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Personally found the party in the past to be very hit and miss. But mostly too expensive to justify going to and making a weekly trip as an out of stater.

Wonder if there'll be now be a massive drop in accommodation prices.

03.02.2026 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sydney Mardi Gras party axed weeks out from parade Chief executive of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Jesse Matheson, announced the post-parade celebration will not go ahead.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Sad news for Mardi Gras party fans.

03.02.2026 05:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Share a preacher, priest or nun

youtu.be/fyzUbyjaPjs?...

29.01.2026 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

With my selection of #Hottest100 I predicted that I would get no more than 3 in the top 100, and have none in the top 30.

Ended up having 5 in the top 100, and none in the top 30.

24.01.2026 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Haute & Freddy  - Dance The Pain Away
YouTube video by Haute & Freddy Haute & Freddy - Dance The Pain Away

Brand new track from Haute & Freddy and it's a banger. A 4 minute respite from the firehose of garbage that had been 2026 so far.

youtu.be/1BhJBoSILk4

09.01.2026 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cylindrical red and silver robot with green eyes stands in front of a city store and waves with both hands.

A cylindrical red and silver robot with green eyes stands in front of a city store and waves with both hands.

Tenga Robo is a robot who can transform into a Tenga sex toy. (They were promoting them in Shinjuku, Tokyo.)

10.01.2026 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1263    ๐Ÿ” 368    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73
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Amyl And The Sniffers To Stream Their Largest-Ever Gig From Alexandra Palace On YouTube Amyl And The Sniffers are commemorating their largest-ever show by sharing a video capsule of the moment on YouTube, free for all to experience. Held at Londonโ€™s Alexandra Palace (affectionately dubbed โ€œAlly Pallyโ€) on 25 October, the Melbourne punks played hits from across their career, including Security, Chewing Gum, Tiny Bikini, Freaks To The Front, GFY, Some Mutts (Canโ€™t Be Muzzled), Hertz, Jerkinโ€™ and many more across a 24-song set. The headline performance saw Amyl And The Sniffers perform to 10,000 fans in one of Londonโ€™s premier music venues, and, according to The Standard, they delivered a โ€œmasterclass in high-energy anarchy.โ€ Now, fans will get to re-live that experience, or watch the madness unfold for the first time. Amyl And The Sniffersโ€™ Ally Pally gig will be broadcast on YouTube from 5 pm AEDT today โ€“ head to the link below to set a reminder, or circle back and watch later. The concert film drops after a busy year on the road for the band. Amyl And The Sniffers have played plenty of headline shows this year in Australia, the UK, and Europe, as well as opening for Turnstile in the US. Plus, over the last two months, theyโ€™ve opened for AC/DC in stadiums across Australia, with the final date tomorrow night (18 December) at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. In July 2026, Amyl And The Sniffers return to the USโ€”this time for a headline run. Last month, the band picked up four ARIA Awards: Best Group, Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, and Best Cover Art (John Angus Stewart and Thomas Rennie) for their latest album, last yearโ€™s Cartoon Darkness. Reviewing Amyl And The Sniffersโ€™ set while opening for AC/DC at the MCG, The Musicโ€™s Monique La Terra declared, โ€œFronted by the deliciously feral Amy Taylor, the band, including Bryce Wilson on drums, Declan Mehrtens on guitar, and Gus Romer on bass, ripped through a ferocious set, unleashing crowd favourites like the gnarly Security, Tiny Bikini, and Jerkin like a blast of aggro-punk chaos. โ€œLooking every bit the 70s roller-disco queen in a blue sporty number, complete with fluffed hair and neon pink blush, Taylor charged the stage with unbridled energy. They closed their set with U Should Not Be Doing That, a song which just days ago earned the band their first Grammy nomination, and the irresistible, fuzz-drenched Hertz.โ€ Embedded Content

Amyl And The Sniffers To Stream Their Largest-Ever Gig From Alexandra Palace On YouTube

17.12.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AI the main suspect after radio stations wrongly identify reporter as alleged violent offender | Weekly Beast Southern Cross Austereo investigate how Adelaide Advertiser journalist was wrongly named. Plus: awkward timing for ABC crime podcast

Southern Cross Austereo has been investigating this week whether its introduction of AI-assisted news bulletins led to a News Corp reporter being mistakenly named as the man who allegedly struck police with a hammer before escaping custody
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d... #ausmedia

13.12.2025 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
CMAT โ€” Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
Fontaines D.C. โ€” It's Amazing To Be Young
Wolf Alice โ€” Bloom Baby Bloom
KNEECAP & Paul Hartnoll โ€” Sayลnara
The Temper Trap โ€” Giving Up Air
Sam Fender โ€” Arm's Length
Royel Otis โ€” say something
G Flip โ€” In Another Life
Turnstile โ€” NEVER ENOUGH
Lola Young โ€” One Thing

CMAT โ€” Take A Sexy Picture Of Me Fontaines D.C. โ€” It's Amazing To Be Young Wolf Alice โ€” Bloom Baby Bloom KNEECAP & Paul Hartnoll โ€” Sayลnara The Temper Trap โ€” Giving Up Air Sam Fender โ€” Arm's Length Royel Otis โ€” say something G Flip โ€” In Another Life Turnstile โ€” NEVER ENOUGH Lola Young โ€” One Thing

My selection for Triple J's #Hottest100 .

