Palms on Oxford has secured Showgirl Sundays, the long-running drag showcase formerly hosted at Stonewall Hotel, after a dispute over how it was named in the nomination list for Sydney’s annual drag industry awards and amid ongoing tensions over the lack of payment for guest performers.

The inside of gay club Johnsons in Fort Lauderdale. It's lit in red, there are poles, and a crowd of people are surrounding the stage.

Stonewall Hotel’s top floor will be turned into an upmarket, all-male nude strip club with a cover charge, as part of plans to revitalise the 27-year-old Oxford Street gay bar.

A new novel about persecuted gay codebreaker Alan Turing has drawn backlash for allegedly “straight-washing” his life, prompting a book review website to restrict reviews of the title over “unusual behaviour” – but the author insists the criticism is misplaced.

Palms on Oxford has secured Showgirl Sundays, the long-running drag showcase formerly hosted at Stonewall Hotel, after a dispute over how it was named in the nomination list for Sydney’s annual drag industry awards and amid ongoing tensions over the lack of payment for guest performers.

The inside of gay club Johnsons in Fort Lauderdale. It's lit in red, there are poles, and a crowd of people are surrounding the stage.

Stonewall Hotel’s top floor will be turned into an upmarket, all-male nude strip club with a cover charge, as part of plans to revitalise the 27-year-old Oxford Street gay bar.

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