LGBTIQ.DIRECTORY encouraging and promoting rich and fulfilling lives in our community.

When my partner and I started FUSE Magazine, it was really just another extension of our creative journey together.  Although fun, running a magazine can also be challenging and stressful at times, and, like all things work, that stress can have adverse effects on wellbeing and happiness. Like many others, I sometimes struggle to live in this world, but I’m also incredibly fortunate to have my own personal antidote. I love playing with mud. Only recently, I was talking...

The annual 2023-2024 Canberra LGBTIQ DIRECTORY publication, updated each July, is out now.  Along with our popular website, the LGBTIQ DIRECTORY is a community-focused project proudly produced by FUSE Magazine — Canberra's local LGBTIQ+ publication. The LGBTIQ DIRECTORY has been created in response to the identification that LGBTIQ+ people in Canberra and surrounding regions need a central place to find support, community and business pathways.  It is our aim to encourage...

“I’M SO STRESSED”. “THIS IS TOO STRESSFUL” “THIS IS STRESSING ME OUT.” These are common refrains that we hear everyday — from others, from the media, from ourselves. “Life is stressful”. Yes, life is full of challenges and stressors — deadlines, traffic jams caused by the new light rail building works, arguments with a spouse, work pressures, social anxieties, too many competing priorities, new relationships, navigating school or study — all are potential causes of stress in some degree...

Get Drumming in Canberra! Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity to learn African Drumming absolutely free. Would you like to join a fun 10-week course of African Drumming? Join our drumming group led by coach Yvette from 'Rise Drumming' to learn and experience the unifying power of music!