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CONTENT 207 # GET THE LOOK !

Regulars Fashion
13 FROM THE EDITOR
42 ON THE COVER: SWEAT
14 BURNTTOAST: READERS’ LETTERS Rugby hunk Jacob Woodhouse stars in our
sports fashion feature.
16 LOVING: STUFF
18 MONTH IN A MINUTE
56 PLAYING HARD
24 MUSIC REVIEWS Making Gear Sportswear – an athletic
28 THEATRE: VIRGINIA WOOLF? brand for men, made by men.

30 BOOK REVIEWS
32 DEAR DIVA: AGONY!
34 THE DEPLORABLES: SAY WHAT? Photography
36 GAY CHEF: JORDAN’S CUP CAKES
38 STRAIGHT MATE: BEN HALL 66 MARDI GRAS 2017
82 BACK PASSAGE: WONDER WOMAN The Parade and Party photographed
by Hamid Mousa, Jeffrey Feng and
Cain Cooper.

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Sporty spunk Nick Dawson as shot by
Matthew Rettenmund.
20 MILKBEACH: THE BEACH, THE TOWEL
22 THE LGBTI AWARDS
26 BIELFIELD: POP HUNK

Features
On The Cover And This Page:
40 CASH FOR GAY KIDS
Jacob Woodhouse wears Bike
One man’s push-up challenge to help save kids
Rattler Shoulder Pads and Barcode
at risk.
Anton Swim Jock available at
xplcitassistance.com. Story starts
56 MEET SUPER MAN page 42.
Andrew Hedgman is gay and vegan in the
world’s toughest sport: ultramarathon. PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTIAN SCOTT.
WWW. STUDIOCHRISTIANSCOTT.COM
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60 TO FREEDOM
Revealing the intriguing life and crimes of
Chelsea Manning, America’s most controversial
trans person, by Andrew M Potts.

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 Andrew Creagh / FROM THE EDITOR

Fun And Games

NO POLITICS OR COMMENTARY FROM ME THIS
MONTH, JUST SOME FUN MOMENTS THAT WERE
CRAMMED INTO A COUPLE OF VERY BUSY WEEKS.

F
irst up, it was hard to miss the Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras
in Sydney! The city filled up with excited visitors, Fair Day (in
its temporary location) was a blast, and the Parade, although
threatened by rain, was a glittering, glamorous, gloriously gay success.
I have to own up and admit that I didn’t make it to the Party! I
was too pooped. But we have great pictures from both the Parade
and Party starting from page 66 and there are heaps more in the
Digital version. As spectacular as the Parade was, a highlight for me
was bumping into the adorable Thom Ward and Emily Barclay from
Please Like Me, a show I adored.
The first Australian LGBTI Awards were presented a couple of days
before Mardi Gras at a gala dinner at the Sydney Opera House and you
Joel Creasey gave me
can read more about them on page 22. My partner and I were seated at some great gossip on his
a table with comedian Joel Creasey and his date and Christine Forster fellow gay comedians,
Rhys Nicholson, Tom
and her partner Virginia Edwards. Christine was up for an Award in
the Politics category (which ended up going to Penny Wong), and Joel
presented the Sportsperson Award, which he did hilariously. Joel also gave Ballard and Josh Thomas!
me some great gossip about other gay comedians like Rhys Nicholson,
Josh Thomas and Tom Ballard – all totally inappropriate to print. Yet! Ian
“Molly” Meldrum received the Lifetime Achievement Award and it was a (Top) Selfie with
Thomas Ward and Emily
privilege to be able to say hello and take a selfie with him. Barclay at Mardi Gras.
Finally, I want to tell you about this month’s cover star, Jacob (Above) Meeting Molly
Woodhouse. We found Jacob while casting for a bloke who could carry at the LGBTI Awards,
with Noel Posus and
the Sports issue. Many thanks to John Scott at Platform Me agency Ginni Saraswati.
for sending Jacob to DNA. The shoot with photographer Christian
Scott was an eight-hour marathon but it flew by because Jacob was so
professional and ready to explore all our ideas. It wasn’t until the day of
the shoot that I learned about Jacob’s professional rugby history – check
out his story on page 42 and find out what makes him perfect for the
cover of our Sports issue – apart from looking spectacularly sexy.
Our major feature this month is an in-depth account of the life and
crimes of Chelsea Manning. With her discharge from military prison
coming up next month, this enigmatic figure in American and LGBTI
history faces an interesting future. Andrew M Potts’ story traces her
early troubled life as Bradley, time in the army, how she accessed the data
she eventually leaked, and her gender transition while incarcerated. It’s a
wild ride and, I suspect, her life is yet to provide some more interesting
twists and turns.
Join us next month for our special Weddings issue and, meanwhile,
enjoy this month’s reading. Remember, if you are a Print subscriber
you automatically have access to the Digital version with extra content
for the tablet or mobile device. Go to DNAmagazine.com.au/digital to
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Our cover
shoot with
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magazine Jacob
Woodhouse.

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INSIDE THE MINDS OF DNA READERS! EMAILS, LETTERS, TWEETS, FACEBOOK POSTS, CARRIER PIGEON DISPATCHES AND RAMBLINGS
and father were by their church beliefs, and comments…
they are now the examples of how not to show – “Doesn’t this almost make you want to move
love, compassion and tolerance – hey, aren’t to Australia?”
they supposed to be Christian values? BTW, – “I love you.”
Christopher’s package in that photo. Just saying. – “Damn, I love that leather look, those muscles
– Neville and that big bulge.”
There you go, Nev, I promised we’d do better
in future. – Ed.

NEXT BIG THING: 3D PORN

3D Augmented Porn, holy fuck, you have got to
be kidding? (Next Big Thing: Digital Boyfriend,
DNA #206). The future of real-life fucking is
in doubt! We’ll all be at home plugged into the
internet with a pair goggles strapped on our
heads and a hands-free vibrating Fleshlight
buzzing away on our cocks! People already have
unrealistic ideas about body shape, healthy
bodies, cock sizes, butt fucking and intimacy. No
CHEYENNE PARKER ON THE COVER one will want real, smelly, sweaty, ugly sex ever
So sexy cover! – Eduardo Gonzalez again. Only thing is, I know that I for one can’t
Why didn’t we get to see Cheyenne’s “Next Big wait to try it! – Ash Vaughn
Thing?” – Neville
Sorry Nev, we’ll do better in future. – Ed. Bring on the 3D porn. Can’t come fast enough,
pardon the pun, if you ask me. – Eddie88.
BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
What a sad story for Christopher Jewell and ARMY OF MEN
Grant, his husband on Bride And Prejudice. John Bortolin’s shoot with model Brad for
Thanks for featuring them last issue (#206). Army Of Men fetish gear [right] attracted a lot GET THE LOOK !
If anything good has come from the show it’s of attention on our Facebook page, with over
that viewers saw how screwed up Chris’ mother 6,000 Likes and over 400 Shares. Some of the

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“Born again” Michael declared he was no longer gay and suggested that
“divine intervention” had straightened him out. He left his long-term
gay partner and moved to Wyoming, studied to become a pastor and
married a woman. James Franco does some of his best work in gay
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No one at DNA ever imagined
we’d be Loving – gasp! – a nice
pair of slacks but, readers, just
look at the curves on Justin Adorable Where The Wild Things Are costume
Trudeau. Canada’s dreamy from Sydney’s recent Mardi Gras Parade. We’d go
PM… he can wear anything! wherever his wild thing took us!

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MONTH IN A MINUTE / with Torsten Højer

And so, to anyone watching this who

sees themselves in us [the characters in the
film], let this be a symbol, a reflection that
leads you to love yourself. Because doing so
may be the difference between dreaming at all
and… realising dreams you never allowed
yourself to have.
– Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins reveals the brief Oscars speech he planned on giving but
didn’t due to the mistake that announced La La Land as Best Picture at the ceremony.

›› COOPERS BREWERY and being gay is a “social construct”. Teen Wolf hunk Colton Haynes (above) becomes
backtracks on its perceived NARTH used various discredited engaged to his florist boyfriend Jeff Leatham,
support for an anti- techniques to attempt to “help who proposed on a Mexican beach. A specially
marriage equality religious men reduce their unwanted same- recorded video message by Cher played on a big
group after Australian pubs sex attractions and assist them screen as he popped the question. Haynes says
start boycotting its beer. in exploring their heterosexual his life “is like something from a movie”. Haynes
Bars across the country potential”. came out last year.
remove Coopers from
sale after a video emerged ›› HIV RATES in New South Wales drop
“making light” of the debate to introduce to a five-year low. Experts attribute the result
gay marriage. The brewery also created to increased use of PrEP, which prevents
a limited edition beer to celebrate the infection in HIV negative people, and regular
anti-gay Bible Society’s 200th birthday. testing and effective treatments. NSW health
Coopers apologise and insist they chiefs say it is an encouraging sign. The state
supports marriage equality in Australia. aims to eliminate HIV transmission by 2020.

›› PRINCESS DIANA’S former butler Paul

Burrell comes out, revealing he has had a Fury erupts with the release of Disney’s live-action
boyfriend for a decade and plans to marry him. Beauty And The Beast, because it includes a
Burrell was married to a woman for more than “gay moment”. In one scene, Gaston (Luke Evans,
30 years but is now divorced. Britain’s tabloid above) and his man servant LeFou dance together.
press allege that Burrell took part in a “huge gay Malaysia refuses the film’s release. Russia gives it
orgy” on the Queen’s Royal Yacht in 1981. a 16+ rating, meaning adult-only. Some religious
groups in the US boycot the movie.
›› TUNISIAN POLICE detain two men because
“they looked gay” and send them for “anal ›› TWO AMERICAN brothers are arrested in
probing” examinations to prove they are. The Indiana for making out while naked in the
Tunisian men, in their early twenties, were street. Timothy and Noah Batz (pictured),
walking down a street when they were stopped both in their early twenties, were reportedly
and taken to a police cell. Police allegedly told high on marijuana and magic mushrooms at
them they were “bringing a curse upon the the time. They are charged with numerous
country.” They await trial. Homosexuality is offences, including incest and obscenity.
illegal in Tunisia and can be punished by up to
three years in prison. ›› ONE IN EIGHT Californians identify as
LGB or T a new poll reveals. The study, by
›› THE FOUNDER of the notorious gay Tulchin Research, asked 600 voters about RuPaul (above) says the Trump era should be a
conversion therapy organisation National their sexual orientation or gender identity. 16 wake-up call for the LGBT community. The drag
Association for Research And Therapy Of per cent answered that they were lesbian, gay, superstar says we are in danger of becoming
Homosexuality (NARTH) dies. Dr Joseph bisexual or trans. Activists say it proves that complacent and that these political changes should
Nicolosi launched the movement in 1981, the rights of LGBT people in the state cannot rally us. “I think it’s a call to action for all of the like-
stating that “everyone is heterosexual” be ignored. minded people like ourselves to get involved.”

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more than just great views – it inspired a
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IT WAS ONCE a well-kept secret, known only to locals.

