Archive for March, 2010
To crown a Queen
Does anybody else like this show as much as we do? We’ve just finished S1 on pay TV. My, what tough challenges. In the encyclopaedia, the word ‘fabulous’ is next to a picture of a Drag Queen, y’know.
S2 is already in swing.
Visual treat
A behind-the-scenes of Judy Francesconi photo shoots.
Not sure about the Lipstick Lesbians label. I mean, who cares?
Progress
Couple of pieces of good news today.
In Mexico City, same-sex marriages have been legalised and the first couples already registered.
Closer to home in NSW, the Registry of BD&M have given up assigning gender in select cases. Norrie could be the first officially androgynous, or non-gendered, resident in Australia. Am waiting for the government to adjust their databases.
ETA: Alas, poor Norrie, whose new gender unspecified status has been revoked. Wonder what they’ll come up with to replace it.
Taxing the arts
If you wondered whether artists in other countries were also starving.
An international comparative study of tax concessions for the arts
This report is an international comparative study of the tax concessions provided to the arts in a number of selected jurisdictions. Given the prominence of its level of giving, the United States of America (United States) is one of the studied jurisdictions, as well as the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. Reference is also made to concessions provided for in Germany, the Netherlands, Mexico, Japan and Singapore. This is the 2nd Report commissioned by Arts Queensland and builds upon the 1st Report which outlined Australia’s current tax treatment of the arts.
Handily for the US tax season, here’s a short article on tax tips for writers that reminds you to deduct deduct deduct in proportion.
