Sparklemuffin is a white skinned person with a pink wig sticking out everywhere, they have curly glittery eyebrows and a pink glitter beard. They have a dark purple shirt with red and purple ruffles on.

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative.
Sparklemuffin will be doing a bit of screaming.

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

for further info, including accessibility
www.arachneart.com.au

#Queer #Drag #Nonbinary #Disabled #Autistic

The Queer Variety Show Tuesday September 23, 7pm - 9pm | The Queer Variety Show is a joyful celebration of performance art. It features LGBTQIA+ and disabled performers and allies, inclusive of people with physical, mental,...

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative.

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

for further info, including accessibility
www.arachneart.com.au

#Queer #Disabled #Performers

Parker McKenzie is a white skinned person with short blonde and brown hair, blue eyes and facial hair. He is wearing a white top with a black motif on it. They appear to be sitting in their car. The are looking at the camera and smiling slightly. The photo is set in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Parker McKenzie. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative.
Parker will be singing some of their original songs.

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

for further info, including accessibility
www.arachneart.com.au

#Queer #Trans #Music

Photo by Nathan J Lester This is a head and shoulders shot of Angel Hellyer, who is a white skinned person with short dark hair and dark eyes. They have on a red tartan top, underneath a black cardigan. They have long dangly earrings and are looking directly at the camera with a neutral facial expression, the background is a creamy colour. The photo is in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Angel Hellyer. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative. We start at 7pm and finish between 9 and 9-30.
Angel will be doing a reading from their book.
@angelhellyer.bsky.social

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#author #QueerVarietyShow #Peformer #nonbinary

Temerity Outrè is a white skinned woman with long blonde hair. In this photo she is sitting in her wheelchair and is wearing a baseball themed costume. She has a red, sparkly baseball cap pulled down covering her face, and is wearing a white pinstriped, short sleeved top that has a red word motif at the top and the number 28 in red on the pocket. She has whit lacey leggings on. On her right foot is a black show, her other leg ends about mid calf and she has on her stump a baseball themed pastie. It is round and the ‘tassles’ are tiny baseball bats. She is holding a giant bucket of popcorn. The background is black with blue to her right. The photo is in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Temerity Outrè. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

The Queer Variety Show is on next week. Tuesday the 23rd of September at Smith's Alternative. 7pm until about 9 - 9-30pm. Tickets from Smith's Alternative
www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

For accessibility and further info go to
www.arachneart.com.au/general-6

#Queer #Disabled

The Lost Larrikin is standing with a microphone in front of them. He is playing a cream coloured guitar. They have pale skin, short dark hair and dark eyes, they are looking intently outwards as they sing. He is wearing a short sleeved, printed, dark coloured shirt with braces and blue jeans. The background is black. The whole image is in a square queer variety show, pride colours, themed frame. Along the top in a white text box is : The Queer Variety Show. In a black box, in white text on the bottom is: 23rd September 2024, The Lost Larrikin.

The Queer Variety Show is on next week. Tuesday the 23rd of September at Smith's Alternative. 7pm until about 9 - 9-30pm. Tickets from Smith's Alternative
www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

For accessibility and further info go to
www.arachneart.com.au/general-6

#Queer #Disabled

I haven't been here for a while.. I find keeping up with all the platforms too hard.

The Queer Variety Show Tuesday May 20, 7pm | The Queer Variety Show features performers who are queer/LGBTIQA+ and disabled and our allies.

It's been a while since I've been on here. I've been swamped by life. Anywhoo, The Queer Variety Show is on next week, Tuesday 20th of May. It's going to be a banger.

www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

I recently had some medical tests as ordered by the new rheumatologist I saw. For the first time ever, something has shown up. I'm actually glad. So many blood tests always telling me I'm healthy. Have to make a follow up appointment.
#disability #chronicIllness

Some photos by Nathan J Lester of my performance at the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th of January.

#MenaPaws #Queer #Disabled #ChronicIllness #Autistic #Over50 #GenX #MEcfs #Fibromyalgia

It was mostly okay. The people in Naarm at the railway station were most nice and helpful when my rollator, stacked high with two heavy bags kept getting stuck on the textured ground bits {there for blind people} and the taxi driver was also very nice.

Image description: Mena Paws is a white woman with short grey hair. She is wearing a red headscarf and a long black coat. With brown pants poking out at the bottom. She is holding a black bag that has 'cocks' written on it. Next to her, her rollator is covered with a white sheet. Behind her is a white screen.

From the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th of March.

Photo cropped a bit for social media by Nathan J Lester

Far out. It took 50 minutes to drive from Belco to Kingston this morning. I needed to check my luggage in half an hour before leaving which was 9.22 . We were late but luckily they did it for me anyway. So safely got on the bus. Next thing I get a message from Jive saying the car won't start.

A pile of medications and a blue embroidered wheat bag.