Now, if you can find it, Milk Beach in the exclusive
Sydney suburb of Vaucluse offers a unique day out,
with stunning views of the city and harbour.
With just 50 metres of sandy beach, it can get busy
on a hot summer weekend, but the broader appeal of
the beach is the area’s sense of privacy and history.
The grounds around Milk Beach include rolling
green heritage grounds and a Victorian Italianate
mansion dating back to the mid-19th Century. The
area served as inspiration for the recently launched
brand MILKBEACH – who created the Day Towel,
a luxurious and modern reinvention of the classic
Australian beach towel.

There are many active

ways to enjoy Milk
Beach; with walking
trails and heritage
listed sites the entire
area provides plenty to
do and see.
The best time to visit Milk Beach is between October
and the end of March. However, many a winter’s day
can be enjoyed on a picnic blanket with some bubbly,
provided the sun is out. There are more active ways
to make the most of the area; with walking trails and
heritage listed sites the entire area provides plenty to
do and see. Getting there can take a bit of researching
but once found, it’s easy to revisit.
Check out some of the snaps the guys at
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And
The
Award
Faustina Agolley Alex Grenwich (left)
and Patrick Abboud and Magda Szubanski

Goes
To…
THE FIRST Australian LGBTI Awards were
held on March 2 at a gala event at the
Sydney Opera House.
Event host, Jackie Loeb
Categories open to nominations
were diverse and ranged from Hero,
Sportsperson, Role Model, Broadcaster,
Politician and Journalist to corporate
awards for Brand/Organisation, Employee
Network and Travel Destination.
Notable winners on the night included
Victoria’s Gender And Sexuality
Commissioner Rowena Allen (Hero), soccer
player Michelle Heyman (Sportsperson),
TV and radio personality Julie McCrossin
(Broadcaster), Labor upper-house senator
Virginia Edwards
Penny Wong (Politician), actress Lucy and Christine Forster Joel Creasey (left)
Lawless (Ally), and actress Ruby Rose
(Celebrity). SBS was awarded the Brand
Award for their outstanding commitment
to broadcast diversity.
Music journalist and TV presenting
legend, Ian “Molly” Meldrum was given
the Lifetime Achievement Award, but not
before an altercation with actor Samuel Samuel Johnson (left)
Johnson (who played Meldrum in the Molly with Molly Meldrum.
bio-mini-series). Molly made a gracious
but mumbled acceptance speech in his
trademark style before whipping off his
pants to reveal rainbow tights beneath.
Always the entertainer.

MORE: www.australianlgbtiawards.com.au Liam Davis Matt Mitchem

and Harry Cook
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MUSIC REVIEWS / Compiled By Marc Andrews

KATIE NOONAN AND KARIN

SCHAUPP – SONGS OF THE
LATIN SKIES
Here’s what Katie did next! The Aussie
songstress has teamed up again with
guitarist pal Karin Schaupp to croon
and swoon their way through the Latin
American songbook. That means a
gaggle of exquisite jazz and classical
pieces from the musical masters of
South America or, to put it simply,
mucho bossa nova, samba, salsa and
tango. “In this, our third release
together, I feel like Karin and I have
made our best work yet,” Katie insists.
“Playing with Karin is like floating on
a gorgeous cloud. It is such a pleasure
to make music together and this new
selection of beautiful songs has been
our most comfortable musical home
yet.” The good news is the duo are
touring their new Latina diva album
throughout Australia (as part of the
Spiegeltent) over the coming few
months.

PETE TONG – CLASSIC HOUSE SAMPHA – PROCESS

Here’s an example of a great idea gone hideously Beyonce writes an album about bittersweet spouses on
wrong. The aim was to give a clutch of rave faves Lemonade. Her younger sister Solange writes a better
a classical music makeover. Somewhere the plot one with A Seat At The Table. All things considered, it
got lost (dare we suggest “disco damaged”!) and must be time for a new voice, and a black male one at
the result is something that’s a little bit dance-y, that, to connect with our pain about life in this post-
a little bit classical, but a whole lotta Muzak. It’s Trump chaos. Sampha, also one name only, is a late
the sort of thing you recoil from in horror when twenties British artist who’s worked with both Bey and
the original artists are dismissed and their songs so watered down they Sol so already there’s a familial connection. Like the Knowles gals, he’s über-
might literally have been murdered. Moby’s Porcelain and Go, Inner City’s stressed with modern life, but gives it a beautiful voice. As someone who hangs
Good Life and Faithless’ Insomnia all make the hit list and are gunned out with Drake (musically only, sadly) and The xx, Sampha is destined for fame
down. Classic House makes you appreciate the originals. in that zone Frank Ocean zealously keeps to himself.

ÁSGEIR – AFTERGLOW VARIOUS – ARMADA ACOUSTIC

My iTunes lists this album as “alternative” so Armada Music is a European label specialising
someone is trying to tell us this is disquieting in dance music, specifically of the electronic
music that doesn’t fit easily any category. It’s type that can blow through your eardrums more
bravely many steps away from the Icelandic intensely than any Mediterranean island breeze.
singer/songwriter’s sumptuous debut In The Mercifully, the Euro-powers that be there have
Silence four years ago. That had the lyrical devised a 50-track bundle of laidback, acoustic
assistance of John Grant; its elegant and elegiac versions of their dancefloor fillers to help you
single Going Home a devastatingly haunting piece of music. Afterglow rest your weary minds and feet. Some of the biggest EDM tunes of the last
is the artist in experimental mode, not crowd-pleasing form. With an decade now sport a more chilled vibe here from Armin van Buuren (who
abstract, harsh and chilly Reykjavik air to it, Ásgeir’s sophomore album is kicks off the album with This Is What It Feels Like), Dash Berlin, Cosmic
like hearing a sodden and sullen Adele swallowed by a geyser after getting Gate and plenty more. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Emma Hewitt and Kelly
neutered. The hipster alternative crowd might dig this, but we fear this Llorenna also get to show-off their vocal chops. Welcome to this year’s
difficult record will only deliver afterburn. essential “recovery record”. Deep breath… ahhhhhh.

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Photography Steven Godbee.

Kyle Bielfield in Handel’s
Messiah with the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra;
(below) with Courtney Act.

POP
RACEKyle Bielfield is a sexy opera tenor… sometimes.
He’s also sexy pop star Bielfield whose latest single
is a tribute to George Michael featuring Courtney
Act. Marc Andrews asks how they really made
beautiful music together!

DNA: Did it really take a year for you and

Courtney Act to record Dance Again? BIELFIELD ON DRAG RACE
Bielfield: Yes. Originally, it was much slower. I “I wasn’t a religious fan but I
wrote for her voice and wanted it to have some watched Courtney’s whole season. I
Miami influence and, thanks to Courtney, some thought she should’ve won. Bianca
Ace Of Base elements crept in! Del Rio won and she’s someone I
Dance Again references George Michael’s really like, but she’s a comedian.
Careless Whisper; is it true you thought he was Maybe it’s a blond thing!”
a black, female singer?
It’s true and super embarrassing! I thought he was do classical?” Now people are more receptive are supported and seen as unique. That’s made
this black lady forever! Then I saw a picture of to what I’m doing. It’s weird that people are so it hard for me to be the entertainer I want to
George Michael and was like, “What?!” I think he’d biased about music and it sucks because I don’t be. I may have to change location – this is the
quite like that. His death was so sad. I did a George see it like that. I went electropop and created deciding year.
Michael tribute night with Brendan Maclean. a new brand under the name Bielfield so now We have to ask… are you and Courtney dating?
Did Brendan ask you to perform any kinky sex people see me as two different things, even if [Giggles] Courtney and I have been very close at
acts in his next video? they like both. certain times throughout the last year. I think
Well, I don’t think that is off brand! I have a lot Do you ever feel the need to burst out into she had an interest right now in California. An
of respect for him. I tried to watch his House Of opera when you’re performing as Bielfield? interest in me? I don’t know. She was showing
Air video but I couldn’t get through the whole That’s the thing; I have sung things live an me some pictures and I was like, “Okay, yeah!”
thing. He’s out-there as a person, too. Respect. octave higher in a classical technique and but it could never work.
Any plans to mash up Dance Again and when you experience my voice live the reaction Why not?
Careless Whisper? is extreme. People who hear me in person [Laughs] I’m far too beautiful!
You might be picking up on the scent of understand it all as a joint project. I want my What do you look like in drag?
something that is happening as we speak! music to have some classical element to it Oh man, it would be a disaster. There’s no way
You’re also an opera singer, having just without it being crossover. I could wear highheels on a runway. I’m such
finished performing in Handel’s Messiah. How Is there a game plan for your career, or careers, now? a ditz. One drag queen in a relationship is
do you balance the two careers? I’m working on a full album, which is going to be probably enough!
It’s incredibly challenging. When I first went rather eclectic.
into pop from classical I had a hard time because Whose career would you want to emulate?
everyone categorised me and didn’t want to Madonna. In Australia, certain eccentricities MORE: Dance Again is released through Sony
Music Australia. For more on Bielfield find him on
work with me. They said, “Why wouldn’t you are frowned upon, whereas in other places they www.bielfield.com

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 The
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 THEATRE REVIEW / with Matthew Myers

Imelda Staunton as
Martha in the current
London production.
Nick and Honey:
what are they’re
walking into?

PARTY IN HELL
Explosive characters, deception, torment, breakdowns.
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? You should be!

IN 1962, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? was performance and production perfectly
billed as the “most praised, most talked about coalesce.” Paul Taylor of The Independent
and most exciting play of the year.” It more A friendly cocktail evening believes Imelda Staunton’s performance is one

becomes a psychological
than lived up to its hype and became an award- of the greatest feats of acting he’s witnessed. It
winning theatre sell-out. Written by Edward is directed by the noted James McDonald with
Albee, what distinguishes this piece is the rollercoaster ride of a detailed set designed by Tom Pye.
engaging, raw human emotion drawn from its
characters in a lively and clever script.
antagonistic mind games. Considering the play’s length, credit is due to
any cast who takes on such an intense theatrical
Similar to the works of Tennessee Williams performance. Broken down into three acts (Fun
and Arthur Miller (and pre-empted in the in 2005 and Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in And Games, Walpurgisnacht and The Exorcism),
dialogue of Shakespeare’s Taming Of The Shrew), 2010. The current production on London’s West each run an hour with two interval breaks. Snaps
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? delves into the End has theatre lovers falling over themselves to for simply memorizing the script.
human psyche, exposing the innermost secrets, grab a seat. The unique quality of Albee’s play is its
anguish and torment of its characters. Albee, Imelda Staunton (Pride and Harry Potter) has engaging beats of witty dialogue and the
who happened to be gay, created a story that stepped into the shoes of Martha. Conleth Hill, crackling energy it creates between characters.
takes a cynical dig at conventional life in the currently very famous as the spymaster Varys on It pulsates, and its suspense keeps audiences
Cold War era, and still resonates today. Game Of Thrones, is George. Playing the roles fixated and wide-eyed.
The story’s two protagonists are George of the handsome young Nick is Luke Treadaway This production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia
and Martha, a middle-aged college professor (The Hollow Crown) and Imogen Poots (Filth) as Woolf? brings credit not only to the cast and
and his wife, who invite the newest young his innocent wife, Honey. crew but also to Albee’s original objective. The
faculty member Nick, and wife Honey, over for As expected, Staunton’s robust and combative drama unfolds as emotions awaken inside its
drinks. But their bickering and discord quickly energy works well in Martha. She can twist her characters – and audiences. It’s exhausting but
consumes their guests and a friendly cocktail character’s fiery emotion from downright nasty worth every minute.
evening becomes a psychological rollercoaster into a pitiful woman on the edge of breakdown. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is playing at
ride of antagonistic and traumatic mind games. Audiences swing wildly from loving to loathing London’s Harold Pinter Theatre. An Australian
While many will be familiar with the classic Martha, as do the other characters in this long, revival opens in May at the Ensemble Theatre,
1966 movie, superbly cast with Richard yet gripping play. Sydney starring Genevieve Lemon and Darren
Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, the play has The current production has fulfilled the Gilshenan.
experienced many revivals including memorable high expectations that audiences and critics
performances by Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin have of this work. The Guardian says, “play, MORE: whosafraidofvirginiawoolf.co.uk