(TBH I would've mostly picked 10 different songs if I wasn't limiting myself to the selections presented, but that's what you get not being part of the youth demographic!)

10.12.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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MARINA Announces 2026 Australian Tour Dates After 15 long years, the wait is finally over for Australian fans of MARINA, with the Welsh musician set to return to local shores this February. Kicking off on February 24th, the three-date east coast tour will launch at Sydney's Horden Pavilion, before heading to the QPAC Forecourt in Brisbane on February 26th for the On The Banks concert series, and wrapping up at the Palace Foreshore in Melbourne on February 28th. The Sydney and Brisbane shows will see MARINA supported by none other than Australiaโ€™s own Mallrat, who is fresh off a huge year which included the release of her ARIA Award-nominated second album, Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right, back in February. The upcoming batch of tour dates will be MARINA's first on Australian shores in 15 years. Visiting the country for the first time in late 2010 for the Falls Festival, MARINA stuck around into the new year to play the Field Day and Southbound festivals, showcasing her then-recent debut album, The Family Jewels. Since then, a lot has changed for MARINA, including chart-topping commercial success in the UK with 2012's Electra Heart, and numerous appearances on the Aussie charts thanks to her subsequent records, including 2015's Froot, and 2019's Love + Fear. Most recently, MARINA released her sixth studio album โ€“ Princess Of Power โ€“ back in June to widespread critical acclaim. Tickets to her long-awaited 2026 tour go on sale from 1pm local time on Wednesday, December 10th, with an artist pre-sale launching at 1pm local time on Tuesday, December 9th, and a Handsome Tours pre-sale launching kicking off two hours later. Embedded Content MARINA โ€“ Princess Of Power Australian Tour 2026 Tuesday, February 24th โ€“ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW (Supported by Mallrat) Thursday, February 26th โ€“ On The Banks at QPAC Forecourt, Brisbane, QLD (Supported by Mallrat) Saturday, February 28th โ€“ Palace Foreshore, Melbourne, VIC

MARINA Announces 2026 Australian Tour Dates

08.12.2025 03:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spotify's doppelgรคnger problem After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place

After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place. My investigation into what happened, which resulted in Spotify taking down a bunch of slop tracks www.platformer.news/king-gizzard...

