A scion of #Melbourne's-Drag-Scene has passed beyond this mortal coil: #Dulcie-du-Jour has tripped her final hour upon the stage.
Fundraising, community events: #Dulcie's-Dog-Show at #Midsumma, her presence was felt across #Melbourne's #Queer Community.
Vale a true Queen of the Proscenium & Stage
a file of rubbish in a bag on a street, topped with a gay party poster
#SmithSt #Midsumma Pride of Victoria Street Party: the morning after.
photographs of two men with ice-creams and a crowd under trees hung with streamers
photographs of a stage performance, an inflatable rainbow 🌈, three shop-front performers, and two shops
photographs of street festival tents and umbrellas, and a man in the street
photographs of crowds under trees
#GertrudeSt #SmithSt #PeelSt #Midsumma Pride of Victoria Street Party. Ice-creams and crowds.
two photographs of art photos of tattoos of birds and butterflies in dark disco light looking pink and mauve
#14Gallery @14 #Midsumma Jessi Ryan ‘Skin’ celebrating queer tattoos in a dark disco environment.
two photographs of three men, one holds a finger up in an odd Welsh way
view of a stage from the audience: a curtained area lit in blue
two theatre production publicity photographs showing near-naked men in a shower area
#ChapelOffChapel #Midsumma Afterglow. A threesome has unpredictable consequences. Come for the slick production and copious full-frontal nudity (and a diving Olympian), stay for the thoughtful script and pretty good performances.
promotional photograph of a theatrical circus production showing three men in a heap, and three photographs from the show of various acrobatic feats
#TheatreWorks #Midsumma Campfire Unleashed. Physical theatre and circus acrobatics tell of mates in the bush pursued by a third, exploring masculinity and friendship. Lovely non-speaking piece leaning into silent film and comedy, incorporating breathtaking acts.
two theatrical production photographs showing three young people making cheers, and an older couple debating
two photographs from a theatrical production showing the set like a deconstructed tennis court with a young woman on a tall seat, and a man in tennis clothes facing away from us
#TheatreWorks #Midsumma Australian Open. Very funny take on the repercussions of an out tennis champion’s open relationship with his potential husband, as the boyfriend’s parents implode.
a huge skating figure sculpture and an external seating area
an apartment building with huge frontage taken up with services kiosks and cupboards
photographs of a collage of past production posters in the Theatre Works toilet
DOC #StKilda for pizza then #TheatreWorks for #Midsumma. DOC is on the site of the St Moritz ice skating rink, 1939-82 (before that it was dance halls and even Frank Thring Senior’s film studios).
three paintings of shadowy, blurred people in indistinct surroundings
general view of a gallery from through the front window, and six artworks in the room: Japanese ghosts; a cock; Japanese love scene; a face with a fish in the mouth; multiple ceramic hoops and lengths piercing the canvas; a squashed-up red figure
Went to #OffTheCurbGallery to see @shanemcgowenart’s other #Midsumma show, three paintings in ‘Summer Dayz’, but sadly they’d closed early and I could only glimpse the art through the window. Re-constructed photos so proportions and colours may be wrong!
New at my Patreon... At Melbourne's City Library, I found an intriguing - and moving - exhibition of historical photos of same-sex sweethearts from the 19th to mid-20th centuries:
#Melbourne #art #photography #library #LGBTI #Midsumma www.patreon.com/posts/dateline-love-in-1...
eight paintings of parts of a hazy memory
three hard edged colourful geometric paintings
artworks by four artists showing male and female bodies
dark artworks on a dark blue background, reproducing Renaissance paintings
#Midsumma #SolGallery ‘Souls’ group show opening, featuring @shanemcgowenart’s wonderful paintings, this collection a series ‘One Shot’ based on an old holiday snapshot of his husband in Times Square. Many other works in the show too.
Gay dogs 🐕 🏳️🌈
feat. @robotbenji.bsky.social, @slothypup.bsky.social, & @aerospacepup.bsky.social
#Midsumma #PuppyPlay #Pride
Got to dress up in my pink and go to the Melbourne mid summa festival today!! It was so amazing and filled with such amazing queers!!