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 JAMES FRANCO

ZACHARY QUINTO

“FRANCO’S
PERFORMANCE IS
UNDENIABLE ”
THE UPCOMING

“FRANCO DOES HIS

FINEST WORK
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BOOKS / Compiled by Graeme Aitken

THREE HIDDEN HISTORIES REVEAL THEIR emerges. In an all-too-brief period of peace, Nice Arms Pete is a devotee of the gym and his
ENIGMATIC PROTAGONISTS THROUGH Thomas, John and a young Sioux orphan girl, body has its share of devotees. Bux is slavishly
SEX, ART AND CROSSDRESSING. Winona make a home together in the mid-West. infatuated with “his rockmelon ass” and the
Thomas, once again, adopts female attire for the “milk jelly smooth muscle” of his forearms, but
stage but finds he likes to wear it all the time. is also intensely jealous and suspicious. Pete is
DAYS WITHOUT END He has a maternal relationship with Winona subject to roid rage and Bux’s teasing taunts can
By Sebastian Barry and, given the berdaches in her own people, this be met with a fist in the face, though sometimes
The American Civil War and crossdressing is not so strange to her. Thomas and Pete might dole out a couple of painkillers
a gay, cross-dressing soldier John even manage to wed. Recounting the plot afterwards to make up for it.
seem unlikely subjects for this may make it sound unlikely, even far-fetched, but Polites’ writing style is spare and abrupt,
esteemed Irish novelist, yet reading the novel it is anything but. That is the littered with abbreviations, pop culture
Barry has taken them on and accomplishment of Sebastian Barry, who has really references and occasional fragments of Greek
triumphed. The book has been produced something exceptional and distinctive. language text, which most readers won’t
highly praised by reviewers understand but which the context generally
and recently scooped the 2017 Costa Book Of gives the thrust of. It’s an arresting and
The Year Award. individual debut that gives voice to a tribe often

Bux is infatuated by
Barry explained recently in an extensive passed over by Sydney’s inner-city gay elite.
interview in The Guardian that he drew on his own

Pete’s “rockmelon ass”

gay son, Toby in fleshing out the sexuality of the GAY GOTHAM: ART
1932
Left

1969–1993: OUT NEW YORK

Corporal Nelson Barclift in

Carl Van This is the Army, 1942

Museum of the City of

Vechten New York

Poses the Bottom

Dancer Hugh Laing, 1941
Cultural Set Museum of the City of New

main character, John McNulty. “It was more that AND UNDERGROUND
York

and the “milk jelly

Opposite
Actress Anna May Wong, 1932
Museum of the City of New
York

the book drew it in rather than me putting it in,” CULTURE IN NEW

In 1932 Carl Van Vechten began
photographing New York’s cultural
set. Images of the bi-sexual Van
Vechten’s gay friends and fellow artists
comprised a sizable subset of the
vast photographic archive he would

smooth muscle” of his

produce until his death in 1964. A
pioneering dance and music critic in
the 1910s and a promoter of the Harlem

Barry says. “I was very impressed by the subtlety, YORK By Donald

Renaissance and writer of scandalous
novels in the 1920s, Van Vechten took
up photography after publishing his
last novel, Parties, in 1930, at 50 years
old seeking a quieter life than the one
he lived in the boisterous 1920s. In his
photography Van Vechten adapted a
documentary style that captured his

the delicacy and the intricacy of the love between

94 world in images the way his novels had 95

Albrecht
in words. Initially he photographed
people in his own apartment, using a

forearms.
Leica camera, positioning his subjects
before elaborate backdrops of
patterned wall papers and mirrored
surfaces. In November 1935 Van
Vechten’s first exhibition of his
photographs appeared at Radio City

Toby and his boyfriend...” This book has been

Music Hall in the company of the work
of Cecil Beaton, George Platt Lynes,
and Edward Steichen. Queer culture
characterized Van Vechten’s work
from the start: one of his first photos
was a sexually ambiguous portrait of
movie star Anna May Wong in a top
hat. In following decades Van Vechten
captured successive generations of

The unshakeable core of Days Without End is the published to accompany an

queer New York, from Gertrude Stein
and Tallulah Bankhead in the 1930s,
to postwar writers Truman Capote,
Gore Vidal, and James Baldwin, to
choreographer Alvin Ailey.

love between McNulty and Handsome John Cole exhibition of the same name

GAY GOTHAM
© 2016 Rizzoli International Publications. All Rights Reserved. © 2016 Rizzoli International Publications. All Rights Reserved.

and everything in that relationship Barry learned at the Museum Of The City
from his son. This relationship is so beautifully DOWN THE HUME of New York. However, this is not merely a catalogue
developed that the reader is irresistibly seduced. By Peter Polites of the exhibition but a substantive, illustrated history
However, the book’s other great strength is its Polites came to readers’ in its own right, and published in a handsome
narrative voice, which sweeps the reader along attention when he edited the hardcover coffee table edition by Rizzoli.
from the first chapter on an extraordinary, though groundbreaking anthology More than 200 fascinating and illuminating
harrowing, journey. Ornaments From Two images are featured – both works of art, such
Thomas McNulty escapes the great famine in Countries: GLBTIQ Stories as paintings and photographs, as well as letters,
Ireland and survives an unspeakably hellish sea Of Difference From Western snapshots and ephemera.
voyage to America, only to be thrown into a fresh Sydney And Regional NSW in There are extensive sections devoted to the likes
hell – the life of a soldier during the Civil War. 2013. His first novel, Down The Hume is also set in of George Platt Lynes, Leonard Bernstein, Andy
His one source of comfort and companionship is the western suburbs of Sydney. This immediately Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe and Keith Haring,
Handsome John Cole. They encounter one another gives the book a uniqueness and is a fascinating but there are also fascinating lesser known figures
under a hedge in a downpour and a lifelong bond setting for a gay-themed Sydney novel. and works of art featured. One is a feature on
is born. They find their way to a mining town, The narrator, Bux is a young Greek-Australian Charles Demuth and his painting Turkish Bath
Daggsville and answer a saloon’s advertisement for who works as an aged care nursing assistant. He With Self Portrait (1918), most likely inspired by his
“clean boys”. The work is “just dancing” albeit in has a boyfriend, Nice Arms Pete – though it might visits to the Lafayette Baths, one of a network of
women’s clothes. John bristles at the notion but the be more accurate to describe him as Pete’s “fuck baths catering to gay men at that time.
pay and conditions are too enticing. toy”. They live together in Greenacre, a suburb Another section is devoted to the Harlem Spring
For two years they work the saloon, until “the near Bankstown and Lakemba. Polites knows this (1928 to 1932) and the works of artist, writer and
bloom wore off us”. John Cole grew so tall it particular world intimately. He describes the local actor Richard Bruce Nugent and photographer
became impossible to find dresses for him so the “bowlo” where Bux used to work, invaded by pokie Carl van Vechten. Although art may predominate,
pair are obliged to move on. They join up together machines, “the leagues club with its fake rock attention is paid to drag culture, sex and cruising,
as soldiers and from this point the backdrop of three-tiered waterfall that spewed flames hourly at and the nightlife scene, with some phenomenal
struggle and hardship takes a bloody and savage night,” and the “glammas in Lorna Jane, full face of vintage photographs as illustrations.
turn. Their chief duty involves clearing the West make-up, living the dream and working off excess
for whites and their regular grisly skirmishes with pregnancy weight between cigarettes.” Then there’s MORE: The Bookshop Darlinghurst specialises in gay
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ear
D va
Di Getting dicked around? O
r not dicked
lp.
enough? Diva’s here to he

Dear Diva, don’t mind being his fuck buddy then he is the
One of my friends is always making negative man for you, but don’t expect him to start picking
comments about my clothes, my body and my out china patterns and wallpaper and planning a
appearance. He does this when we are alone future together. If the dick is good, you can keep

If the dick is good, keep

and when we are with others. Is he secretly him on speed dial when you get an itch, but that’s
jealous of me? all he’s good for.
Dear Friend With Shade,
him on speed dial when
you get an itch, but that
News Flash! This shady bitch is not your friend. Dear Diva,
Real friends lift you up, not tear you down. One of my best friends has been very

is all he’s good for.

Real friends are happy for your triumphs and supportive during my recent break-up. We’ve
successes. This is an insecure, negative, fucked- been friends for over 10 years. I’m starting to
up individual. This bitch is like a fast-moving develop romantic feelings for him. He’s a great
cancer and you need to cut him out of your life. guy and I love having him in my life. Should I
pursue this? Dear Lost Love,
Dear Diva, Dear Horny For My Friend, This is a very difficult time for you and everyone
I broke up with my boyfriend over 7 years ago. If you really value your friendship keep your grieves in different ways. If he loved you as much as
We got back in touch last year and I began to dick in your pants. If you start fucking and you loved him he wouldn’t want you in this pain. Get
fall in love with him again. He had a girlfriend at things end badly you could potentially lose a some grief counseling or join a grief support group
the time. He broke up with her and we decided good friend. Good friends are hard to come by. and take comfort in all those precious memories that
to give us another try. But he still hasn’t told If you have one in your lifetime you have more you shared with him.
his friends about me and he has been very than your share.
distant lately. I have decided to end it. I know I
should forget him but I can’t seem to lose these Dear Diva,
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feelings I have. What should I do? My boyfriend was killed in a car accident last expert on TV, radio, and at Playgirl.com. She
Dear Disrespected And Confused, year. I’m having a very hard time dealing with is also an actress, comedian and singer. Find
her on FB, Twitter@theadvicediva, and email
This motherfucker is full of shit. He’s using you. this. He was the love of my life. I can’t eat or
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He has no respect for you or your feelings. If you sleep. I don’t know how I’m going to go on. asktheadvicediva@gmail.com.

