STUN Magazine

17/09/2025

You can fire up your own love chemicals with ta**ra, writes House of Tantra’s Andreas Anthony and Wolf Born.

Tantra’s Ecstasy: Generating Love Chemicals Without the High By House of Tantra's Andreas Anthony and Wolf Born You know the old joke: How do you make a Hor...Mone? The answer is chemicals, chemicals, chemicals. Our bodies are a pharmaceutical lab, producing a vast array of chemicals for every pur...

11/09/2025

New York rave culture is having a moment. Drawing together the definitive mix of voices from the Brooklyn underground rave scene and beyond, this study and celebration of the scene provides a fresh language for the shared and infinitely varied experience of dancing through the night until morning.

Raving on Writing - An Anthology Edited McKenzie Wark, Geoffrey Mak, Zoë Beery (OR Books) Reviewed by Glenda Harvey 5 stars For many of us in LGBTQIA+ community, rave music and culture have walked with us on our journeys out. Raves have been escapes from repression and oppression, havens for findin...

09/09/2025

STUN book review: 'King of Dirt' by Holden Sheppard

In the Nullarbor region of WA, you might seek freedom and adventure. But not Giacomo “Jack” Brolo. He’s out there for a reason that is a little more unconventional. A labourer on the remote Eyre Highway, Jack drives an excavator. Under the harsh but safe cloak of heterosexuality he digs away t...

05/09/2025

Qtopia Sydney will once again be part of the beating heart of Sydney Fringe Festival, hosting the official Q***r Hub from 2-27 September 2025. For a full month, Qtopia Sydney’s performance spaces, the Loading Dock Theatre and The Substation, will transform into a dedicated home for LGBTQIA+ voices...

29/08/2025

Running until 31 August 2025, the Melbourne Affordable Art Fair collects some of the country’s most vibrant and visually arresting artwork under one roof

Running from 28 August to 31 August 2025, the Melbourne Affordable Art Fair collects under one roof some of the country’s most vibrant and visually arresting artwork in a price range from below $1,000 to $10,000. Affordable Art Fair, painting by Kathryn Gallagher Following the Fair’s appearance ...

26/08/2025

Director and Youth Cabaret Co-Owner Florian Donnell is thrilled to showcase the talents of the young people involved, while also recognising the tumultuous times they have lived through.

A story of life, death and what might come next, Ride the Cyclone follows six young choir members. After being tragically killed in a freak rollercoaster accident, the teens engage in a singing battle to the life. With a cast of 6 lovable choir kids, an ominous fortune-telling machine and a bass-pla...

26/08/2025

Transgender basketballer Lexi Rodgers was blocked from playing the sport she trained her life for. Rather than walk away she doubled down, training, advocating, and waiting. A new documentary series called HOOPS follows Lexi, who, after a year of being benched by bureaucracy and backlash, is once again fighting for her chance to play in the NBL1. It launches on Wednesday 4 September exclusively on Instagram and TikTok

'HOOPS' DOCUSERIES CHRONICLES FIGHT FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS IN SPORT WHEN A TWEET STOPS A CAREER Transgender basketballer Lexi Rodgers was blocked from playing the sport she trained her life for. Rather than walk away she doubled down, training, advocating, and waiting. HOOPS, a new documentary serie...

04/08/2025

South Coast musicians Lucy + Hayley Neal are chasing their musical dreams while dodging sky-high living costs by housesitting full-time

South Coast stars Lucy Mills and Hayley Neal are striking a chord with their ingenious plan to chase music dreams while dodging sky-high living costs by housesitting full-time. As the musical duo 'Lucy + Hayley', they’ve spent six months gigging across the South Coast and Illawarra, staying in cos...

02/08/2025

Back once again with the renegade master

02/08/2025

LGBTQ+ ice hockey club’s inclusive event hits the ice at Canberra’s newest Wear It Purple event at Phillip on August 9

Sydney's Harbour Lights Ice Hockey Club is excited to bring its annual Wear It Purple Game to Canberra for the very first time, creating a unique space that celebrates inclusion and welcomes all to discover the thrill of ice hockey. Founded in 2021, Harbour Lights is a nonprofit community club dedic...