This is an interesting Buzzfeed list on LGBTI rights in Australia. Still a shitload of work to do, methinks.

I’m hosting this panel at the Wheeler Centre for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Monday March 30th.

Here’s the blurb:

Comedy aims to make us laugh, but it’s not all sweetness and light. Humour can be a way of taking control over the dark side of life: for the comedians who write the jokes and the audiences who relish them.

 

The ‘sad clown’ cliché is often true, with high-profile comics increasingly coming out of the closet about their struggles with mental health, partly due to an increased awareness and acceptance. Can seeing the world from a skewed or outsider perspective make humour easier, even if it makes life harder? When we joke about mental health, is there a line between catharsis, or boundary-pushing, and offence? Join host Tom Ballard, Lawrence Mooney and Sarah Kendall as they peek out from behind the red curtain to share their insights.

Click here to read my blog from the Brisbane Comedy Festival, featuring great fan feedback (see above), audio of confused Dutch people and shout-outs to late legends.

Here’s the last one from Adelaide Fringe, featuring the above photo, audio of old people and a cute kitty.

Ahead of Gay Christmas, I wrote some little thoughts down on the internet.

For pedestrian – On X-Men & What Mardi Gras Means To Me

For junkee.com – 14 Pro Tips To Making The Most Of Mardi Gras

Happy Mardi Gras to us all. Remember you can watch me, Magda Szubanski and Patrick Abboud broadcasting the action from the parade on SBS ONE this Sunday night at 8:30pm.

My second blog from the Adelaide Fringe for Daily Review is up now, featuring pictures like this one (with very little explanation). You can always hear the audio of me receiving the nicest heckle ever and the sounds of a lady in the distance being sexually pleasured.