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actually saiT orsten Hojer children recruited
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Disney Corporation
are intentionally
“Mattheo and promoting sin to
Marco… announce children. When we discern through the moral
the end of lens of human interaction with the demonic
civilization, of our spirits, pride is a demonic spirit. Sexual
tradition of the immorality is demonic.”
natural family…”
US Republican Gordon Klingenschmitt claims “demonic spirits”
The Italian right-wing group are using Beauty And The Beast to make kids gay.
Forza Nuova invites the
country to “mourn the end of civilization” because of gay marriage.
They posted fliers protesting the civil partnership of two men,
Mattheo and Marco, and carried a coffin draped in the Italian flag.
“Our Ark is
illuminated with
rainbow colours
“This particular in the evening as
flag, you will realise, a testament to the
is the flag of the true meaning of DEPLORABLE!
Gay And Lesbian the rainbow… The
Kingdom Of The rainbow has come
Coral Sea Islands to represent the
which declared war
DEPLORABLE! LGBTQ movement. Sadly, people ignore what
on Australia… it’s God intended the rainbow to represent and
the flag of a hostile proudly wave rainbow-coloured flags in defiance
nation.” of God’s command and design for marriage…
As Christians, we need to take the rainbow back
Australian government Senator Eric Abetz says “hostile” rainbow and teach our young people its true meaning.”
flags should be banned from government buildings, citing a
declaration of war from an unrecognised micro-nation founded by Evangelical preacher Ken Ham on why his Creationist theme
a dissatisfied Australian. park in Kentucky illuminates a ‘replica’ of Noah’s Ark in rainbow
colours.

“From today I
will say… the “Does God love
blasphemous homosexuals?
frivolity [that] This is a flawed
triumphed in the question, there are
Gala Drag At The no such things as
Carnaval De Las homosexuals. God DEPLORABLE!
Palmas De Gran created male and
Canaria [is the female. There are
saddest day of my life].” male and females
that engage in ‘unseemly’ acts of immorality.”
Francisco Cases Andreu, Bishop of Spain’s Canary Islands, says
A church in the US state of Arkansas is pushing leaflets through
he is sadder that a drag queen won a carnival performance
local letterboxes aiming to “debunk some myths” about
competition than he was when 154 people died in an air disaster
homosexuality.
in Spain in 2008.

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THE
Other
BEN HALL
Fresh from Neighbours, Ben Hall tells Matthew Myers about
taking the gay lead in the Australian musical Only Heaven
Knows, and not playing his famous bush-ranging namesake.

DNA: Your character in Only Heaven Knows is exposed

to the bohemian and gay sub-culture of 1940s Sydney.
What kind of research did you do for this role?
Ben Hall: I’ve been watching a lot of films from that
period, reading and talking to people, including our
director Shaun Rennie. The script is quite revealing
about the period. Tim’s journey is not about coming
out. Rather, he’s a guy who knows what the wants and
he comes to Sydney to find it. It’s about discovery.
What did you draw on for the character’s
development?
In the theatre world I have many gay friends
to talk to, particularly my co-star Hayden Tee
who I’ve worked with before on Les Miserables.
I did a show two years back called Falsettos
where I played a gay man. But for me it’s more
about connecting with the person I’m playing
opposite and finding the qualities that allow
an intimate connection. I want to know the
character backgrounds but that interpersonal
stuff is key.
Has anything about gay life in the post-war
era shocked you?
Yeah, I couldn’t believe how conservative it was,
particularly after the war where there was that
period of joy and freedom but then the Menzies era
came in and it all became so conservative again. People
were being pulled out for being Communists and such. There
was also the issue of conversion therapy, which has a thread in
PETER BREW-BEVAN

our story with the character of Alan (Matthew Backer). It’s scary how
commonplace that was, and how many men thought it was something
they should do. Many were convinced and pushed into it.
Have you witnessed homophobia in real life?
Ben as Tim in
Only Heaven Knows. Yes, at school. I went to an all-boys Catholic school which wasn’t the place

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 Canadian PM
Justin Trudeau

but I would’ve loved to have played my namesake.

IF YOU WERE GAY, WHO I’ve always wanted to visit his grave and know
WOULD DO IT FOR YOU? more about him. He was the only bushranger who
never hurt or killed anyone. So he’s a nice one to
“I’d probably go a big muscular guy with a beard… or be associated with. He’s of no relation, though, as
Justin Trudeau. I love the ideals he stands for, too.” my dad’s British.
Who is your diva?
to be gay. It was a sporting school Beyoncé. Those pregnancy photos were classic.
but we had a really lovely arts department You can’t go wrong with that voice. Single Ladies
with teachers who protected a lot of those guys and is brilliant.
nurtured them. I guess that’s part of what the arts
culture is; protecting people who are treated like that. The Devil’s Playground Do you have a more local diva?
That would have to be Trevor Ashley. I love
In Only Heaven Knows, are you concerned about was harrowing. The Diamonds Are For Trevor!

enquiry into the

how your interpretation of a gay character is What music gets you on the dance floor?
going to be perceived? I like R&B rather than techno. I do like some Village
Of course, but fortunately I get on so well with
Catholic Church was People, and I can do a bit of the YMCA dance!

taking place. We’d

our director Shaun, and Matt and Hayden that I’m Who has been the biggest influence on your
comfortable enough to trust them and they trust professional career?
me enough to tell me if I’m doing something that
isn’t informed enough. They guide me, because it shoot scenes and then There’s usually someone on each show who
becomes a bit of a mentor. Simon Gleeson
isn’t my world per se and it isn’t my story but I love turn on the TV to see in Les Mis is one of those people, and so was

George Pell fronting

these people. I love our team and this is a story Simon Burke on The Devil’s Playground, who
that I want to tell to the best of my ability. I’d watch and ask questions. On this current
Do you ever get mistaken as gay?
I’m in musical theatre so everyone assumes I am,
the media. production I’m inspired by Shaun Rennie’s
work and his passion.
yes. I sometimes get hit on in clubs, especially This is DNA’s Sports edition. What do you do to
when I’m out with Trevor Ashley! I certainly don’t Yes, in the story my character’s younger brother keep fit?
take offence. I love gay clubs. They’re so much fun. has committed suicide because of what was I’ve been training for the Rottnest swim, so I swim
You must also attract a lot of teenage girls. happening at the school. It was a bit harrowing, every couple of days, and back on Neighbours I
There’s a bit of that through social media. especially with the research, and it happened to was seeing a personal trainer because I was doing
Actually, there’s a huge gay following for be topical at the time because the enquiry into the a lot of shirtless stuff around the pool. Gym and
Neighbours in the UK. It’s massive! Catholic Church was taking place. We’d shoot swimming are great because you can put the
If you were gay, who would do it for you? scenes and then I’d turn on the TV to see George muscle on and then sort of lean it out.
I think I’d probably go for a big, muscular guy with Pell fronting the media. Hearing the stories of What’s your best piece of health advice?
a beard. what these people had gone through made me I’m really interested in gut health and the benefits
Do you know about bears, cubs and otters? feel disgusted. But The Devil’s Playground was of probiotics. Recent research has shown that it
Oh, yeah, I know about bears but I didn’t know incredible to be part of, and such talented people affects your happiness and serotonin levels.
about otters! were involved. At the beach are you boardies or speedos?
Otters are still hairy but more slender with a Studying at WAAPA is a great grounding for any I’m boardies at the beach and speedos in the pool.
swimmers build. In fact, you’d be an otter! actor. What’s your advice for anyone wanting to You go a lot faster when you’re swimming in speedos.
[Laughing] Well, I just did the Rottnest Island enter the industry? And what about underwear – jocks, fitted boxers
channel swim last week. You know, when I think I recommend drama school because it’s incredibly or freeballs?
about it, I’d go for Justin Trudeau. I love the ideals useful at opening doors. Sometimes all you need is I love that freeballing is one of the options! I go
he stands for. that opportunity. Getting into those schools is not for fitted boxers. I’m sure my mate Chris Durling
How would you sum up your experience on as easy as it seems. You also have to spend money, is a freeballer. On Les Mis he’d strip off in the
Neighbours? which is a bit of an issue. A lot of actors are either dressing room and I’d be, “Mate, did you even
I really enjoyed it. It’s the second fastest show middle- or upper-middle class because of the cost wear jocks today?”
in the world in terms of how many episodes of the training, which is a shame. When he did this interview he said that while on
they pump out in a week. It’s a nice working Jack Martin (Home And Away) recently Les Mis a hairpin fell down his pants and into his
environment. People are happy and relaxed and played your namesake, the famous Australian arse crack!
know what they’re doing. With many TV shows bushranger in The Legend Of Ben Hall. Did you Hilarious. That explains a lot!
you’re there briefly for a week and gone, but on consider auditioning for that role?
Neighbours you make great friends. It would have been very trippy, especially if I’d
You played Finton in The Devil’s Playground. played a different character! At the time I was in MORE: Only Heaven Knows plays at Sydney’s
Hayes Theatre from May 26. Go to
Was that a watershed moment in your career? Les Mis so I was contracted for a certain period www.hayestheatre.com.au

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FEATURE /

How I
Raised
$30,000
In A Month
To Help
Gay Youth
According to Beyond Blue, same-sex
attracted Australians suffer up to 14 times
higher rates of suicide attempts than
heterosexuals. Fearing his own sexuality as
a youth, David Jones, founder and CEO of
David Jones Electricians, believed he had
to either cure or kill himself. He explains
how he raised funds for StartOut, a charity
that connects mentors to teenagers of
diverse sexualities and genders. As told to
Munyarukumbuzi Emmanuel.

A
s a teenager, I had vowed to do whatever
I could do to cure my homosexuality and
if I couldn’t, the solution would be to
take my own life. The need to conform probably
made me sleep with more women. I owe an
apology to a fair few women because I realise now
that I was using them to have another go.
I reached out to Lifeline asking for a cure
for homosexuality and I was referred to a
psychologist or sex therapist. Back in the early
1980s conversion therapy was in vogue. The
psychologist took my money and didn’t really
deliver. I could have done without her and,
instead, benefitted from more guidance along
the way, at least to see things from different
perspectives. It would have been good if Lifeline
had referred me to an organisation like StartOut.
Adam Dent created StartOut with a mate of his
because he saw the need for kids of diverse sexualities
and genders [DSG] in rural Australia to be able
talk with a mentor. Fifty thousand dollars would be
needed to create StartOut’s platform and, despite
their best efforts, things weren’t exactly going great.

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 old I was, intimating that at my age I shouldn’t
have green hair. That was a wake-up call that we
still need to fight for acceptance of difference no
matter what that difference is.
As a teenager, I would have loved to talk to
somebody like me; someone who would understand
and tell me that it is okay to be different. Now that
the money to build the platform has been raised,
I’m looking forward to receiving training on how
to mentor kids and recruit more mentors (some
of my friends are interested), and to see where the
experience takes me.
The focus of StartOut is mentoring young
people. I will try and take that a bit further and
talk to parents struggling with the sexuality of
their children. Most of these parents are now
my age, which makes it easier for me to reach
out to them. I would also like to build bridges
between groups that provide similar services
to the community. This might be as simple
as organising a meeting between Camp Out
for the first few days – he got quite a following! Then or Twenty 10 and StartOut to discuss ways of
people sponsored me to mention their business for collaborating together.

