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Australia is not all about Speedo’s.. or is it?

Australian DNA Magazine is one of those gay favourites, not only featuring new gay destinations, reviews or fashion trends, but MOST IMPORTANTLY totally awsome photography. So not surprisingly the readers are so engaged in discussing the models and some other gay stuff from DNA.

Remember What women want movie? Wanna know What do gays want?

Have a look at the latest twitter buzz of DNA readers:

That blank look in his eyes seems to look as if someone asked him what time it was and then he got distracted by something shiny. Better luck next time. Posted by akirakidI like the dumb look. Dumb fucks good! Posted by tasty

This guy is super hot. He has a great, and I mean great, body – not too overmuscled but not those scrawny guys you see on runways. Beautiful, high pecs, great abs and solid legs (rather than swizzle sticks). I think Gene is one of the best covers – EVER!! I hope we see him again and again. Posted by Blocker

The talents of Simon [Le, photographer] and Gene make this the best cover ever!!! Damon Maassen.

I read Nick Cook’s article about gay icons [One Of these Women Is Just Like the Other DNA #137] with great interest. My adoration/defense of a good diva has enlivened many a dinner party conversation. Mr Cook starts his article beautifully, writing that for every gay man there is a diva/icon. His list is both all-encompassing and inclusive.

While I agree that there are a select few ladies that have passed into the pantheon of Gay Goddesses (those with but one name), I take exception to the idea that there are few black icons (however, that said, where are the Latina or Asian divas?)
If you are writing from a purely white middle Australia (of whom I count myself) point of view, then yes, perhaps your list is complete. However, why reduce focus to such a tiny view?

I can accept that Donna Summer has fallen from favour, but I do not believe Whitney is no longer an icon. You only need visit her website/YouTube/Facebook to see the number of gay fans that still adore her (especially with news that she has re-entered rehab).

How Billie Holiday slips from this list I am also unsure. Miss Holiday had a large gay following through the ’30s and ’40s that would speak to her inclusion in the pantheon. I think that whatever potency of addiction some of our ladies have had, their ability to stand up and create great work is more than ample reason to love and worship at their feet.

I love our Britney (hardly talent-less, thank you), Judy ( she is my once and always icon) and Madonna (bitch-queen love). But where is Aretha, JLo, Maria Callas, Patti Labelle, Janet Jackson, Dorothy Dandridge, Mary J Blige, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Margaret Cho, Gong Li and, yes, Nina Simone.

Your list seems, by the end of the article, to speak only of a very small, cliched pantheon of icons and, while I agree that each of those ladies have earned their place in this special list, perhaps they have a few more sisters (and brothers) that deserve a look into heaven?

As race has been raised in a couple of DNA issues over the last year, I find it interesting that once again you appear to be speaking for/to a very specific target audience. Perhaps there are those of us in your audience that still believe in all the colours of the rainbow? Julius Maloney, Surry Hills.