BOOK REVIEWS

From The Editor

Last year, I was in a Sydney café with a bunch of journalists

BURNTTOAST

DNA Readers have their say.

MONTH IN A MINUTE

“By promoting successful LGBTI leaders… we are hoping

NUTS!

“Tolerance, that’s the key word right now. Tolerant

MUSIC REVIEWS

Haley Kiyoko | Missy Higgins | Pentatonix | Drake

THEATRE: PUFFS

Teenage wizards on broomsticks may sound familiar, but Puffsshines light on a different group of students at a certain school of magic.

Dear Diva

You've got big gay problems... She's got straight-talking answers!

MUSIC: DOGGY STYLE

LA pop star The Hound (known to his mum as John Constantine) is a dirty musical dog, unquestionably queer and totally humpable!

MUSIC: CLASSICAL MISTRESS

She loves her girlfriend, corsets and classical music. Gentlemen, it’s time to meet Sally Whitwell.

MUSIC: SCANDI DANDY!

Flame-haired Renate is bringing androgyny back to the charts… when she’s not knitting!

TRAVEL: STAY GAY ON YOUR USA VAY-CAY!

To make sure you’re staying in genuinely gay-friendly accommodation, check out the options at Mister B&B – and meet the locals!

FASHION: SHEER BRILLIANCE

The hottest trend for summer is lace. That’s right

STRAIGHT MATE: BEING MISUNDERSTOOD

From Kinky Boots to Priscilla, life has been one big drag for our straight mate, Blake Appelqvist. Matt Myers meets the man behind the make-up.

FILM: AT HOME WITH THE GAYS

In Ideal Home, a gay couple unexpectedly find themselves parents to a young boy. Both comedy and disaster ensue!

THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF ORDINARY LIVES

It’s Facebook-meets-Ancestry.com for the LGBT community. New website, Capturing Rainbows chronicles over 40 years of the gay community in words and pictures.

PROFILE: JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Hollywood triple threat, John Cameron Mitchell, zips up his boots and goes back to his roots for his Australian Hedwig tour.

MY GREAT AMERICAN INFLUENCES

British erotic fiction writer, Jack Ladd reflects on the sexual and intellectual liberations of the USA that have guided his hand.

20 THINGS WE (STILL) LOVE ABOUT THE USA

With a human Dorito running the greatest superpower on Earth, it’s easy to forget that there are plenty of great things to love about America, writes Cameron McCool. Here’s 20 of them!

AMERICAN DREAM

To celebrate our USA issue, we asked photographer James Franklin to create some iconic, all-American beef cake.