I was ready to go as far

$100, then in undies for $100, then shirtless for $100 Accountability is also important for me. I raised
and that got the ball rolling for people to give me new funds for StartOut and it is important for me to

as I could reasonably
challenges. Among other things I was asked to do show people what we achieved with their money in a
push-ups on the Harbour Bridge, wear a pink tutu, transparent way. I intend to spend time doing that. 
go to raise funds to do my pre-speech in Auslan sign language, do it in

help those kids who

French – I made a dog’s breakfast of that [laughs].
I was sponsored $1,000 for dying my hair green,

might otherwise take and given another $1,000 for doing it in a Santa

their lives.
suit. I got most of my staff to do it with me on two
occasions. I did 30 push-ups inside a semi-inflated More: Visit www.startout.org.au

hot air balloon, with a six-week old baby strapped to

my chest, in a wrestler’s mankini, and between the
When I met with Adam, November was coming Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander flags.
up and I said I would do a fundraising challenge Other tactics I used to raise the funds included
that month. I embarked on a 30-push-ups-a-day involving business networks by attending events
challenge to raise $30,000 in donations in 30 days. and letting people know what I was doing. I also
I knew it was a bit of a stretch to reach my target, encouraged personal connections to donate to
but by the end of November, I exceeded my target! the cause and even advertised businesses on my
We clocked over $30,340 in donations to build a personal Facebook page to get donations.
platform, website and app through which young Anyone has the ability to do what I have done.
people in rural Australia could access mentors. It is all about knowing what your strengths are.
Throughout the whole process I was happily I am a good communicator and businessman.
surprised. I received a huge amount of support I leveraged my business connections to reach
from the straight community. It was a bit of a my goals. I was ready to go as far as I could
shock. Everyone commented on what a great reasonably go to raise funds to help those kids
cause it was to get behind. Most people knew who might otherwise take their lives.
someone who had committed suicide, and I decided to keep the green hair for a few
suspected or knew they were gay. This issue is weeks. It was a great conversation starter. One
touching a lot of people. It certainly got people guy asked me why I had green hair and I told him
thinking and donating money. the whole story. He reached into his wallet and David on one of his fundraising
To raise the funds, I did 30 push-ups and posted gave me $50. The green hair has also attracted push-up expeditions.
them on Facebook, my boxer dog pulling my ears some intolerance. Another man asked me how

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PLAYING
HARD
After years teaching fitness
classes, Dane Brocas realised
he knew exactly what
men wanted… versatile
fitnesswear. With plenty of
sweat (but very little blood
and tears) he’s launched his
own brand,
Gear Sportswear.

DNA: Where does your passion for creating

sportswear come from?
Dane Brocas: I spent over eight years teaching
group fitness classes. Because the exercises
and movements in these classes are so varied, I
needed gear that was versatile but I discovered
that these products were difficult to find. And
I was often approached by guys in the classes
who asked where they could find that sort of
gear, too. So, I thought, imagine if I could create
a brand where men could find everything they
need – in one place – regardless of how they
train. And Gear Sportswear was born.
Dane Brocas at
It’s important for brands to engage with their Mardi Gras Fair Day.
community. Do you have a philosophy around
engagement? provide a social hub for people all over the world It’s great that the label comes from your actual
It’s critical to be involved in your community in who identify as part of the LGBTQI community. gym experience. Do you play any sports as
any way possible. This year our big focus was to We were at Mardi Gras Fair Day and engaged well?
be part of the Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi with our customers first hand – something we I wouldn’t consider myself a “sportsman” but
Gras. We partnered with Gay Sydney Australia don’t get to do often being part of an online exercise is an integral part of my lifestyle and has
– a not-for-profit volunteer organisation who platform. However you engage with your always been. That vibe, the energy and the social
believe in social acceptance, diversity, tolerance community it has to be positive and with the elements are infectious – I can’t get enough.
– no discrimination and no hate. Their aim is to best possible intent. I train regularly with a personal trainer who

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 silhouettes – to compliment any wardrobe or
individual style.
Sportswear can be a bit generic. Some people

We are all on this

like that because they don’t want to stand out
at the gym, but some people like to express
quest for health their individuality; any tips?

and fitness together,

Simply, “Do you.” If you don’t want to stand
out, pick dark, block colours – classic pieces

so take out your that are easily styled and co-ordinated. But if

headphones and say hi

you want to stand out, choose brighter colours
and don’t be afraid to play with fabrics and

to the sweaty, puffing

textures to really elevate your look. Remember
that sportswear as a fashion culture is all about
mess next to you! self-expression.
Do you test your gear on yourselves?
Absolutely! That’s the most exciting part of what
we do! When we receive our samples, we spend
motivates me to exceed my expectations but I about three months testing them rigorously.
also train alone and, more importantly, outdoors Each product is washed and worn to regular and
wherever possible. There are many amazing varied workouts – yoga, running, weight lifting.
opportunities to train outdoors with beautiful We give the products to our families, friends
coastal walks and parks. and other fitness professionals so that we get the
There are a lot of sportswear brands around. most honest and varied feedback possible.
What’s the Gear Sportswear point of Do you have a stand out “hero” product that
difference? everyone loves?
We’re a brand designed by men exclusively for Can we only pick one? Our cotton tanks are
men, passionately creating hassle-free and easy- definitely our best-selling item. They’re really
to-style products that help men train… and still lightweight and super soft. It feels as
look good. though you’re training in nothing
On that, we all like to look at all.
sexy when we exercise What about something from the
even though we’re sweaty, up-coming range that you’re
puffing, and red in face! loving?
Is it possible? We’re most excited about our
Oh, yes! Our favourite sprint short – it’s incredibly
people are sweaty and red- comfortable and multi-
faced! functional. You can wear it
Is form as important for absolutely anything. And
as function in the Gear secondly, our sprint jacket. It’s
Sportswear range? a featherweight, wind-repellent
Yes, we aim for a happy jacket made of this incredible
medium – how can black hound’s-tooth embossed
we maximise each fabric. It just looks so slick. We
product’s appearance and couldn’t be happier with the
performance? When our end result.
customers say they want Are you a chatty, eye-contact
Gear Sportswear’s
a running short, that they lightweight tanks – like
gym boy or a head-down-
don’t just want a running short. working out naked! don’t-disturb-my-workout serious
They want somethings that’s kinda guy?
lightweight, well tailored with four-way stretch Well… Remember that we are all on this quest
that allows them to move freely when squatting for health and fitness together, so take out your
or lunging together with handy pockets for headphones and say hi to the sweaty, puffing
stowing valuables that still looks great at a mess next to you!
casual Sunday brunch. We want our products
to go beyond the gym floor so we purposefully
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FEATURE / SPORT

Surely a man who runs thousands of

kilometres, swims underwater and
occasionally flys is a superhero. That’s
29-year-old Ultramarathon runner Andrew
Hedgman. He tells Andrew M Potts what
it’s like to be openly gay and vegan in one
of the world’s toughest sports.

DNA: What is the technical definition of an

Ultramarathon and what sets it apart from
other kinds of foot racing?
Andrew Hedgman: An Ultramarathon is any
race that is longer than a marathon, which is
42.2 kilometres. Races usually fall between 50
and 160 kilometres. There are a lot of multi-
stage Ultramarathons that span over the course
of a few days with different distances each day,
the shortest day could be 10 kilometres and the
longest day 100 kilometres.
In your experience, what sort of people are
attracted to Ultramarathon running?
Most of the people I’ve met during races are
only there to complete the race, no matter how
long it takes them. It’s almost always a personal
challenge to see how far they can push their
body and mind and to achieve something that

MEET
not many people ever contemplate.
What you got into Ultramarathon running in
the first place?
I was gaining weight and was unfit in my early
twenties. When I was in high school I was
running half-marathons and even completed
a full marathon. I hated myself for throwing
all that away and barely being able to run a
single kilometre. So I decided to get back into

SUPER
running to regain my fitness, found out about
Ultramarathon running, and entered my first
race. I trained for seven months and completed
my first ever 100 kilometre road race. After that
I was hooked!
What have been some of the highlights of your
racing career so far?
Running the length of New Zealand in 2010
was one of the toughest things I’ve ever done.

MAN
It’s 2,200 kilometres and took me 28 days to
complete. I was still pretty new to that kind of
running so I was still quite inexperienced. I’m
still amazed that I did that!
Running from Brisbane to Sydney in 2012 was a
great 1,000 kilometre, 15-day run. I raised money
for animal welfare and finished on my 25th
birthday at the Sydney Opera House.
The Lycian Way Ultramarathon in Turkey and
the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon in

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South Africa were both seven-day races and habit when I take a break. I eat a vegan diet so a was dressed as Ash from Pokemon. We got on
self-sufficient meaning the runners had to carry lot of tofu and protein shakes. really well and have been together ever since. He
all of our gear and food during the race for the It isn’t until I get to the peak of training when it always knows how to make me laugh! He is a
entire week! Both courses were crazy and I had starts getting really tough. Trying to run 30 to freelance artist and has worked in the animation
many issues during both. But I made the top 40 kilometres before or after work can get very industry. He’s extremely talented and always
ten in both races and met some life-long friends tiring fast so I have to plan things well. busy with new projects.
through both events. I can do an Ultramarathon without a crew as they What’s the next Ultramarathon that you plan
At what age did you realise you were attracted usually have aid stations dotted along the course to conquer?
to other guys and what was your coming out of the race. Having a support crew does help a lot There are so many I would love to do around the
process like? though, and if I’m able to I will definitely choose world. My next one is the Ultra Trail Australia,
I always knew I was attracted to guys but it was to have one. One or two people are all that’s really a 100 kilometre race in the Blue Mountains.
tough to get used to because of the community I needed on a support crew. I did that last year and almost didn’t finish. I
grew up in; a small rural town in New Zealand. have already booked in a race early next year
It wasn’t until I moved out of my town and did in Fiji – The Lost Island Ultra, a 220 kilometre,
some travelling that I started to accept it myself five stage race. I’d love to race in the jungle in

Get out of your comfort

and not until I moved to Australia at 21 that South America. There are a couple of races in
I finally accepted who I was. I only needed to Antarctica, and some brutal races in the United
tell a couple of very close friends. Everyone else
zone and take a risk. States. Hopefully I can get through some of

Think of something
usually just figures it out as they get to know me. those!
Do you think being openly gay has ever been a You’re also a licenced scuba diver and skydiver

that you never thought

barrier to getting sponsors for you? – you must love extremes!
It’s never come up with them. I have a good I skydived and scubadived quite a bit before
relationship with my sponsors. It’s always been
you would ever do and starting Ultramarathon running. Once I got

aim for it.

