FULL SHOW: 21st Sept: Drag in Melbourne, Leigh Bowery

On this episode of Queering The Air:Our 'Meow, Meow, Meow' section, where we discuss what events are happening in the Queer world, included a discussion on a number of Naarm-based drag performers and their recent and current (sometimes meta, sometimes primary) contributions to our queer culture.A retrospective chat about Leigh Bowery, that also covered Australian artists who venture elsewhere to make it big, resisting othering via the performance of a sharp identity, and the perils of posthumously attributing politics to performers of past periods in popular culture.

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This episode was published on Sep 21, 2025.

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