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Boys back in Bondi’s glory
Summer is now with us and one event worth seizing on if you score a hot summer's Saturday arvo is Bondi Boys, which has been turning a little patch of ... Read more
Wed December 17th, 2008 - No Comments
Signing off
As this is my final Star Legals column, I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you for all your support and feedback this year. I've ... Read more
Wed December 17th, 2008 - No Comments
Accept yourself
We all have certain dreams, aspirations and choices to make during our lives. They may or may not be realised and things we have never even considered may become our ... Read more
Thu December 11th, 2008 - No Comments
The end of Work Choices
After months of secrecy and speculation, the Australian Government recently introduced into Parliament the new Fair Work Bill 2008, which, if passed by the Senate, will repeal several controversial aspects ... Read more
Wed December 10th, 2008 - No Comments
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Tis the season to go crazy
If you missed the Non-Scene party Afternoon Delight last weekend don't despair, Ben and Tobin will be doing another party in February. The promise of a cute little bowling club party ... Read more
Wed December 10th, 2008 - No Comments
Flinders get festive
After a great weekend at two different festivals, I'm feeling festival crazy, texting friends with every available digit, seeing who's up for what. Melbourne may have the bars, but Sydney ... Read more
Thu December 4th, 2008 - No Comments
Time to move on
In the middle of 1999 a drug summit was held in the gay and lesbian community in response to concerns over an increasing number of hospitalisations due to the use ... Read more
Wed December 3rd, 2008 - 4 Comments
Giving just a little bit more
In Melbourne's gay strip of Commercial Road, model/dancer/singer Ryan Stuart is known to most punters on a first-name basis. He's trotted the stage as a back-up dancer to drag shows ... Read more
Wed December 3rd, 2008 - 11 Comments
Diversity can be good for business
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Company Directors at the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) census launch on 28 October, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith spoke ... Read more
Wed November 26th, 2008 - No Comments
A correction
Last week's column discussed the upcoming lock-out and described it as a trial. This was based on information I had received from sources who had told me the system was ... Read more
Wed November 26th, 2008 - 1 Comment
A legend returns to the stage
It's forecast to be an extremely pleasant 22 degrees in Sydney on Saturday and half of gaytown will be down at Summer Gay Day at Moore Park, now in its ... Read more
Wed November 26th, 2008 - No Comments
Fallout over Proposition 8
As gay rights groups continue to analyse the causes of their failure to defeat Proposition 8, divisions have emerged between gay rights groups and black civil rights activists over the ... Read more
Wed November 19th, 2008 - No Comments
Spend a dollar and save a life
Bah humbug. Why is it always beautiful during the week and then rainy on the weekends? Yet another grey storm cloud descended on Sydney last weekend and once again summer ... Read more
Wed November 19th, 2008 - No Comments
Political problems need political solutions
As the disappointing news filtered through last Thursday that a majority of Californians had endorsed Proposition 8 (the amendment to the Californian Constitution which would expressly define marriage as between ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - No Comments
Drinking in the full story
Only three more weekends until the lock-outs begin in earnest and you don't have to be Fred Nile to realise that Oxford Street's a war zone. If it's not would-be ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - No Comments
Drug testing gone mad
Last week an extremely interesting article ran in the American newspaper USA Today. It dealt with the use of unreliable drug-test kits as the basis to arrest innocent people on ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - 1 Comment
A desperate PR exercise
The lockout trial announced by the Surry Hills Police Local Area Command last week and due to start on 1 December makes it abundantly clear that regulatory authorities have completely ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 2 Comments
Opinion divided over lockout
The hot topic on everyone's lips this week, besides the Bali bombers' impending executions, the Melbourne Cup and the US presidential elections, was of course the lockouts. It's hard to tell ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - No Comments
NEW DRINKING LAWS
Last week it was announced that Oxford St and Taylor Square licensed venues have agreed to a trial patron lockout between 6am and 9am on weekends. During the three month ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 2 Comments
BFFs: Best Friends F*#king
We all have our little group of friends, our own entourage and dynamic that joins people together through a collective interest or behaviour. Whether your close group of friends includes ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 3 Comments
The solution isn’t an orgy of regulation
As the financial crisis continues apace, the response from some quarters is becoming increasingly bizarre. One of the more ridiculous stances taken in this discussion has been by those who have ... Read more
Wed October 29th, 2008 - No Comments
Embarrasment of riches on offer
If you're tired of Sydney, you're tired of life -” to borrow a line crafted for a better place. She ain't perfect, this lady, but she's definitely pretty and with ... Read more
Wed October 29th, 2008 - No Comments
On the straight and narrow
There are certain rules that must be followed when dating, whether you're straight, gay or a little of both. These rules apply to those people you are pursuing and those ... Read more
Wed October 29th, 2008 - 4 Comments
Kooky hits adolescence
It's a long time since I met Johnny Taranto, aka Seymour Butz of Club Kooky fame. I was about 18 and he not much older, and he'd just been photographed ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - No Comments
Hair tests for drugs
Ten years ago it would have been hard to believe that we would now have a saliva test for drugs routinely used in roadside tests to deter illicit drug users ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - No Comments
Current Issue
Tony, please think before speaking
You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more