14.11.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 201    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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'Weโ€™re Not Here To Profit Off Artists': All-Australian Music Station LAMP Is Giving New Artists A Glow-Up Brett โ€˜Freoโ€™ Freeman could be forgiven for taking his own radio show and using it to platform his band and those of his buddies. But as a music-lover first and foremost, it would be completely and inherently out of character for the Melbourne-outskirts native, and also combative with the new fight heโ€™s taken upon himself โ€“ launching a radio station playing 100% new Australian music with plans to take the service into major retailers around the country. โ€œYou walk into a store or you switch on commercial radio and just hear the same music, all the time,โ€ he exclaims. โ€œIt's the hits of the past, or if you turn on Spotify, the algorithms [have traditionally been] geared towards international artists. โ€œYou put social media on, and the music that comes through there is usually curated by an international โ€˜someoneโ€™. Itโ€™s not new and itโ€™s not Australian.โ€ This realisation is by no means sudden or uncommon to most like Freo who have been in or around the industry for decades. As a passionate music-consumer, musician and as the host of the Mad Mile Music Club on Dandenong Ranges-based community radio station 3MDR, he is extremely cognisant of the incredible new music talent consistently created in Australia. โ€œBut there is no dedicated place to hear them, and little chance that listeners will incidentally run into them, because of the way steaming and social media algorithms run, the music thatโ€™s played in shops, and even despite the best efforts of our local and national broadcasters โ€“ itโ€™s old hits and not Australian.โ€ Embedded Content Enter Freoโ€™s venture โ€“ LAMP aka the Local Australian Music Platform, which he has recently soft-launched as an online radio station. LAMP plays new Australian music, with a mantra to promote and platform artists in a fair, ethical, and sustainable way. This passion to ensure new, local artists get a look-in is not just to ensure Freoโ€™s ticket through the pearly white gates one day, nor is it a new concept. Zooming out and with an economic lens, things are looking rosy for Australian music in some respects. This year, Music Australia's economic study The Bass Line: Charting The Economic Contribution Of Australia's Music Industry found composition, songwriting and music publishing contributed $470 million in revenue, with approximately 20% earned from overseas markets. But Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) CEO Dean Ormson said: โ€œWe've seen a 31% collapse in local content on streaming platforms over five years. This isn't happening because our music isn't good enough, and our surging export revenues prove our artists are among the best in the world. โ€œOur platforms are borderless, but algorithms favour scale and international repertoire dominate by default.โ€ย  Embedded Content When Freo launched his weekly all-Australian radio show, he indeed knew the algorithms were already weighted towards international artists and tried and true classics on other streaming and broadcast services. But the appetite for new Australian content was still evidently strong. It didnโ€™t take long for the requests for interviews to come flooding in, but it wasnโ€™t the radio host requesting interviews from the bands, the PR agencies and record labels. โ€œAs soon as I launched the show, I started to get contacted by PR agents, managers, by artists themselves,โ€ he explains. โ€œNext thing you know, I'm interviewing them. And I'm like, โ€˜How the fuck did this happen to our corner of the bloody internet?โ€™ โ€œNow I get music sent to me all the time. โ€˜Freo, can you interview this guy? Freo, can you put this guyโ€™s music on your show?โ€™ โ€œI'm not, by no means, the only one that's doing 100% Australian music on community radio, but they are few and far between,โ€ he continues. โ€œtriple j Unearthed is very important for new Australian artists, but theyโ€™re kind of already talking to their own market, whereas we want to reach a bunch of different audiences. โ€œThe fact that I was attracting all this attention from artists, agents, managers, and even, to some extent, some record labels, and being asked to interview people and showcase their music, that's what was the catalyst for it โ€“ because I turned around and went, they shouldn't be talking to me. I'm just one little guy who has a band and does the radio show.โ€ Embedded Content The percentage of Australian music played by public and commercial broadcasters is mandated to a degree according to the individual stationโ€™s charters, with support and promotion of local acts managed through various government entities such as the Australian Communications And Media Authority. โ€œBut [even with Australian music mandated in] charters, they don't tell you that you have to play new stuff,โ€ he says. "I mean, you can just play another Cold Chisel song; they're probably still playing Electric Blue by Icehouse from 1984 or whatever it was. โ€œNothing against Iva Davies of course; great band. But still, it's not new music.โ€ Itโ€™s this ilk of classic Australian rock and pop that Freo said dominates the retail music market, too. Which is what gave birth to the second arm of LAMP currently in development โ€“ a suite of genre-specific LAMP stations for retailers to play in their stores. Bunnings, BCF, Coles โ€“ theyโ€™re all in Freoโ€™s sights (and itโ€™s worth noting that there is such a thing as Coles Radio), but heโ€™s starting with the little guys first. โ€œLet's say you're the local barbershop and you want to play indie punk or something like that,โ€ he explains. โ€œYou can go to LAMP and play indie punk โ€“ it suits your brand, it suits your store. โ€œIf we can create a place where there's incidental contact with Australian music, that's a win.โ€ Freo is well on his way to seeing his grand plans come to life, with LAMP already on air playing new, Australian music. Itโ€™s a humble set-up for now (โ€œmy home office, four guitars hanging up, a record player, a computer and an internet connectionโ€), surrounded by a small team of equally passionate music lovers who have the production, sales, advertising skills to ensure LAMP has the potential to thrive alongside its commercial and public broadcast counterparts. โ€œWeโ€™re not here to profit off artists,โ€ he explains. โ€œWe don't need another company making a coin off the back of peopleโ€™s art. โ€œI donโ€™t think younger people now have any less passion for music than the people that were around in the halcyon days of the late โ€˜90s and early 2000s; it's just that they're not exposed to it in the same way now. โ€œAll these modern factors to access new music have changed the dynamics, and we just need to adjust the dynamics so that we can get good, new Australian music back in front of people - that's why we're doing this.โ€ The Local Australian Music Platform (LAMP) is available to listen to now via their website.

'Weโ€™re Not Here To Profit Off Artists': All-Australian Music Station LAMP Is Giving New Artists A Glow-Up

14.11.2025 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I donโ€™t normally do this but I want these two pieces to find good homes as I start cleaning up my current studio to move into my home studio in the coming month or so. Both are on sale for 24 hours only. Originally 1800.00c letting go for just 1000.00 a piece. 24x32โ€ acrylic on canvas.

14.11.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 202    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Colorblind by Counting Crows Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

This song just came on the radio - such a classic. Haven't heard it in so long!

Counting Crows - Colorblind
song.link/y/DayCEWCRuws

#music #CountingCrows

09.11.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Delivering on an election promise by handing over my 2008-2025 election night tie to the Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra. When I paid $20 for it in 2008, never thought it would end up in a museum.