very casual and friendly. Buff headwear has been right into the sport, everything else went on hold
with me from the very start and Hoka OneOne as I was financing everything myself and it was
shoes came on board when I did my Brisbane all getting a bit crazy. I always loved being under
to Sydney run, so did Zensah the canopy with skydiving and so
who do compression clothing. I will be getting my paragliding
Just recently I joined up with licence in the next few weeks to
FE Sports who provide me with get my feet back in the air. I want
great things like Skratch Labs to start up my own adventure
sports drink. blog and incorporate both my
How gay friendly is running and paragliding into
Ultramarathon running as a it. It would be great to bring a
sport and has your sexuality camera and record both to get the
ever come up as an issue? two different views of the scenery
Ultramarathon running that I get to experience.
attracts a very diverse Is there any message that you’d
community, so it’s very rare like to pass on to our readers?
that I meet a runner that isn’t One thing I like to encourage
friendly. The only time it really others to do is to try and get out of
comes up is if my boyfriend your comfort zone and take a risk.
Neil is crewing for me and Think of something that you never
another runner asks about him thought you would ever do and
– then I let them know. The aim for it. Whether you succeed or
reaction has only ever been positive! I’m certain What does your partner think of your not doesn’t matter; you will have lived and learned
that if something negative was said the other involvement in Ultramarathon racing? from the journey. Only a handful of people had
runners and crew would not have any of that. Neil loves that I do it and has supported me a run the length of New Zealand before me so I was
How disciplined do you need to be with your lot in races and was my support crew for my inexperienced and had everything thrown at me
diet and training in preparing for a race and Brisbane to Sydney run – he drove and stopped along the way. If I had listened to the people who
do you need much of a support team? every 10 kilometres all the way to Sydney over told me I was being unrealistic I may have never
I really only have to be careful with my diet 15 days! continued on my Ultramarathon journey.
when I’m not training. When I’m in training How did you guys meet?
I have to consume many calories as I burn so We met at a club in Brisbane one night in
MORE: Follow Andrew’s adventures on Facebook
many during the week, so I need to break the 2010. He’d come from a dress-up party and or at AndrewHedgman.com

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Chelsea Manning leaves Fort Leavenworth

prison this May. Her life, to date, has been
extraordinary. The Iraq and Afghanistan
war logs she passed to WikiLeaks revealed
shocking information about the operations
of the US military. Additionally, her
personal life and gender transition make
her one of the most intriguing LGBTI
people of the modern era. In this profile,
Andrew M Potts looks at her formative
early life, her crimes and how she
committed them, the US Army’s baffling
responses to her, and what the future
may hold for the world’s most famous and
most incarcerated whistleblower.

O
n January 17, in one of his final acts
before leaving office, President Barack
Obama announced the commutation
of Chelsea Manning’s 35-year-prison sentence for
her violation of the United States Espionage Act.
“I feel very comfortable that justice has been
served,” Obama said at his final White House
press conference the following day, “Let’s be clear:
Chelsea Manning has served a tough prison
sentence.”
Had Manning been made to serve the full
length of her sentence she would have left prison
in 2045, aged 57. Had federal prosecutors had
their way she would not have been released until
2070. Many on the political right in America had
called for her execution – something which she
qualified for under the Espionage Act. Without
Obama’s pardon, with good behaviour and the
earliest possible release date, Manning would
have still have faced another year in prison and a
staggering 45 years on parole under the scrutiny
of the military justice system.
Now when Manning gets out on May 17 she
can breath a sigh of relief as she begins her life
afresh – though she will always remembered as
the longest serving prosecuted whistleblower in
US history.
“[I don’t think] the average person who
is thinking about disclosing vital classified
information would think that it goes
unpunished,” Obama said in answer to critics of
the decision to commute Manning’s sentence. “I
don’t think [they] would get that impression from
the sentence that Chelsea Manning has served.”
Just days earlier, Wikileaks founder Julian
Assange had announced he would hand
himself over to US authorities if Manning was
granted clemency, despite what he said was the

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unconstitutionality of the Department Of Justice
case against him over his role in publishing
Manning’s intelligence leaks. Assange has not
honoured that offer and the White House has
denied that it played any role in the decision to
grant Manning’s commutation.
Having gender transitioned, Manning will begin
her new life as a woman. She has undergone the
entire process of transitioning while confined to
the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas – an all-male military prison.
Her family and supporters are already preparing
the way for her and have crowdfunded over
$90,000 on GoFundMe to help ease her transition
into the free world.
“The majority of Chelsea’s adult life has been
spent under the control of powerful institutions,”
the Welcome Home Chelsea campaign said in
launching their appeal in February. “For the first
time in her life, Chelsea will have the opportunity
to live freely as her authentic self, to grow her
hair, engage with her friends, and build her own
networks of love and support. We want her to have
the tools to do that and to overcome the years of
abuse she has experience in custody.”
Until her release, Manning’s only contact
with the outside world is through books and
newspapers, through heavily vetted postal
correspondence, over the telephone with her
lawyers, and through visits from a small list of
people she nominated at the start of her sentence.
Perhaps, understandably, given the nature of her
crimes, Manning has been banned from accessing
the internet – though she tweets and blogs via
notes that are carried out of Fort Levenworth by
intermediaries.
Bradley Manning, before becoming Chelsea.
Prior to her arrest Manning expressed her
concerns about being misgendered in the media,
telling a confidant, “I wouldn’t mind going to political science degree in prison and her blogging disputed. He left the armed services to take a job
prison for the rest of my life, or being executed for The Guardian suggests she has a future as an as an IT manager for a rental car agency.
so much if it wasn’t for the possibility of having author and political commentator ahead of her. When Chelsea was born the family were living
pictures of me… plastered all over the world outside of Crescent, Oklahoma, on a five acre
press… as boy.” property where they kept pigs and chickens.
But the media are barred from visiting Manning A TROUBLED CHILD Both Manning’s parents had drinking problems
and under her terms of incarceration, no one is Chelsea Manning was born on December 17, but Susan was the worse of the two, staying
allowed to photograph her. The only image we have 1987 in Oklamhoma City to a Welsh mother, home and day drinking, too drunk to drive
to get an impression of her appearance today is a Susan, and an American father, Brian. They to pick up groceries for her kids. Susan drank
portrait by the artist Alicia Neal, which Manning named her Bradley Edward Manning and raised during the pregnancy and Manning would later
has approved. her as a boy. be diagnosed as displaying symptoms of fetal
When Manning is released she will first go to Manning’s father Brian had joined the United alcohol syndrome.
visit her fraternal aunt in Maryland, though she States Navy in 1974 at the age of 19 and became Within the family, Manning’s primary care
has also been invited to live with her Welsh and an intelligence officer. Brian met Chelsea’s giver was her sister Casey, who was eleven years
Scottish relatives in the UK. mother while they were both shopping at a local her senior and who was in control of the money
We have no word on how she plans to support store when he was stationed in Wales at RAF in the household when her father was travelling
herself on the outside, though studying for a Brawdy later that decade – the exact year remains for work. >>

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>> Mostly left to fend for herself, Manning given her before moving in with a friend. said [she] was crazy or [she] was faking and the
developed a fascination with her father’s Chelsea and her roommate got jobs at a local biggest part of it all was when rumours were
computers, building her first website at age ten pizzaria but Manning was soon on the move getting around that [Manning] was ‘Chapter 15’ –
and learning to use PowerPoint. Chelsea held again, first to Chicago before running out of you know, homosexual. They’d call [Manning] a
strong opinions from a young age, refusing to money, then to Potomac, Maryland to stay with faggot or call [her] a Chapter 15 – in the military
speak the words “under God” during the Pledge her father’s sister Debra. In Potomac, Manning world, being called a ‘Chapter 15’ is like a civilian
Of Allegiance at school. met her first boyfriend and juggled several low being called a faggot to their face on the street.
When she was 11 her parents split up and paying jobs while studying English and History There were guys refusing to go in the showers
Chelsea and her mother moved into a rented at a local college. She left the school after just one when [Manning] was even in the damn latrine. I
apartment in town. Her mother remained semester after failing an exam. mean, it was childish and it was hateful.”
unstable and, in 1998, she tried to commit Under the then policy of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
suicide. Casey drove her to the hospital with for Defence Department employees, Chapter 15 of
Chelsea on the back seat keeping her alive. YOU’RE IN THE ARMY NOW the Army’s Active Duty Enlisted Administrative
At age 13, Chelsea (then still Bradley and In late 2007 Manning’s father began encouraging Separations code states that “preservice, prior service,
presenting as male) confided in a friend that she her to join the US Army like he had, and or current service homosexual conduct” is grounds
thought she was gay and was interested in boys. train to be an intelligence officer, hoping that for dishonourable discharge from the military.
When Manning’s father remarried another the military would give structure to her life. For reasons that are still not completely
woman (also named Susan) in 2000, Chelsea The idea of gaining a free college education understood, the decision to discharge Manning
didn’t take it well – particularly when her new under the GI Bill on completion of her service was revoked in January 2008 and she returned to
step-brother took the Manning family name. appealed to Manning and she dreamed of one basic training.
Chelsea began to act destructively and confided day attaining a PhD in Physics. She later told an After graduating in April she was transferred
to her mother that her step-brother joining the Army supervisor that she hoped enlisting in the to Fort Huachuca in Arizona for advanced
family made her feel like, “I’m nobody now.” military would also help her resolve her growing training as a Military Occupational Speciality
In November 2001, Manning and her mother questions about her true gender identity. intelligence analyst, earning her a Top Secret/
left the US and moved to Haverfordwest in Wales Sensitive Compartmented Information security
to be closer to her mother’s relatives. Manning clearance, working out of the base’s Sensitive
made friends at the local high school but was Compartmented Information Facility. Working
bullied by the boys because of her American No one suspected a with computers again, Manning was back in

thing... I listened and

accent and feminine personality. her element, and she was awarded the National
An aunt told the The Washington Post that on Defence Service Medal and an Army Service
a school camp the other students quietly packed
lip-synched to Lady Ribbon upon graduating.

