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Planning where you might live as you get older and your lifestyle changes is important for everyone. But for queer and trans people there are not as many options, or not necessarily ones where they feel comfortable to be themselves in later life. That is slowly changing both here in Australia and in some countries.  Anna Richards, freelance journalist based in Lyon, France, visited and met some of the residents in France's first social housing project for LGBTQIA+ seniors.

Currently, the Powerhouse Museum has come alive with the ALT: GAMES festival, marking everything from the Australian gaming industry; history of games; the players who dedicate their time to doing it as well as what the future of gaming may hold.

In 1974, two Melbourne feminists saw an opportunity to shake up the British-owned male-heavy publishing scene in Australia.Hilary McPhee, a novice editor at the time, along with her friend Dianne Gribble formed a small inner city publishing firm McPhee Gribble. Together, they launched and championed new Australian authors that have become household names like Helen Garner, Tim Winton and Kaz Cooke. Hilary first wrote about this in her 2001 memoir Other People's Words. Now 25 years later, she has updated and republished it with a new chapter exploring emojis, podcasts and AI's impact on the business.

As the seasons change and winter approaches, we start to think about how we manage our wardrobe space, as the summer clothes makes way for the winter collection. Is it a good time to take stock of what you have and lighten your wardrobe load?