03.11.2025 06:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 397    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Keli Holiday & Thelma Plum Front New Artist-Led Initiative '#AUSIFY' Aussie music legends Thelma Plum and Keli Holiday lead the call for everyday music fans to make a change and #AUSIFYYourAlgo. Keli Holiday and Australian music advocate Ash McGregor will kick off celebrations of the #AUSIFY campaign tomorrow (1 November). The pair will host the interactive pop-up, Ausify The Aux, at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney from 9-10 am AEDT, where theyโ€™ll invite punters to play their favourite Australian track and pay tribute to homegrown music. The #AUSIFY campaign launch coincides with Ausmusic Month, which kicks off in November. Through its social media presence, the initiative will share digital content, artist co-signs, and unveil surprise live moments that encourage viewers to seek out local talent and curate their feeds to be chock-full of Australian music talent. Embedded Content The campaign is set to celebrate the incredible diversity of Australian music by spotlighting local talent. This mission will be achieved thanks to the collective effort of artists, managers, labels, promoters, festivals, venues, industry partners and bodies, such as radio, streaming platforms, and local brands. Everyday music listeners can support the initiative and #AUSIFY the content seen on their algorithms by creating Ausify playlists, sharing their favourite local music on social media, attending gigs, buying merch, and interacting with Australian musicians, creators, blogs, and more. The #AUSIFY website will also contain a step-by-step guide of easy ways to AUSIFY your algorithm, plus Australian-focused playlists to listen to, and the Ausifyer, a live music generator with recommendations of gigs you can enjoy. You can find out more about the #AUSIFYYourAlgo campaign here. โ€œEveryone knows how good Australian music is, and the more you explore it, the more it gives back,โ€ Thelma Plum explained. โ€œThere are so many incredible stories and artists that reflect who we are. โ€œThis campaign is about reminding people how easy it is for people to discover and champion that, by simply choosing to search for those stories and making sure local artists get the attention they deserve!โ€ Keli Holiday added, โ€œWe have the power to change our personal algorithm and support great Aussie music - no matter the platform. โ€œItโ€™s not just about streaming your favourite artists - itโ€™s repping them by going to shows, putting them in your playlists, merch, telling your mates, purchasing physical records, making requests to radio and word of MOUTH!โ€ He continued, โ€œThis all helps Aussie artists get heard. Letโ€™s get together to keep our Australian talent in the conversation and make local music impossible to be ignored because we as Australians have SO much beautiful art to share with the world - we just gotta get it heard, seen and felt.โ€ Embedded Content

ICYMI: Keli Holiday & Thelma Plum Front New Artist-Led Initiative '#AUSIFY'

01.11.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

06.10.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19770    ๐Ÿ” 7436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 137    ๐Ÿ“Œ 370
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

01.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28358    ๐Ÿ” 7638    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1256    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1939
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โ€œI did not sacrifice the dignity of myself or my fellow Australians by oranging a meeting with Trump,โ€ said the bronzed-up Albanese.

Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/09/25/a...

25.09.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Orange Theme (Extended Mix) by Joris Voorn & AVIRA Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

What a great track! #trance

joris voorn & avira - the orange theme
song.link/au/i/1745413...

23.09.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Demtel - BeDazzler ad (1992)
YouTube video by Petarkco's Media Archive Demtel - BeDazzler ad (1992)

Be safe, be seen, BeDazzled! As seen on #CommercialCrimestoppers. @tlschampagne.bsky.social youtu.be/S2jn5-Sp5II

15.08.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Been such a bad gay to have missed this up until now, but finally watched Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

20.09.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Have your say: Working from home legislation We want to hear your views on the Victorian Governmentโ€™s plan to introduce working from home legislation.

Hey #Melbourne. engage.vic.gov.au/wfh

17.09.2025 06:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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overlap

14.09.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1548    ๐Ÿ” 381    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Love hearing CMAT getting some well deserved Double J love as album of the week.

02.09.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This divaa

29.08.2025 09:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is seismic news in the AFL world, and especially for those of us who are both gay and footy fans. ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ

I'm sending a huge and hearty congrats to former West Coast player Mitch Brown on coming out as the AFL's first openly bisexual male player in the 120+ year history of the AFL/VFL comp. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ

27.08.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Former West Coast player Mitch Brown becomes first openly bisexual man in AFL history * Brown says he hopes coming out publicly will help others feel seen * 36-year-old played 94 games for the Eagles between 2007 and 2016 Mitch Brown has become the first male AFL player, past or present, to come out as gay or bisexual, in a step he hopes will make others in the game feel seen. The 36-year-old played 94 matches for West Coast in a career that ended in 2016. He identifies as a bisexual man and is in a long-term relationship with a woman. Continue reading...

Former West Coast player Mitch Brown becomes first openly bisexual man in AFL history

27.08.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

@mxtn is following 20 prominent accounts