Gaga’s Telephone while

up their tents in the morning while she was still In August 2008, Manning was transferred to
asleep and left so that she woke up alone. But Fort Drum in New York state to join the 2nd
she continued to excel with computers and in
2003 she and a friend set up an online messaging exfiltrating possibly the Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
to begin preparations for deployment to Iraq.
board, AngelDyne.com, which hosted computer largest data spillage in Around this time she met Tyler Watkins, a

American history.
games and free music downloads. young psychology and neuroscience student at
However, Chelsea’s mother’s health was Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Watkins
declining and she feared being trapped in the would be her most serious relationship to date.
UK if something were to happen to her so, in He introduced her to the hacker community at
2005, aged 17, Manning returned to live with her Manning began basic training at Fort Leonard his university and at nearby Boston University
father in Oklahoma City with his second wife. Wood in Missouri in October, 2007 but it quickly and she began to mix in those circles.
Manning, now identifying openly as a gay became apparent that she was neither mentally Some superiors expressed concerns about
male, applied for a job as a software developer nor physically prepared for what lay ahead and whether Manning was fit to be deployed, but
and was hired on the spot. However, after six weeks later she was sent to a discharge unit. after four weeks at the Joint Readiness Training
initially settling into the job well, Chelsea’s Another soldier from that unit later told The Centre at Fort Polk, Louisiana, she arrived at
performance deteriorated, and she was fired Guardian that Manning was being bullied over Forward Operating Base Hammer near Baghdad
after just four months. her perceived sexuality and that he thought she in October 2009.
Her relationship with her father’s new family was heading for a mental breakdown. From her workstation at Hammer base,
continued to be rocky, and in March 2006 her “The discharge unit at any given time had Manning had access to the Secret Internet
step-mother called the police after Maning pulled about 100-plus men. It was basically one big Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and the Joint
a knife during an argument about getting a job. room, it had a group of bunks, bunk-beds and Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
Brian responded by telling her to leave. She drove that’s where we all lived,” the soldier, who spoke (JWICS) – two of the Department Of State and
to the neighbouring city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, anonymously, recalled in 2011. Department Of Defence’s most confidential
initially sleeping in a pick-up truck her father had “[Manning] was being picked on… everybody intelligence data networks – with JWICS also

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linking into the Department Of Homeland to a CD labelled “Lady Gaga”. information that she was considering leaking.
Security and Department Of Justice databases. She then copied the files to her personal Manning initially sought to give her Iraq War and
Through these networks Manning had computer and transferred them to an SD card Afghan War material to the New York Times or the
access to the vast secrets collected by America’s and took them to the United States inside a Washington Post but the Times did not return her
security apparatus, diplomatic networks and war digital camera without attracting attention. calls and a reporter she spoke to at the Post did not
machine. She began to explore. What she saw “I would come in with music on a CD-RW seem interested or did not take her seriously.
shocked her to the core, and Chelsea came to feel labelled with something like Lady Gaga… erase Manning then reached out anonymously to
that she, too, had blood on her hands. the music… then write a compressed split file,” WikiLeaks, having become aware of them in
By November 2009, Manning had also resolved Manning later revealed. “No one suspected a November the previous year when they published
the questions about her gender identity and thing... [I] listened and lip-synched to Lady 570,000 SMS messages sent on the day of the
concluded that she was female. She September 11 attacks that had come
contacted a gender counsellor in from a National Security Agency
the States and discussed the process WHAT CHELSEA SAW: ANATOMY OF MURDER (NSA) database. On February 3,
of surgically transitioning. “Bradley she sent Wikileaks the Iraq and
felt he was female,” the counsellor Afghanistan War logs anonymously
would later tell a journalist from via the dark web but received no
the New York Times, “He was very acknowledgement in response, so
solid on that.” she returned to her duties in Iraq on
However, Manning also told the February 11.
counsellor about a targeting mission Then on February 18 she passed
she had been involved with in Basra WikiLeaks a US diplomatic cable
in Iraq that had gone wrong. “Two from the United States Embassy
groups of locals were converging to Iceland. The less-than-one-
in this one area. Manning was month-old cable from the American
trying to figure out why they were deputy chief of mission in Reykjavik
meeting,” the counsellor recalled. detailed private discussions he had
Based on Manning’s information, held with Icelandic leaders about a
a unit was dispatched to hunt the referendum that was being held after
groups down. Manning initially the country’s three biggest banks
thought the operation had gone well collapsed – including the sensitive
until a superior explained there had assessment that Iceland could default
been collateral from the mission. on its debts in 2011. Within hours
“Some guy loosely connected to the of receiving it, WikiLeaks published
group got killed,” the counsellor the cable. Now she knew they were
revealed, adding that Manning had taking her seriously.
been “very, very distressed” to learn What Manning had leaked so far
of this. had mostly been large, indiscriminate
Despite the US Government’s data dumps. What she was to leak
then policy banning openly LGBT next would shock the world.
people from serving in the military, Three days after passing the first
Manning, by all accounts, made no Footage leaked by Manning shows the killing of Iraqi civillians and jour- diplomatic cable (Manning would
effort to hide. She (still presenting nalists by the US Army. Collateral Murder is viewable on YouTube. eventually leak a quarter of a million
as “he” Bradley) kept a fairy wand such cables) WikiLeaks received a
on her workstation, where she video file from Manning depicting a
would listen to Lady Gaga. That camp persona Gaga’s Telephone while exfiltrating possibly series of airstrikes by two Apache helicopters in
would become an important aspect of Manning’s the largest data spillage in American history.” Bagdad on July 12, 2007. In the footage, recorded
subterfuge when she decided to go rouge. It allowed Investigators later discovered the SD card in by a camera mounted on the gun sights, we see
her to hide what she was doing in plain sight. Manning’s basement bedroom in her aunt the helicopters fire their 30mm M230 chain guns
Debra’s home in Maryland. on a group of ten men who are standing around
On January 28, Manning flew from the United in an area that militants had previously used to
MANNING CROSSES THE LINE States to Germany for rest and recreation. During fire on an American Humvee.
In January 2010, taking advantage of her security this trip, she took her first steps outdoors as a The men, some of them armed, had been
clearance, Manning downloaded almost half a woman, wearing a wig and make-up. escorting two Iraqi journalists from the Reuters
million documents relating to America’s recent Around this time, she also confided to her news agency to the scene of the attack on the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and copied them boyfriend Tyler that she had found some sensitive Humvee so that they could report on it. The >>

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>> helicopter crews misidentified them as the area well before the airstrike occurred. Manning’s behaviour at work and online in the
insurgents after someone near the group appeared The video had not yet been released when weeks that followed reveal that she was spinning
to be holding a rocket propelled grenade. The it was, allegedly, deleted by a disgruntled out of control and, now, probably wanted to
helicopter crew also mistook a camera one of the WikiLeaks team member when he quit the get caught. On May 7, Manning was found in a
journalists was carrying as a weapon. organisation. If the video was of the Granai storage closet, curled up in a foetal position, with
In the video, the helicopter’s cannons tear massacre and had the public ever seen it, it a knife at her feet. She had carved the words, “I
through the group, killing seven of them would have been extremely damaging for the want...” into a chair. Later that day, she got into
instantly, including journalist Namir Noor- United States and its allies. an altercation with another intelligence analyst
Eldeen, and badly wounding journalist Saeed Manning was now regularly chatting with and punched her in the face.
Chmagh. Then, when a van pulls over to help the someone online that she believed was Julian Manning was taken to the brigade psychiatrist
wounded journalist and another two locals step Assange himself – though this has never been who recommended her discharge from the Army.
in to help, the helicopter fires again, killing the proven. Investigators later found around 15 Instead, Manning’s supervisor removed the bolt
two men and Chmagh and badly wounding two pages of encrypted chats between her and this from Manning’s weapon and sent her to work in
children that were with them. person hidden on her MacBook’s hard drive. a supply office, demoting her from the rank of
In a final airstrike in the video, the helicopters Specialist to Private First Class. Amazingly, she
spot a group of people fleeing into an apartment still retained her security clearance at this point.
building and target the building with Hellfire Two days later, Manning contacted the novelist
missiles. It’s not only the killings on camera
She began to explore. Jonathan Odell via Facebook and told him

What she saw shocked

that make an impact; the banal, workaday radio that she wanted to talk to him in confidence
chatter between the helicopter crews as they about some “very high-profile events, albeit as
carry them out makes it all the more chilling.
her to the core and a nameless individual thus far”. On May 19, she

Chelsea came to feel

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released the contacted Eric Schmiedl, a mathematician she
footage on April 5, 2010 in theatrical fashion to had met while in Boston, and told him she had
the world’s media, entitled Collateral Murder. He
explained his rational to Al Jazeera: “You can see that she, too, had blood been the source of the Collateral Murder video.
Then two days later, Manning began chatting
that they… deliberately target Saaed… despite
their earlier belief that… the rules of engagement
on her hands. online to the person who would be her downfall.
Adrian Lamo was an American internet
did not permit them to kill Saeed when he was threat analyst and so-called “grey hat” hacker
wounded,” Assange said. who had made a name for himself breaking
“When he is rescued, suddenly that belief CHELSEA COMES UNDONE into computer networks at The New York
changed. You can see in this particular image he On April 24, Manning outed herself as Times. While black hat hackers break into
is lying on the ground and the people in the van transgender to her supervisor, Master Sergeant networks to cause malicious damage, and
have been separated, but they still deliberately Paul Adkins, in an email titled “My Problem,” white hat hackers identify penetration points
target him. This is why we called it Collateral writing, “I’ve had signs of it for a very long in computer systems in order to fix them, grey
Murder. In the first example, maybe it’s collateral time… It’s caused problems within my family. hat hackers typically break into systems just
exaggeration or incompetence when they strafe I thought a career in the military would get rid because they can and just to look around.
the initial gathering… But this particular event – of it. It’s not something I seek out for attention, When Lamo broke into The New York Times
this is clearly murder.” and I’ve been trying very, very hard to get rid of intranet in 2002, he not only added his name and
In March, Manning sent WikiLeaks an it by placing myself in situations where it would details to the paper’s database of expert sources,
encrypted video she’d found which, she believed, be impossible. but also used it to seek information about a
was footage of the 2009 Granai massacre – one of “But, it’s not going away; it’s haunting me more number of high-profile individuals. The New
the worst atrocities against civilians by coalition and more as I get older. Now, the consequences York Times lodged a complaint against Lamo
forces during the Afghanistan War. On May 4 of of it are dire, at a time when it’s causing me great with the Department Of Justice and two years
that year a US B-1 Bomber launched an airstrike pain in itself… I don’t know what to do anymore, later he surrendered himself to the FBI. Lamo
on the village of Granai in Farah Province in and the only ‘help’ that seems available is severe was sentenced to six months of home detention
western Afghanistan. The US military initially punishment and/or getting rid of me.” with two-year’s probation, and was ordered to
claimed that the airstrike had killed 20 to Attached with the email was a photograph pay $65,000 for compromising the newspaper’s
30 civilians along with a group of around 60 of Manning, dressed as a woman she called computer security as well that of as Microsoft,
insurgents, however, they now concede that “no Breanna, most likely taken on her trip to WorldCom and the Yahoo browser website.
one will ever be able conclusively to determine Germany. Manning probably expected this The chat logs between Manning and Lamo on
the number of civilian casualties that occurred”. revelation would result in her immediate AOL instant messaging, beginning from May 21,
The Afghan Government maintains that over discharge from the military. But while Adkins show her eagerness to spill the beans. They begin,
140 people were killed in the attack, with only talked to Manning’s therapist, he did not share “Hi. How are you? I’m an army intelligence
22 of them men, and the majority of them being her confession with anyone above him in the analyst, deployed to eastern Baghdad, pending
children. Villagers say that Taliban forces had left Army chain of command. discharge for ‘adjustment disorder’ in lieu of

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 Manning: Bradley and Chelsea.

