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Love is in the air
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James Maybe it’s because of autumn, maybe it’s because I’m off my dial on ecstasy, but at the moment romance seems to be on my mind. Tragically, romance for me ... Read more
Tue March 16th, 2010 - No Comments
Growth drivers and property markets
By Nick Mills I was at a dinner party recently and a friend leered over his third or fourth glass of chardonnay and asked me the age-old question: “What’s happening in ... Read more
Tue March 16th, 2010 - No Comments
Thank you for the music
“Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing,” and still singing. I want to start with the biggest thank you to all the DJs who made Mardi Gras 2010 ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Average Joes Anonymous
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James There’s currently an ad on television which echoes a sentiment that has been bouncing around my brain lately. What’s disturbing is this ad has been commissioned by some ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
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Get your butt into gear
So New Year has come and gone and those resolutions made at midnight seem so far away. You’re back at work and it’s consuming all your energy. The personal trainer ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
No pride in domestic violence
There is a lot of information in the media of late about being aware of homophobic violence. There is another kind of violence that tends not to be talked about ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 1 Comment
What’s your risk profile
So how did you all survive Mardi Gras? I had a great time zooming up the street with the Team Sydney guys and girls, showing the world just how strong ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Big boys do cry
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James Like most males, there’s a significant part of me (i.e. the emotional part) that is not particularly expressive (i.e. dead). My past history indicates that I cry I ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Gone fishing
By Steve Ostrow My friend Charles brought me a fishing rod some years ago. It sits in my sunroom, buried somewhere under tons of things, but manages to gaze forlornly out ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Get inspired
By Anthony Lowe Harbour City Bears is an inclusive not-for-profit community group for hairy gay men, their admirers and friends. Based in Sydney, their annual festival, Bear Essentials, is Australia’s premier ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
I couldn’t have done it without my pussy
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James As only a true queen could I’d like to make this column like an acceptance speech for the award I’m yet to receive. I’d like to thank my high ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Woof… the ultimate compliment
In British slang the term WOOF refers to a male homosexual. I don’t know how many of you know that I was born in England and I am male and homosexual, ... Read more
Tue February 16th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Doe-eyed puppy
Insincerely Teddy By Teddy James I had an experience with a customer this week that proved a little too close to the bone. A 19-year-old boy bounded into my store with all ... Read more
Tue February 16th, 2010 - No Comments
Rules for police searches
Last time I gave a wrap-up of the police power to search and detain. In this article I shall talk about what safeguards and limits the law puts on the ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Going for Gold
By Anthony Lowe As you all know by now I am heading to Chicago in May to compete in International Mr Leather 2010, A Leather Odyssey. I will be representing Sydney ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
How much excerise is enough?
You know you want to start exercising but if you don’t know what you should be doing and/or how much of it, where would you even start with your health ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Fashion-smashin
‘Fashion’ shits me. If the term ‘so yesterday’ weren’t so yesterday, that’s what I’d call it. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE clothes, but the fashion industry has created a monopoly ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Insincerely Teddy
Cigarettes: none. Dead: three It’s been two months since I said goodbye to one of my closest friends and allies, the Marlboro Man. Actually, ‘friend and ally’ doesn’t even begin to ... Read more
Wed February 3rd, 2010 - 1 Comment
Police powers and drug searches
By Ros Mayne The nature and extent of the policing at the most recent Sleaze Ball has been a hot topic. With Mardi Gras approaching, perhaps it’s time to look at ... Read more
Tue February 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
How it all began
By Anthony Lowe In 1987 two Sydney dykes went to the New York Pride Parade and amongst all the glitter, glamour and spectacle, 1000 Dykes on Bikes were very hard to ... Read more
Tue January 26th, 2010 - No Comments
Insincerely Teddy
By Teddy James We are family After a hard days retail work (unpacked three boxes — one quite large), still detoxing (drinking yet more water — glass after fucking glass), expanding my ... Read more
Tue January 26th, 2010 - No Comments
Let your Australia Day show
Anthony Lowe John McKnight defines community as “the social place used by family, friends, neighbours, neighbourhood associations, clubs, groups and local enterprises”. Controversy can be defined as a “dispute, argument or a ... Read more
Wed January 20th, 2010 - 5 Comments
Help a homeless pussy
At the Sydney Dogs and Cats Home we’ve been looking after Sydney’s lost and unwanted animals for more than 40 years. We can provide shelter for up to 60 dogs ... Read more
Tue January 19th, 2010 - No Comments
I swallow*
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James I thought I’d base my first column around something simple, genial — homey even…like me. A topic that won’t alienate the reader but rather provide a polite, wry ... Read more
Tue January 19th, 2010 - 2 Comments
Raining on the gay parade
It’s well known in the lesbian community that when you first apply to the union, there are certain requirements you have to fill. You must have recognised that, in hindsight, your ... Read more
Tue January 12th, 2010 - No Comments
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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