor Things and our favourite All Of Us Strangers.
FILM

Elliot Page cracks open hearts and minds

Read Time 3 Mins. Transgender actor Elliot Page hopes that his role in “Close to You” moves people and cracks open the hearts and minds.
AT THE MOVIES

Essential movies to watch this Winter

FUSE Magazine film writer and movie buff Dwayne Lennoxs picks his movie highlights and must-sees for Winter 2023, including You Hurt My Feelings, No Hard Feelings, Mission: Impossible and of course Barbie!
LOCAL CULTURE

Venus Mantrap – Valley of the Molls

Growing up on the south side of Canberra can be a drag. Through lip-syncing, storytelling and art, drag performer Venus Mantrap attempts to make sense of the fraught landscape of adolescents in their new show Valley of the Molls.
POP CULTURE

Gay Vampires: Out of the coffin, out of the closet

There’s always been something fabulously gay about vampires. Vampire stories are traditionally rife with desires and invisible secrets from their early canonisation in popular culture.
FILM REVIEW

Call Me Miles — An extraordinary journey

Prepare to be moved by the extraordinary journey of Miles, a young Afrikaans man struggling to break free from the confines of a body that doesn't feel like his own.
FILM REVIEW

Of an Age — A Stirring Aussie Gay Romance

Set in 1999 'Of an Age' is a beguiling and disarming Australian queer love story by director Goran Stolevski.


FILM

Elliot Page cracks open hearts and minds

Read Time 3 Mins. Transgender actor Elliot Page hopes that his role in “Close to You” moves people and cracks open the hearts and minds.
AT THE MOVIES

Essential movies to watch this Winter

FUSE Magazine film writer and movie buff Dwayne Lennoxs picks his movie highlights and must-sees for Winter 2023, including You Hurt My Feelings, No Hard Feelings, Mission: Impossible and of course Barbie!
LOCAL CULTURE

Venus Mantrap – Valley of the Molls

Growing up on the south side of Canberra can be a drag. Through lip-syncing, storytelling and art, drag performer Venus Mantrap attempts to make sense of the fraught landscape of adolescents in their new show Valley of the Molls.
POP CULTURE

Gay Vampires: Out of the coffin, out of the closet

There’s always been something fabulously gay about vampires. Vampire stories are traditionally rife with desires and invisible secrets from their early canonisation in popular culture.

THEATRE, ARTS &  BOOKS

Interview | Venus Mantrap

Venus Mantrap : Androgynous construct

This edition of FUSE Magazine, we celebrate the achievements of a local Canberran hero and drag artist with a difference; you may have heard of them, the inimitable Venus Mantrap.
Interview | Cara Whithouse

An interview with Cara Whithouse : I Want it That Gay

It’s 1998… you’re sitting in front of the telly on Saturday morning watching Video Hits. The Spice Girls pop up on screen, you LOVE the Spice Girls! But soon you’re wondering – do I want to be Sporty Spice or do I want to be with Sporty Spice?
Review | Queers

'Queers' - A memorable and moving evening of intimate theatre

It's a Hit! On Valentine's Day evening, the ACT Hub's Causeway Hall hosted the much-anticipated premiere of Everyman Theatre's latest production, "Queers."
Theatre | Queers

‘Queers’ - A Century of Love, Laughter, and Liberation

Everyman Theatre is set to revive its critically acclaimed production ‘Queers’ at the Old Causeway Hall in February.
Interview | Judy Small

Judy Small : Queer Folk Music Pioneer

Folk Music Pioneer and LGBTIQ+ Advocate sings out with Pride! In the leadup to performing at the upcoming SpringOUT concert, David Blanco from FUSE spoke with Judy about community, music and her long relationship with Qwire.
Interview | Lynne O’Brien

FUSE Local Hero : Lynne O’Brien

Lynne’s rainbow footsteps and echoes can be found in queer spaces from Canberra to Sydney, the coast and beyond.
Interview | Loredo Malcolm

He is just seven hours old and truly beautiful to behold!

With The Rocky Horror show now on it's Australian tour, David Blanco from FUSE spoke with Loredo Malcolm, who plays the titular role of Frank-n-Furter’s beautiful creation ‘Rocky’, a character yearning to be more than his maker’s brawny plaything.
Interview

Hello Girls! Will you answer the call?

March into the extraordinary world of The Hello Girls, a contemporary musical brimming with folk and pop earworms, charting the journey of a feisty bunch of trail-blazing women who turned the US Army on its head and made history. David Blanco from FUSE spoke with Jason Langley, the Director of ‘T...

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