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How can we be lovers…we’re only friends
The debate continues about elderly gay couples who will lose financially once their relationship is recognised. When a homosexual union ... Read more
Wed November 19th, 2008 - 3 Comments
They tried to make me Go To Rio
Earlier this year we had World Youth Day. Coming up soon is something more practical and beneficial: World AIDS Day. ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - No Comments
When your blood starts to boil
There’s a lot to stress us these days. A global economic crisis: “How will it affect me?” Climate change and ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - No Comments
Has big brother started parenting?
“The internet is for porn!” sings the Trekkie Monster, a character in the musical Avenue Q. And probably a great ... Read more
Wed October 29th, 2008 - 1 Comment
The getting of gay wisdom
I have a boy staying with me at the moment. Well, a young man really: Vincent’s 24, though Michael and ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - 6 Comments
Did you want fries with that?
Have you ever been at a dance party, looked around at the glistening, pulsating flesh and thought it looked good ... Read more
Wed October 15th, 2008 - 8 Comments
Getting the message right
What does being gay mean to you? Everything or nothing? A lot or a little? The last question has nothing ... Read more
Wed October 8th, 2008 - No Comments
Here’s to your good health
A friend of mine — let’s call her Valerie of Stanmore — takes a detailed and personal interest in other ... Read more
Wed October 1st, 2008 - No Comments
You know you make me want to pash
Johnny O’Keefe was the Oz rock legend of the 60s. The Wild One drank hard liquor, took every available drug, ... Read more
Wed September 24th, 2008 - No Comments
Mayor who got a little Moore
A severe anti-Labor backlash hit my place last Saturday. There used to be a kindergarten in our street, where I voted. ... Read more
Wed September 17th, 2008 - No Comments
Acceptability in action
Last week the division bells rang and federal senators rushed to the chamber to vote on a tax on luxury ... Read more
Wed September 10th, 2008 - 7 Comments
How the media tarnished Matt’s gold
When Australia’s Olympians returned from Beijing, Kevin Rudd met them at the airport and said it was time to start ... Read more
Wed September 3rd, 2008 - 3 Comments
Erection a sign of the times
Is Oxford St having an identity crisis? If not, it soon will be. The controversy continues on the subject of dubbing ... Read more
Wed August 27th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Roll back the sheets, I wanna get in
The other day I walked past some grimy posters on the railway wall at the beginning of Enmore Rd. They ... Read more
Wed August 20th, 2008 - No Comments
You say de facto, I say …
I have been in a relationship with my partner for 12 years, but what actually constitutes a relationship? Outside of ... Read more
Wed August 13th, 2008 - No Comments
Playing the professional perv
Are there gay jobs? We know the old stereotypes: fashion photographers, hairdressers, airline stewards — we all watch the same ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Better late than never?
The ABC journalist Peter Lloyd has had further drug charges laid against him in Singapore. Charges now include possession of ... Read more
Wed July 30th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Wholly weak in Sydney
Last Thursday about 5pm I had an eerie experience. I was in Hickson Rd, where the Pope’s motorcade was to ... Read more
Wed July 23rd, 2008 - No Comments
WORLD AIDS DAY
1 December 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Volunteer to sell ribbons, or come along to the many events that will be held to remember whose have died, and raise money to support those living with HIV/AIDS.
www.worldaidsdaynsw.org.auACCEPTANCE MASS
A World Aids Day remembrance mass for gay Catholics and their friends and families will be held on Friday 28 November, 8pm at St Canice's Catholic Church in Kings Cross.
www.gaycatholic.com.auGAMMA
GAMMA, a support group for married men who have sex with men, meets in secure confidential and non-sexual surroundings at the ACON building, 9 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 8pm. There is also a support line, Monday-Friday 6-10 pm, on 9267 4000.
www.gamma.org.auGAY BUSINESS
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association hosts Lemons With a Twist on the first Friday of each month and Fruits in Suits on the third Thursday of each month, at Slide.
www.sglba.com.auQUEERSCREEN
Lovers of gay cinema are encouraged to become a member of Queerscreen, Sydney’s premier gay and lesbian film festival body.
www.queerscreen.com.au
Current Issue
Lockout winners ask for more
Two Oxford St venues that escaped the Rees Government’s 2am lock-out are planning huge expansions into adjacent properties with late-trading hours. The Colombian Hotel and the former DCM/UN nightclub submitted plans to the City of ... Read more
Super equality backdated
The Coalition gained support from the minor parties to backdate the same-sex superannuation equality ... Read more
Push for international relationship recognition
The Greens have sought recognition of same-sex rela-tionships registered overseas, a move opposed by ... Read more
Aurora ready to hand out money
Community groups are being invited to apply for $5000 grants from the Aurora Group, ... Read more
Red ribbon season begins
World AIDS Day was officially launched last Thursday at an event hosted by The ... Read more
Heaven homeless again
Beverly Buttercup has called on the western Sydney GLBT community to boycott the Parramatta ... Read more