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June 18: Zanne shows off her sexy new haircut

June 17: Our car was covered with ice this morning! This is very unusual for our part of the world brrr! (Zanne is now regularly getting about in a dressing gown and Homer Simpson slippers as a result - how will she cope in Vancouver I wonder?)

June 16: Brisbane Pride Festival's Boardgames Night at The Joynt
Shan

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June 15: we arrived home today from our beach mini-break to a Mum-made sign on the door. How cute is my Mum?! She is so excited for us - the wedding talk has already begun!

June 14: We're engaged!

Zanne arranged 2 nights at the beach to celebrate our one year anniversary and guess what? This morning my love proposed! We're engaged! Fiance, fiance, fiance!

Today was my loveliest, happiest day so far (am I dreaming?). Who knew that being engaged would translate to being more in love??

My ring is perfect by the way. If you zoom in on the top left image you will see that Zanne gave me a diamond engagement ring that is not a diamond engagement ring. Such a radical word play!, and the perfect ring for me (it just needs to be re-sized).

June 13: Brisbane Pride Festival's March and Fair Day - all you need is love!

This year's March and Fair Day was bigger and better than last year (10,000+ people!) and it was particularly significant for Zanne and I because we met while wristbanding at Pride last year. We were in our own little, love bubble today. It was fabulous.
June 12: We saw Pink! AKA the best concert I've ever seen - how does she manage to fly on a trapeze and sing upside down??
Pink is touring Australia for 3 months - she will perform 58 gigs, entertaining more than 600,000 fans in the process. She's breaking all sorts of records over here!
Shan

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June 8: There is no kid cuter! Our nephew Noah works his Baby Elmo onesie. Too, too cute!
June 7: A few pics from our day at the Winter Sun Festival - Australia's Leading Rock & Roll Nostalgia Retro Event. I wish I could live at the Winter Sun!

June 6: A few pics from the Queen's Birthday Community Awards that Zanne arranged almost single-handedly...
The night was a fabulous success and everyone was full of praise for my wonderful girl - I'm very proud of her! The night was even more significant because my parents were in attendance - their first gay event! I love that they love Zanne.
Wine, awards, laughs, drag queens, drag kings, more laughs and more questions of Mr Leather by Cassie - a radical night!

June 5: A billboard for Zanne's friend's play. Check out 25 Down by Richard Jordan. Richard wrote the play while he and Zanne were housemates. We'll be off to see it very soon!

June 4: Here we are at the launch of Brisbane's month-long Pride Festival, which was at a local gallery. There were speeches, art, pizza and even Mr Leather! It was on this night that we discovered what red leather means ha! This event was always on our social calendar cos Zanne is on the Brisbane Pride Committee but even if she wasn't we would have gone along anyways cos, firstly, Pride is fun, but mostly Zanne and I both consider that pride and community are important, as is participating and being active.

Shan

Page 9 girl

I got my first by-line! For the first time in 6 years, something I've written has appeared in a publication with my name next to it. Working in PR I've become accustomed to seeing my words appear in the media with no name or someone elses name attached to them. Which is fine, it's what we do, and in fact it's actually quite the compliment to see a journalist put their name next to something I've written.

As a member of the Brisbane Pride Festival organising committee, I've been assigned the task of coordinating this year's Queens Birthday Community Awards. This includes all of the promotions and PR and so when I wrote a press release for Q News last week I expected that, as usual, the story would appear with no name. But here it is :)

I have to say.. I quite enjoy seeing my name in print!