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Gen Y remixes the role model
After Adam Lambert and George Michael wowed us recently, and my groupie moment had passed, I got to thinking about performers who’ve shown it’s possible to be publicly gay without ... Read more
Tue March 16th, 2010 - 2 Comments
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re shovel-ready!
The shriek of whistles pierces the air, dykes tease the crowd with their purring engines. A sea of happy, shiny peepaleenys. A similar spark was ignited at the party, although ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - 5 Comments
Faced-off dancing queen
Blessed be, I’ve been de-friended on Facebook. In a narcissistic medium where everyone’s a poet or a wise-ass, de-friending has become quite de rigeur. Seems we’re now more tickled with who ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 9 Comments
A few clowns short of circus?
Everyone loves a parade, right? At approximately 10pm on June 24 1978, we’d had enough. Protesters stood up to police crashing their perfectly harmless queer shindig. Many were arrested, named and ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - 14 Comments
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Vive le fiesta
It’s hard to believe the silly season is upon us again. Yup, the Mardi Gras Festival is about to kick off this weekend at one of the most popular events ... Read more
Tue February 16th, 2010 - 3 Comments
Label queens
Are you queer? Bent? Camp as Christmas? Or is our ever-evolving GLBTIQ acronym more to your liking? Labels, labels, labels. Tedium much? Recently I noticed someone suggest we embrace the word ‘homosexual’ ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - 6 Comments
Government’s computer says no
With the iPad and My School website dominating tech headlines, I wonder if the federal Government’s proposed internet filter is flying under the radar. But what is it, and how will ... Read more
Tue February 2nd, 2010 - 3 Comments
Willy worship
As Prince William returns to the sumptuous surrounds of his privileged world, one wonders what sort of king the dapper, prematurely balding Gen Y prince might make, should the monarchy ... Read more
Wed January 27th, 2010 - 6 Comments
New bitches on the block
Move over Cher, Liza and Whitney. And Celine — enough already! There’s a new breed of gay icon curling our wigs. And while entirely subjective and generational, it’s safe to ... Read more
Tue January 19th, 2010 - 12 Comments
2009: Your biggest pink bits
The trouble with whirlwind retrospectives like this is it’s impossible to cram everything in. But I’m giving it a crack, nonetheless. Snaps for Obama’s inauguration, however, Prop 8 somehow survived. HIV ... Read more
Tue December 15th, 2009 - 8 Comments
Extra, Extra, tweet all about it!
Times have sure changed since the days of the humble newspaper, as more and more readers migrate to digital media. Yet after 1000 editions, Sydney Star Observer is still going ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - 4 Comments
More gays in the village
Community — what is it? And where did it go? We may still be without equality, but the same-sex rights rallies and World AIDS Day events invoked an awesome sense of ... Read more
Tue December 1st, 2009 - 4 Comments
Diaries of a schoolyard homo
It wasn’t uncommon for me to be found in music class during lunchtime at school, safely distant from a schoolyard teaming with homophobic bullies. I didn’t think myself particularly camp, ... Read more
Tue November 17th, 2009 - 8 Comments
Read my lip-synch
Roll up, roll up, the circus is in town. Yep, it’s Britney, bitches! No stranger to controversy, Britney Spears has arrived in Australia to yet another groundswell of hoopla. This time ... Read more
Tue November 10th, 2009 - 6 Comments
YouTubr killed the video star?
It’s probably safe to say U2 have always had a bit of a rep as pioneers, and their recent YouTube venture is no exception. The Irish super-group have just become the ... Read more
Tue November 3rd, 2009 - 2 Comments
Text me now on 1900-i
No doubt about it — the world’s gone i-crazy. Staring mindlessly at an infomercial the other night, I found my senses assaulted by product placement, bombarded with logos and shrewdly placed ... Read more
Tue October 27th, 2009 - 5 Comments
This is it … or is it?
I’ll probably be shot down for this – but could Michael Jackson still be alive? Rumours like this are usually no more than the crazed machinations of diehard fans, but the ... Read more
Wed October 21st, 2009 - 16 Comments
Get your gleek on
Now I’m no TV critic, but I know what I like. And I’m loving Glee. Maybe I’m biased. I was such a gleek in school. But somehow, this highly-touted series hadn’t ... Read more
Tue October 13th, 2009 - 12 Comments
My big fat gay idol
Are we ready for a gay or lesbian Australian Idol? Hot off the heels of gay rumours from within the Idol bunker, Nathan ‘I’m camp but not gay’ Brake has refuted ... Read more
Tue October 6th, 2009 - 11 Comments
Your disco needs you
Oh no! Where have all our venues gone? The Flinders Hotel has been sold, with its GLBT future now in disarray. Then around the same time came news that upstairs at ... Read more
Tue September 29th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Ready to rumble
Yep, it’s that time of year again. Sleaze Ball is nearly here with a cracking theme and some kick-ass DJs to help you get your “Game on!” But are you going ... Read more
Tue September 22nd, 2009 - 2 Comments
Ellen does Idol
Now I’m not one to jump on the ‘pink bandwagon’ and blindly support someone simply because they’re queer, but hello: Ellen DeGeneres on American Idol — woot, woot! When I first ... Read more
Tue September 15th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Stroke that keyboard, baby!
Would you believe until a week ago I didn’t have a Gaydar profile? And I was only tuning into Gaydar Radio? Many didn’t. But it’s true. Of course I’ve had ... Read more
Tue September 8th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Babes, brains and baristas
You might be pleased to know that if you’re hot, you’re more likely to do well in life, particularly in the workplace. At least so say renewed studies. Well, duh! Now ... Read more
Tue September 1st, 2009 - 4 Comments
Twitterbug for a day or serentwipity
Maybe it's just me, but Twitter -” what's the point? I can't think of anything it does that Facebook doesn't already, only better. When I re-joined recently, it wasn't long before ... Read more
Tue August 25th, 2009 - 7 Comments
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Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his silence towards the gay and lesbian community, and take up offers to meet with a community delegation. Abbott is yet to ... 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
NMG begins dissection of split season
CHANGE OF DATE: The extraordinary general meeting will now be held on Sunday, April ... Read more