Dawson has toured extensively as a vocalist, including between 2011 and 2015 in the band Last Mistress, alongside fellow members Gabriel Atkinson on lead guitar, Ken Hennessy on bass guitar,
Anthony Troiano on drums and Dean Williams on rhythm guitar. Since 2016, Dawson has been with the band LadyHood as a singer. They have played with acts such as
Aerosmith,
Guns N' Roses and
Daryl Braithwaite. Dawson was the host of the
AFL Grand Final Preview Show on
Channel 31 in 2020 and the on-ground host of the
2021 AFL Women's Grand Final. They also hosted ''
Women's Footy'' on the
Nine Network in 2022 and was the boundary rider for
Fox Footy at women's AFL games. Aside from covering the
AFLW Grand Final, Dawson has also worked as a host of the
Australian Grand Prix, the
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and
The Women's Footy Show. Dawson was offered a role on
The Challenge after a TV executive saw them hosting a sports function at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground. They were widely reported as being the first
non-binary presenter fronting a major Australian television series, After trying out various approaches as host, they decided with producer Stephen Tate against imitating the "ominous" style of U.S. host
T. J. Lavin, and to "do the Brihony version" instead. In 2023, they were announced as a member of the
Australian jury for the
2023 Eurovision Song Contest. ==Personal life==