Drag queens

Photographer Maite de Orbe worked with drag queens-slash-acrobats Shigella Problem and Miss Lucinda B. Hind for a shoot that combines the acrobatic with the erotic. Just don't leave your Granny Smiths lying around, kapeesh?

Femme (noun): “an LGBTQ+ person whose gender expression is considered to be feminine”. Femme (film): a brilliant, brutal British story of a drag queen’s thirst for revenge. We speak to stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George Mackay.

From Bugs Bunny’s ringlet wigs to Pleakley from Lilo and Stitch’s iconic fuck-ass bob, for many, cartoons are an early introduction to gender variance – and no one bats an eyelid.

“Blobby is absolutely queer in a ‘fuck the boundaries, destroy the system, embrace anarchy, live authentically on your own terms’ way.”

Masks off, heels on, struts at the ready: Australia’s drag shows are back. RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, however, is raising a few eyebrows.