#midsumma #Melbourne #queer #trans #fun #sore #friends #community #love #blessed #happy #heart
people walk down a pathway into a sunny park filled with stalls and more people
two photographs of a music stage with a signer for hard of hearing people, sign-dancing the music, and two photographs of community stalls, one for ‘Prostate Pride’ and one for ‘LGBTQI+ Stroke Research’
#AlexandraGardens #Midsumma Carnival. Annual opportunity for sunburn/sunstroke as the urge to reduce clothing fights increased solar exposure. Nice to see health issues are being addressed, and fantastic danceterpretation on the DJ stage!
Happy #fcf to all for this last weekend of #midsumma - I'll be wandering around my beloved #fitzroy for #vicprideday on Sunday, sadly wearing more clothes, but if you recognise me feel free to grab my ass 😏🍑
#fatcockfriday #feetfriday #pinkholefriday #notpinkfridayfucknickiminaj #hungryholeeveryday
"The World really needs art and bold conversations," says SKIN performer and exhibitor Jessi Ryan. Image: Jessi at 3CR.
#midsumma #midsummafestival #JessiRyan @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #3CR #queerradio #queermelbourne #queerpodcast
happy pride in melb. Midsumma was fun !!
#midsumma #midsumma2026 #melbourne #vic #pride #hashtag
Midsumma Festival. Victoria's festival of LGBTQIA+ arts and culture.
We march for visibility, for joy and justice. We march for those beside us, those before us and those not yet here. Step with us, claim your space, make your noise and march the streets with power and pride~ unknown #midsumma
Pinkwashed NAB Midsumma ‘Pride’ disrupted This morning at corporate Midsumma pride, a small autonomous group of queers temporarily halted the ‘national australia bank’ (NAB) contingent in protest. NAB is Midsumma’s principal $$$ pinkwasher. Just this week, 50 degrees was recorded at the ‘port augusta’ weather station —the furthest south from the equator ever recorded. NAB make a killing from us fuelling colonial capitalist climate breakdown. Ecocide and genocide are parallel. The disgraced pro-genocide premier of ‘victoria’, Jacinta Allan, who can’t wait to host Zionist war criminal Isaac Herzog, also marched. She throws us crumbs. Every trans suicide in her state is murder! BOYCOTT MIDSUMMA NO PRIDE IN PINKWASHING QUEER LIBERATION NOT ASSIMILATION TRANS LIBERATION = LAND BACK
Pinkwashed NAB Midsumma ‘Pride’ disrupted #Boycott #Midsumma #StKilda
Me, holding a flag pole o er my right shoulder, with the trans flag flying behind me to my left.
Had a great time the @pup-robin.bsky.social and all the pups from @vicpah.bsky.social at #midsumma pride march!
#pupcody #pride
We ended up carrying the leading banner for the Girl Guides Australia group in the #Midsumma #Pride parade! 💖
Guide with Pride!
A quiet achiever devoted to ensuring queer women's health is visible. Podcast with Wise Words curator Rachel Cook from Thorne Harbour Health. #womenshealth #thorneharbourhealth #3CR #storytelling #rachelcook #midsumma @thorneharbour.bsky.social
Podcast with Synth Pop Queen Madam Nightingale.
#synthpop #madamnightingale #3CR #midsumma #midsummafestival
Firebrand artist Jessi Ryan dives into SKIN for Midsumma. We discuss their incendiary performance and exhibition at Collingwood's @14. #queerpodcast #midsumma #JessiRyan #SKIN #3CR
Guests on today's show: Jessi Ryan, SKIN, Madam Nightingale, Dynamic Darkness and New Beginnings, Rachel Cook, Wise Words. #queermelbourne #3CR #midsumma #queerradio #queerpodcast
My #Midsumma event? Why yes, I believe there are still tickets available for this Saturday. www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/eve...
DNA #313 - OUT NOW!
Inside:
#SaunaStories #SydneySauna #HeatedRivalry #AusOpen2026 #Midsumma #TroyeSivan #MatthewMitcham #GayAustralia
~read/opt-in 👉 dnam.ag/313
