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FRESHLY DOUG THURSDAY APRIL 29

francois sagat st peter ross watson
after Caravaggio's 'Crucifixion of St Peter' - by Ross Watson


Daniel Witthaus goes solo in rough territory, the culture wars get worse in the USA, a gay painter takes on the Pope, and despite being denied a Charter, Australia celebrates Human Rights.


INTO THE RED DUST

Daniel Witthaus as his anti-homophobia tour hits Geraldton, which sounds like a pretty rough place – in 2006 the police decided to tackle the high rate of burglaries by bringing back mounted police. Not sure how that worked, but I’m sure the horses were happy. Follow Daniel here

UNIFORMS & CHAINS @ THE WHITE HOUSE

Dramatic developments in the US as gay servicemen and women lose patience with Barack Obama and chain themselves to the White House fence – it appears that ‘yes, we can, but not yet’ is the new catchcry. They are frustrated with Obamas refusal to use his executive powers to end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Our Washington correspondent Harley Dennett has the story.

PRAY THE DEVIL TO HELL

Melbourne is a city of festivals and Friday night sees the start of the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, with a screening of Pray The Devil Back to Hell, Really Long Link . Events are also taking place around Australia. Director Matthew Benetti will be in the studio.


A SAINT WITH A CONDOM

It’s a fair bet the Pope won’t be calling on Ross Watson to paint any chapels any time soon. Fresh from painting Matthew Mitcham he’s been busy turning porn star Francois Sagat – you know, the short guy with the tattooed head - into Saint Peter. He tells us why he has ventured into territory some might think verges on blasphemy. Check it out

THE REGULARS

And we’ll have our regular roundup of news from Andrew Potts from Sydney Star Observer, and our weekly visit to the theatre with Will Conyers.

CALL ME

Join the show by calling 1300 JOY 949 (within Australia), SMS 0427 JOY 949, or Twitter @freshlydoug. Stories, ideas, brickbats, bouquets to freshlydoug@joy.org.au .

Podcasts of past shows are back online at Really Long Link
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