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2. WHICH GAY ICON DO YOU THINK DOESN’T DESERVE THEIR TITLE? VOX? VOX?

Cass Cavanagh (she/her) 3rd Year | B. Arts (History)

1. Chelsea Manning; we stan a trans and queer whistleblowing icon. Sentenced to 35 years of prison for leaking documents revealing American war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, we should all be inspired by her bravery in doing the right thing even though she knew she’d face the wrath of the world’s most egregious imperialist offender.

2. There are simply too many to count. Ellen Degeneres (wage thief and workplace bully), Peter Thiel (fascist bankroller and piece of shit), Pete Buttigieg (neoliberal capitalist hack) - take your pick!

3. Could it have been my penchant for stealing my mum’s makeup or my love for wearing dresses? I probably should have realised when somebody scrawled F*GGOT in bold permanent marker on my locker in high school - everybody knew before I did!

4. The Feast Festival is always a fantastic way to spend a day and evening, especially with friends! I’m probably most excited to be attending my first Pride as an out trans woman and getting to revel in that liberating experience; no closet can hold me! Abigail Sutherland (they/she) 3rd Year | B. Arts (History) / B. Music (Classical performance)

1. My fav icon is Freddy Mercury! Truly the finest queer musician from the past 100 years.

2. RuPaul is someone I think doesn’t really deserve their title. Their views on transgender people continue to disrupt our normal lives since RuPaul is so popular with varying “allies” and pushes negative conceptions onto them.

3. I would say that the memory of me having a little tantrum because I couldn’t dress up as a queen/royalty for a costume party like my elder sister.

4. I am excited to see our baby gays come out and celebrate their identities for the first time! It is so important to feel pride and joy to be yourself.

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3. WHAT CHILDHOOD MEMORY DO YOU LOOK BACK ON AND REALISE YOU SHOULD HAVE REALISED YOU WERE QUEER EARLIER? 4. WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED FOR THIS COMING PRIDE MONTH?

Ollie Patterson (they/them) Honours in History

1. Tove Janssen, Joe Carstairs and Tchaikovsky

2. Katy Perry no doubt

3. Looking back at photos of myself playing men in so many musicals always makes me laugh a little

4. The book launch / signing for ‘Queen of the Walk, Gertrude’s Guide to Gay Adelaide History’, and cutting my hair again posthonours! Also my partner’s in a production of Shrek the Musical, so I’ll be seeing that at least 3 times (Hills Musical Company, get around it!). Tiana Reynolds (she/her) 1st Year | B. Arts (English)

1. Lady Gaga. She is iconic, she is the moment, she is a star. Her music and performances are fantastic enough alone, but what makes her my favourite gay icon is her dedication to her art. Her creativity and commitment to her ideas are qualities I hope to emulate in my life.

2. If you’ve ever said Taylor Swift is a gay icon you are not seeing the gates of heaven. Sorry! That woman could have gay sex on stage, and I would still think she was the straightest person alive.

3. I basically had a girlfriend in year 7. We were all over each other, we walked everywhere with an arm around the other, kissed on the cheek incessantly, and were generally annoying to the third person in our friend group. The worst part was probably that she was left handed and I’m right handed, so we would sit together and hold hands under the table while writing. Totally normal straight girl behaviour.

4. The same things I’m excited for every month: being gay, going out, spending time with friends and kissing girls, preferably all at once.