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Get a mongrel at Phoenix

Mongrel @ Phoenix Don't forget Mongrel kicks off at Phoenix this Saturday, July 4 - a new monthly club night for all you boofheads, blokes and ratbags. Steve Sonius and Ben Drayton ... Read more
Thu July 2nd, 2009 - No Comments
Surrogacy and gay dads

When it comes to having kids, gay and lesbian couples face a few obvious logistical problems over and above the sheer drama of bringing them up. We caught up with ... Read more
Sun June 21st, 2009 - 7 Comments
New stretch for condoms

Improvements in the manufacturing process for condoms has meant that the saying ‘showering in a raincoat’ is a thing of the past. Managing director of GLYDE Health International Clive Woodworth ... Read more
Tue June 9th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Keepin’ it real with the Faker frontman

While Faker frontman Nathan Hudson has a wiry, athletic stage presence, constantly contorting himself into Peter Garret-like dance moves, off stage he’s a surprisingly quietly spoken and thoughtful interviewee. Hudson is ... Read more
Tue June 9th, 2009 - No Comments
The hidden world of sex clubs

By Harley Dennett & