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Author » Phil Scott

  • Politics rules Politics rules

    I was listening to the clear, reasonable voice of our Prime Minister on the radio last week. He was talking about the problem of seafaring asylum seekers, in particular the ongoing ... Read more

    Tue November 10th, 2009 - 4 Comments

  • Gays save the world Gays save the world

    Dinner party conversations are a good indication of what’s uppermost in people’s minds. Especially if the alcohol keeps flowing. First you have to get through relationship speculation, Liza’s concerts, and outrage ... Read more

    Tue November 3rd, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • An age-old story An age-old story

    I’ve been thinking about age lately. It’s a subject gay men are aware of from the word go, concerned as we are with our skin and fitness, and the importance ... Read more

    Tue October 27th, 2009 - No Comments

  • Burden of proof Burden of proof

    Being gay ought to be getting easier but it’s getting harder - so to speak. Look at last week’s cover story about the Bangladeshi couple who claim to be gay and ... Read more

    Tue October 20th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Christie spears Britney Christie spears Britney

    It’s not so long ago that gay men had a thing for tragic divas. We all know how the death of Judy Garland in ’69 sparked the Stonewall riots. With ... Read more

    Tue October 13th, 2009 - No Comments

  • On bisexuality On bisexuality

    A month ago I got into an online debate over one of my columns. I wrote about teenagers’ fluid sexuality and suggested that in their case “bi is the new ... Read more

    Tue October 6th, 2009 - 8 Comments

  • Selling the safe-sex message Selling the safe-sex message

    A few weeks back I mentioned the old Grim Reaper AIDS campaign. It  was  scary, offensive and inflammatory: absolutely spot-on for its time. Some of the people it horrified were parliamentarians ... Read more

    Tue September 29th, 2009 - 11 Comments

  • Home is where the dance floor is Home is where the dance floor is

    Just by chance the other day I got a full tour of the interior of the Imperial. Trevor Ashley (Cleo) and Graeme Browning (Mitzi) were there, and I was invited ... Read more

    Tue September 22nd, 2009 - No Comments

  • Pass the lube, I’m on Facebook Pass the lube, I’m on Facebook

    In the Facebook demographic, I sit towards the older end. It’s supposed to be a Gen Y thing. A 19-year-old invented it. (You’d never guess!) He was at Harvard, and ... Read more

    Tue September 15th, 2009 - 6 Comments

  • Youth is wasted Youth is wasted

    I was interested to read in SSO recently a piece headed ‘Labels of no interest to youth’. A sexual health survey from La Trobe University surveyed students in years 10, ... Read more

    Tue September 8th, 2009 - 9 Comments

  • Stop the presses! We made the paper! Stop the presses! We made the paper!

    Whacko! We got into the paper! A piece in last week’s SSO was quoted in The Daily Telegraph, with our niche-targeted quality journal named as the source. Our work has ... Read more

    Tue September 1st, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Cum to the DIVAs Cum to the DIVAs

    Phoenix-like, the DIVAs rise from the ashes of bankruptcy. Replacing the venerated Drag Industry Variety Awards, now a smouldering memory, comes a new company called Avid Events Ltd. That means ... Read more

    Tue August 25th, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • Life upon a reflection Life upon a reflection

    In funeral services there is a segment called Reflection. The mourners reflect on their relationship with the departed, their own mortality, tomorrow's -˜to do' list, or whatever occurs to them. ... Read more

    Tue August 18th, 2009 - No Comments

  • The PM is out The PM is out

    Now the dust has settled after the ALP National Conference, what have we got? A sub-optimal outcome, as they say at NMG board meetings. Same-sex marriage has its advocates in both ... Read more

    Tue August 11th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Coleman dances his last dance Coleman dances his last dance

    On Monday July 27, acclaimed choreographer Ross Coleman watched the 2009 Helpmann Awards, went to bed, and died in his sleep. Ross was 60. He had been feeling unwell over ... Read more

    Tue August 4th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Money can’t buy me Money can’t buy me

    OK, I suppose I can tell you -” I won half of that $80 million Lotto. Not in a syndicate, but all by myself. When it happened, I was in shock. ... Read more

    Tue August 4th, 2009 - No Comments

  • Something to sink your gay teeth into Something to sink your gay teeth into

    True Blood is an HBO series, recently released on Australian/Croatian/Mongolian Region 4 DVDs. It's about vampires in redneck Louisiana, set in the present day, and there's a definite link between bloodsucking ... Read more

    Tue July 28th, 2009 - 4 Comments

  • Hitching to get married Hitching to get married

    On August 1 my partner and I will be milling, loitering and woolgathering for same-sex marriage. It's not that we wish to get married; at least I don't think so. ... Read more

    Tue July 21st, 2009 - 7 Comments

  • God hates bands God hates bands

    A website has come to my attention. American, of course, it's lovegodsway­ which means -˜Love God's way', not praise the Lord and move from side to side. It's part of ... Read more

    Tue July 14th, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • Doing the anniversary waltz Doing the anniversary waltz

    Sydney Star Observer's masthead used to say: Australia's Leading Gay and Lesbian Newspaper since 1979. I guess they changed it to avoid the suggestion that there was a different leading ... Read more

    Tue July 7th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • And all that jazz And all that jazz

    OK, back to basics. If you're reading the Star, statistically you're an unmarried male with a penchant for others like you. Now we've established your credentials, let's talk about men. I ... Read more

    Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments

  • The importance of having a little Pride The importance of having a little Pride

    Gayguy 1: Pride? I'm gay, but that is only a part of who I am. It's nothing to be specially proud of, it's just me. Gayguy 2: Pride's so last century. ... Read more

    Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • The show must go on The show must go on

    Monday I have a spare half hour, so I work out the gay:straight:unknown ratio of artists at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. It's 21:23:23. Wow, cabaret festivals are just like real life. Tuesday One ... Read more

    Tue June 16th, 2009 - No Comments

  • Adelaide diary 1 Adelaide diary 1

    Thursday I arrive in the city that always sleeps to take part in the campest Adelaide Cabaret Festival ever. If the Mardi Gras Festival had this line-up, we'd say: Isn't it ... Read more

    Tue June 9th, 2009 - 5 Comments

  • Schools of thought Schools of thought

    School has been on my mind lately, due to a couple of stories in the Herald last week. Julia Gillard announced that the results of national literacy and numeracy tests would ... Read more

    Tue June 2nd, 2009 - 1 Comment

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