Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week – a milestone that’s reigniting speculation over his eventual successor.
While the Dalai Lama is the face of Buddhism to many people across the world, he is actually the head of just one tradition within Tibetan Buddhism known as the Gelug school.
Tibetans believe the Dalai Lama to be the manifestation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, and the “one who hears the cries of the world”.
Avalokiteśvara is prayed to across Asia, and is known as Chenrezig in Tibet, Guanyin in China, and Kannon or Kanzeon in Japan.
A statu…
Got a PowerPoint idea burning a hole in your hard drive? A passion project or secret obsession that keeps you up at night? We want to hear about it! For the first time ever, Queer PowerPoint is coming to Canberra for three massive nights across Belconnen Arts Centre, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, and The Q in Queanbeyan.
CALLOUT CLOSES: FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2025
We’re looking for LGBTQIA+ folks from across the ACT and surrounding regions to share their wildest ideas, deepest dives, and niche obsessions. QPPT presentations are 10-12 minutes long and can be about literally anything – as long as it’s q…
LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day (on Wednesday 28 May) was formed to highlight domestic, family and intimate partner violence and abuse occurring in LGBTQ+ communities.
In its fourth year, Kaleidoscope IV is an open exhibition where LGBTQIA+ artists in Canberra and Australia-wide can express their experiences of queerness, sexuality, gender, and unique individuality through art.
Wear your values, express your identity. Join us with Artist Henry Shawcross in transforming scraps of fabric into a symbol of queer pride with textile collage. In this workshop breathe new life into discarded textiles and learn accessible stitching techniques to design and create your own pride patch or badge. Use the materials provided or reuse discarded fabric from home.
San Francisco once again transformed its iconic Market Street into a radiant symbol of LGBTIQ+ pride, as the world’s largest rainbow laser flag returned for Pride Weekend 2025.
A near-capacity crowd witnessed the choir's operatic debut—an emotionally rich, daring interpretation of Purcell’s Baroque classic, infused with contemporary resonance and LGBTQIA+ pride.
Kings Beach has served as a vital sanctuary for queer communities for at least fifty years, with documented gay activity dating back to the 1930s. The beach played a particularly poignant role during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, hosting memorials and serving as the final resting place for the ashes of many who died during the epidemic.
Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays; perhaps because the hero is so pugnacious and classist, impressive in his strident vehemence, but lacking the vulnerability of a Macbeth or Othello.
