the pandemic forced loads of us to reassess our relationship with booze and explore more non alcoholic alternatives. international sales of non alcoholic drinks have shot up by a quarter but in france, the growth has been slower, reportedlyjust 4% in the same period. so, how do parisians feel about alcohol free wine? i ve never tried it. i like wine regular wine. i m used to that. i think we re losing something. you want to feel the taste. - it s not as fun, either. one man hoping to transform french attitudes is augustin. hello, ade! bonjour! last year, he set up what he says is paris s first shop entirely devoted to non alcoholic drinks. do you get any snobbery? do you get people who come in and when they hear there s no
renamed it marri madung butbut, or the gathering space . chocolate boxx grew up in a small town in new south wales and is now a drag act in demand. in fact, she won the miss first nations competition in 2019 and 2020, and is competing again this year for the title of supreme queen. i fell into drag cos i was working as a bartender at a gay venue and saw a drag queen, i was like, that looks fun, and it looked like a good way i can continue my dance career and live out my dream, basically. and did it, fell in love with it, got asked to do a show, got asked to come back, and here we are 8.5 years later. it s myjob. your cultural background, how does that come into your performance? how does that influence you? the way we tell stories, that s how we communicate. that s how we pass on our.
so, how do parisians feel about alcohol free wine? i ve never tried it. i like wine regular wine. i m used to that. i think we re losing something. you want to feel the taste. - it s not as fun, either. one man hoping to transform french attitudes is augustin. hello, ade! bonjour! last year, he set up what he says is paris s first shop entirely devoted to non alcoholic drinks. do you get any snobbery? do you get people who come in and when they hear there s no alcohol, they re like, what?! what is this? ! yeah, at the beginning, some people were kind of making fun orjust laughing when they entered. but then, for us, it s not against alcohol because most of our customers, they re what we call flexi drinkers , so they keep drinking alcohol but they also, time to time, want to have a break. of course, you have all the pregnant women, the muslim people who never drink alcohol.
australia s government said world pride had the potential to be the biggest event in sydney since the olympics in 2000. for first nations communities, it s a very bright spotlight, and an opportunity like no other. what does it mean for you personally as a first nations man in the lgbt community? what does that mean for you to see everything happening today? ten, 20 years ago, i don t think something like this would have happened, so to be able to see our community and our culture front and centre is something that is so incredible, because if you can see it, you can be it. what is it like to be black queer person in australia? we ve got the struggle of equality being queer, and the struggle of equality being indigenous people in this country, first people from this country, so i think there is a lot of work to go. things like this make me happy
shone on people from the oldest known surviving culture on earth. welcome, each and every one of you, onto my gadigal people s custodial land. applause. normally this place is an arts centre, but during world pride it s where australia s first nations lgbt community has been coming, and for the duration, they have renamed it marri madung butbut, or the gathering space. chocolate box grew up in a small town in new south wales and is now a drag act in demand. in fact, she won the miss first nations competition in 2019 and 2020, and is competing again this yearfor the title of supreme queen. i fell into drag because i was working as a bartender at a gay