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Gay school for the young
Recently I acquired a new friend who is just 19-years-old (born 1991, the year I was completing my HSC). Although most times he doesn’t act as though he is just 19, ... Read more
Tue March 16th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Over for another year
I sit in my room a shivery mess, wrapped in my blanket with the fan full blast, not knowing if I’m Arthur or Martha. It can only mean one of ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Nude in the name of art
Months ago when I wrote that I was considering taking part in the Spencer Tunick installation at the Opera House, it was just that, considering. Filling in my application wasn’t a ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 5 Comments
Be prepared
It’s not Mardi Gras till you see a bra-line burnt into a drag queen from Fair Day, as many fully grown men progress through the festival with lovely sundress marks ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
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Cum, bugger a rugger
We’re queer, we’re here and it was just Chinese New Year ... as I suspected, this year is already whizzing past us. Bam bam, Mardi Gras is knocking at our ... Read more
Tue February 16th, 2010 - No Comments
Money, money, money
As a child I would get pocket money for removing weeds and rocks on our property. It would be straight down to the shops and all spent at once. I ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Airport adventures
You may have noticed my absence from Sydney Star Observer last week. I’d planned a fabulous piece — it soon fizzled out and turned into an interstate adventure. A couple of ... Read more
Tue February 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Time to sparkle
Christmas and New Year seemed to flutter past, quicker than ever this year. My heart skipped a beat as I passed hot cross buns in the supermarket. I almost fell ... Read more
Tue January 19th, 2010 - 4 Comments
The ‘C’ word
I have been pulled up on my language many times. There are some words that just come out. Like sand through the hourglass, they seem to flow, and the more ... Read more
Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments
Part of the family
I have been baking all day. You need a pretty big cake to celebrate 1000 issues. My love affair with Sydney Star Observer started even before I started to write for ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - No Comments
Can’t help myself … bad habbits
I’m very much a creature of habit, not entirely out of laziness, but more out of time management. I know I have a finite amount of time between tasks so ... Read more
Tue December 1st, 2009 - 3 Comments
Show some respect
One thing that rocks my apple cart is the ‘he, she, is it or not’ question that, even today, is thrown around carelessly. I was performing in the city recently and ... Read more
Tue November 24th, 2009 - No Comments
Mirror image
Everything old is new again. Last week we saw the opening of the newly renovated and named upstairs section of the Midnight Shift. Unlike some so-called renovations, the new Saddlebar has ... Read more
Tue November 17th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Nude up for Mardi Gras
I know I’m not the only person who struggles with body image. With the perfect body forced down our throats every minute of the day, it’s understandable many of us ... Read more
Tue November 10th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Doing day drag
The minute the sun decides to show its face, the community comes out in full force. Luncheons, picnics, parties, cocktails and last weekend the annual Food and Wine Fair. At some ... Read more
Tue November 3rd, 2009 - 3 Comments
The new awards
It felt like I was trying to move a mountain this morning, The best I could do was ‘snooze it’ one more time. I soon clocked up 40 minutes of ... Read more
Tue October 27th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Roota’s party
With my normal workload, it was a big weekend, but then Verushka Darling and Claire de Lune decided to jet across the world (separately) the same weekend. In unison I ... Read more
Tue October 20th, 2009 - No Comments
Up a pole
Something I have been associated with for many years is pole dancing, stumbling into this sport through an exotic dancer competition I hosted many years ago. Next thing I knew I ... Read more
Tue October 13th, 2009 - No Comments
Stopped by fire
It started like any other Thursday. Monique and I had full faces of make-up on and were ready for our trip up to the Belmont Hotel. Bags packed, decked out ... Read more
Tue October 6th, 2009 - No Comments
Drag queen curse
Rumour has it there is a drag queen curse when it comes to boys. The call of the frock is sometimes too strong and your love life needs to take ... Read more
Tue September 29th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Counting the beat
Usually it’s on the beat but sometimes you can do it half beats, odd beats and sometimes there isn’t a beat at all. After this many years, one would think ... Read more
Tue September 22nd, 2009 - No Comments
Dosed to the eyeballs
With the sun beaming through the windows, spring soaks my house every chance it gets. We are outside in the beautiful weather, soaking it up, forgetting winter as it fades ... Read more
Tue September 15th, 2009 - 1 Comment
It started with a Pink
It all started a couple of months ago at a Pink concert at the Entertainment Centre. The concert was fabulous, but I was awestruck by how awesome Pink looked. Something clicked ... Read more
Tue September 8th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Look but don’t touch
I noticed an exceptional amount of touching when I was working this weekend. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not frigid and enjoy the odd feel-up whenever I can but ... Read more
Tue September 1st, 2009 - 3 Comments
Join me on the futon
If you were to stand at Taylor Square 15 years ago and compare it with Oxford St now, you would be blown away by the changes our little strip has ... Read more
Tue August 18th, 2009 - 1 Comment
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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