I'm travelling tomorrow. This is a small part of what I need to take. It's such a balancing act with chronic illness. Tomorrow's travel will knock me around. I expect to be up and running on Friday.
#disability #ChronicIllness #Travel #autistic

Small white and purple pansy and orange flowers with some green leafy bits in a flower pot.

A close up of purple flowers. They are on green leafy stems and there is cat netting next to them and a grey fence in the background.

Orange , purple and white flowers in a pot plant, with lots of green leafy bits around them.

4 small blue flowers on a green leafy stem. Underneath them is a wooden floor.

Today is extra crap. The weight of the world and very sick people close to me is hard and exhausting. Thankfully there are small things. We have to look for the glimmers more than ever.

Someone to love you like that is out there. I'm sorry things are so crap.

With a background that is red up the top. It gradually changes to blue then green then yellow. It has an image up the top centre that is faded, but you can make out a person standing and others sitting near a tree. Text: The Woodstock 69 experience. Acid Queen. Kozmic blues, Strawberry Fields forever. Irish club. Jul 14, 2018..7.30pm. Tickets $25. $30

I'm so sorry.

This is hard to answer. I'm nearly 57 and I've been crocheting since I was 8. I do make blankets as gifts for people, but I prefer to make pieces that are conceptual art works. I have been making dolls recently. I enjoy these.

Crochet

Nice colours. I love simple granny square blankets that let you explore colour and design with colour.

Yet another severe ME/CFS patient is being threatened with detention in a psychiatric ward Yet another severe ME/CFS patient is being threatened with detention in a psychiatric ward from Canary on 22 January 2025

Yet another severe ME/CFS patient is being threatened with detention in a psychiatric ward

In Denmark, Line's medical team is trying to forcefully detain her in hospital.

Predictably, they are doing so after labelling her #MEcfs as psychiatric #chronicillness
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Jebus. That's awful.

Eeep. Yep that stuff is not good to breathe in.

1. Visual art.
2. Textiles
3. Didn't change.
4. I work from home, very casual for a disability organisation - I am disabled, can't really do most work. Spend most of my waking hours doing something creative. So I'm doing what I trained to do, bit don't really make money from it.

This is a head shot of a pale skinned person. SweetAz is sitting in a car. She has collar length, blonde wavy hair. Her eyes are disguised by dark sunglasses. She is wearing a tan coloured hat and a navy t-shirt, over the top of a navy and white t-shirt. SweetAz has two piercings in the middle of her lips and a silver coloured necklace with a charm shaped like Africa. She is smiling at the camera.

The lovely Lost Larrikin had to pull out of our show on Tuesday due to illness. We have the lovely #SweetAz performing in his place.
Tickets to the #QueerVarietyShow

Get them here www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#Queer #Disabled

This is a full body photo of Megan and Sparklemuffin. They are a white skinned person with short blonde hear and heavy stage makeup, there is a tattoo on their right arm. In this shot they are wearing a long white dress with a split up the side, it has a halter neck. They have long white gloves, silver shoes and a big white, feathered head dress. The background is dark with a sparkly teal curtain and patterned carpet.

This was about 6 years ago. Proof I can do feminine, classic showgirl. I'm looking at developing a new classic based burlesque act soon. It's been a while. This photo was taken by Brett Sargeant or D-Eye.
#Queer #Disabled #Autistic #burlesque #Showgirl #VintageShowGirl #nonbinary #Genderqueer

A sepia tone photo of two witches. They both have pointy hats and long curly hair and they are holding a pumpkin.

We had a performer pull out due to illness. Magically we found a group of sexy burlesque witches, to perform at the #QueerVarietyShow
At #Smith'sAlternative
28th January.
Tickets: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Not the actual Witches you will see.

Pictured from the waist up, Velvet Garnet is an olive-skinned woman wearing a white mid-sleeve shirt under a burgundy waistcoat. She looks self-satisfied as she tightens her black bow-tie. Her black and white hair peeks out from her white top-hat, she also wears huge round black-rimmed classes, and triangular black earrings with white cats on them. #QueerVarietyShow #VelvetGarnet #Queer #LGBTIQA #Disabled #Trans #TransFemme #Asexual #Burlesque #CanberraBurlesque #ChronicIllness #CanberraEvents #CanberraLocals

Appearing at the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th January.
Tickets from #SmithsAlternative here: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Photo by Empress Eyrie
@empresseyrie.bsky.social

Hostest with the mostest #VelvetGarnet
@vindaloovixen.bsky.social

Two red and burgandy, crocheted mushrooms sitting in a little white pot, with fake grass and a little path made from tiny, brightly coloured pebbles . With a little green plant in there with them.

This is a little #crochet #mushroom I made to sell a while back. #QueerArtist #nonbinary #queer #Disabled #DisabledArtist #chronicIllness #Autistic