‘gender identity disorder’. That friend advised Lamo to contact the

“If you had unprecedented access to classified authorities and then reported their conversation

It was her opinion

networks 14 hours a day, 7 days a week for 8+ to his former bosses. Lamo shared the chat
months, what would you do?” logs of his conversations with Manning with
Manning also revealed to Lamo that she had
that… it would lead to Army Counterintelligence and told them that

a greater good… that

questioned her gender for several years and that, he believed that Manning was potentially
“Sexual orientation was easy to figure out, but I endangering lives through the leaks. Lamo also
started to come to terms with it during the first
few months of my deployment.” society would come to passed the chat logs and Manning’s birth name
to Wired magazine under strict embargo so that
Lamo told Chelsea that he was bisexual and the conclusion that the they could break the story and reveal her identity

war wasn’t worth it…

had previously dated a transgender woman, so when news got out.
that she would relate to him. When Manning told Two days after Lamo spoke to Army
Lamo that she was “trying to keep a low profile” Counterintelligence, Manning was arrested by
he said he could be trusted like a “journalist the US Army Criminal Investigation Division
and a minister… Treat this as a confession or propaganda. Her army supervisors asked her and then transferred to a holding facility at Camp
an interview (never to be published) and enjoy a to find out who the “bad guys” were but when Arifjan in Kuwait where she was assigned a
modicum of legal protection,” Lamo replied. she looked into it she found that the detainees military defence attorney and placed on suicide
“Assange level?” Manning asked in response. were people trying to expose corruption within watch. On March 11, 2011, after a thorough
Lamo went on to describe himself to Manning as the Iraqi cabinet. When she reported this to her investigation, Manning was charged with 22
“a friend to WikiLeaks” who had encouraged people commanding officer he “didn’t want to hear any offences including violations of the Uniform Code
to donate to the organisation. Manning quickly of it” and instead asked her to try to help the Of Military Justice and United States Espionage
revealed that she was someone with access to the Iraqi police find more detainees. Act. In April of that year, a panel of experts
“DoS, DoD, CIA, NSA – those are what I know.” It was at that point that Manning realised that evaluated Manning as mentally fit to stand trial.
Over the next three days, Lamo and Manning she was “actively involved in something that I At a preliminary hearing, Manning’s lawyers
chatted frequently and she revealed that the was completely against”. argued that the government had exaggerated the
event that had really sent her over the edge was When Lamo began to appreciate the gravity harm that the leak of the documents had caused.
when the Iraqi Federal Police had detained of what Manning had leaked he spoke to a They accused prosecutors of overcharging
15 people for printing anti-government friend who had worked in counterintelligence. Manning in an effort to >> Continued page 80

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>> Continued from 65 coerce her into giving personnel records to record her new name but However, Manning was still not allowed to
evidence against Julian Assange, who had refused to correct the gender designation in her grow her hair longer and getting prison staff to
become a household name after the release of the file. Manning sought to access hormone therapy in refer to her by the correct pronouns remained a
Collateral Murder video. line with her diagnosis of gender dysphoria by the problem.
By this time, WikiLeaks had begun to release Army’s own doctors, but that was not allowed for In September the Army told the ACLU that
and publish material from the Iraq War and inmates in military prisons. Manning would become the first transgender
Afghan War logs, and the diplomatic cables In July 2014, the Federal Bureau Of Prisons inmate in a military prison to be allowed to
Chelsea had leaked in partnership with The rejected a request from the Army to transfer transition surgically. Yet, three months later, her
Guardian, Der Siegel, Le Monde, El Pais and The Manning to a civilian prison where she could military doctor was still refusing to change the
New York Times. undergo hormone therapy. The then Secretary gender on her official records to female.
Before the start of her trial, Manning pleaded Of Defence, Chuck Hagel made an exception that
guilty to ten of the charges, reading a 35-page should have allowed Manning to wear female
statement about her actions into the public undergarments under her prison uniform and CHELSEA’S LEGACY
record. She was convicted of seven of the receive hormone therapy. However, the Bureau With President Obama’s commutation, Chelsea’s
remaining 12 charges on July 30, 2013, but Of Prisons did not honour that, and in August struggle with the military justice system comes
acquitted of the charge that she aided the enemy. the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to a close. Her choice to go public as transgender
A defence psychiatrist testified that Manning’s threatened to sue the Defence Department if that and her subsequent legal battles to obtain
motive had been to “really change how the world was not granted. treatment would have had to have some influence
views the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and It wasn’t until February of 2015 that the on the Obama Administration’s decision to end
future wars”. The psychiatrist said that leaking the the discharge of openly transgender military
documents had been “an attempt to crowdsource personnel, which persisted after the repeal of the
an analysis of the war” by making them public. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.

Many on the political

“It was [her] opinion that if… enough analysis Since June of last year, otherwise qualified
was done on these documents… that it would United States service members can no longer be
lead to a greater good… that society, as a whole,
right in America had discharged, denied re-enlistment, involuntarily

called for her execution

would come to the conclusion that the war wasn’t separated or denied continuation of service
worth it… that really no wars are worth it.” for being transgender regardless of their stage

– something which she

On August 14 Manning apologised to the court, of transition. It remains to be seen whether
stating, “I am sorry that my actions hurt people. President Trump will seek to reverse this policy.
I’m sorry that they hurt the United States. I am qualified for under the According to Department Of Defence, estimates

Espionage Act.
sorry for the unintended consequences of my would affect as many as 7,000 service members.
actions. When I made these decisions, I believed I On the campaign trail, when asked a question
was going to help people, not hurt people.” about the issue, Trump responded, “We have a
Manning came out publicly as transgender politically correct military, and it’s getting more
eight days later – the day after her sentencing commander of the United States Disciplinary and more politically correct every day… Some of
– with her attorney, David Coombs reading a Barracks at Fort Leavenworth finally relented the things that they’re asking you to do and be
statement on The Today Show. and issued the following memo: “After carefully politically correct about are ridiculous… We’d
“As I transition into this next phase of my considering the recommendation that (hormone get our military people to come back and make
life, I want everyone to know the real me,” the treatment) is medically appropriate and recommendations to me, and I will follow those
statement read. “I am Chelsea Manning. I am necessary, and weighing all associated safety recommendations.”
a female. Given the way that I feel, and have and security risks presented, I approve adding So how will Manning fare in President Trump’s
felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone (hormone treatment) to Inmate Manning’s America? Manning encouraged people to take
therapy as soon as possible. treatment plan.” part in the 2016 Presidential Election but did not
“I hope that you will support me in this With a stroke of a pen, Manning became the tell them how to vote, saying only: “One of the
transition. I also request that, starting today, first transgender American soldier to be allowed most contentious general elections in modern US
you refer to me by my new name and use the to access hormone therapy in the military justice history is in front of us… if you’re lucky enough to
feminine pronoun (except in official mail to system. In a public statement later that year be able to vote, don’t let that privilege go to waste.”
the confinement facility). I look forward to Manning confirmed she was receiving treatment. Trump publicly encouraged the hacking
receiving letters from supporters and having the “I finally began my prescribed regime of hormones and leaking of material that would damage
opportunity to write back.” to continue my overdue gender transition in the Clinton campaign during the election and
Manning has battled with authorities to have February,” she wrote. “It’s been such an amazing has praised Assange for publishing leaked
them accept her female identity and to transition relief for my body and brain to finally come into Democratic National Committee emails. But it
physically in jail. In April 2014, the Kansas District alignment with each other. My stress and anxiety appears he has a different standard when it comes
Court granted Manning a legal name change levels have tapered off quite considerably. Overall, to government secrets.
from Bradley to Chelsea. The Army updated her things are beginning to move along nicely.” On January 19 of this year Trump spokesman

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 “Ungrateful TRAITOR…” tweeted
Donald Trump.

and soon-to-be White House press secretary kept from the public record.
Sean Spicer told reporters, “[The commutation MANNING AND SNOWDEN “In the last year, the White House told us that
is] disappointing, and it sends a very troubling Manning’s Iraq War log release alone is the 95 million records have been created, classified
message when it comes to the handling of biggest military leak in US history, dwarfing the and withheld from the public in the year 2012,”
classified information and to the consequences material released by fellow whistleblower Edward Snowden said in 2014 via video link at an awards
of those who leak information that threatens the Snowden in 2013 that documented the digital ceremony where Manning was being honoured.
security of our nation.” mass surveillance of the public by the United “Some of this information is unambiguously
Spicer called Manning, “someone who has States’ National Security Agency. necessary for public ends. For example, how
given away this country’s secrets,” but did not Manning’s Iraq War logs documented a further can we vote without evidence of the true costs
answer directly when asked whether Trump 15,000 civilian deaths in Iraq that had not been of the wars in which we are involved. Instances
would attempt to take steps to undo Obama’s previously known to the public. Manning’s of public corruption or official corruption in
decision. President Trump then attacked release of US diplomatic cables provided the nations that we support and ally ourselves with…
Chelsea’s commutation in a January 26 tweet in information fuel for the Arab Spring that spread and unambiguous war crimes. All of these were
response to Manning criticising Obama in The across the Middle East in the early 2010s. represented in the Manning leak.”
Guardian newspaper for not being bold enough Snowden is not eligible for a pardon because, Learning of Manning’s commutation in
during his presidency. unlike Manning who has faced the military’s January, Snowden tweeted, “In five more months,
“Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who criminal justice process, he remains on the run. you will be free. Thank you for what you did for
should never have been released from prison, While Snowden leaked his material in a everyone, Chelsea. Stay strong a while longer…
is now calling President Obama a weak leader. much more selective way to avoid harm, he has Let it be said here in earnest, with good heart:
Terrible!” he tweeted. praised Manning for raising the issue of “over- Thanks, Obama.”
Legal experts agree that Trump does not have classification” – in which information that is not Remarkable as it has already been, the Chelsea
the power to revoke Obama’s commutation. related to national security is made classified and Manning story has only just begun. 

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how will her new live-action movie shape up to
her legendary past? Lasoo of truth, anyone?

THE
HISTORY OF
WONDER WOMAN
In 1985 Wonder
1941 Woman ditched the
Wonder Woman was created by invisible plane after
William Moulton Marston, and an origin reboot
gave her the ability
first featured in All Star Comics
to fly.
#8 in December, 1941. Six months
later she appeared in her own WONDER WOMAN COSPLAY
comic book series. She has also
regularly appeared in comic
books featuring the superhero
teams Justice Society and Justice
League. Her origin story says she
was formed out of clay by her
mother and bought to life by the
Olympian Gods.

1960
Wonder Woman was a founding
member of Justice League in DC’s
Brave And The Bold #28.

1975-’79
Lynda Carter starred in the iconic
Wonder Woman TV series. WONDER WOMAN HAS HOOKED
UP WITH ALL THE SUPER STUDS
2011
NBC attempted to return Wonder 1941: STEVE TREVOR
Woman to television, but neither The US army intelligence officer crash lands on the Amazons’
the casting nor the pilot were well- Paradise Island. There, young Princess Diana helps nurse him
received. back to health and gradually falls for him.

2016 1989: SUPERMAN

The UN named Wonder Woman On an alternate reality, post-apocalyptic Earth, Superman and
a UN Honorary Ambassador for Wonder Woman shack up and pop out a few super kids.
the Empowerment of Women
And Girls. Israeli actress Gal 1990: AQUAMAN
Gadot appears as Wonder Woman During the Justice League, Aquaman is married to Mera,
in Batman V Superman: however, during the 1990s, both he and Wonder Woman are
Dawn Of Justice, marking the single and hook up.
character’s feature film debut.
Gadot will star in the character’s 2001: BATMAN
first solo live-action film Wonder Late in the animated series of Justice League and Justice League
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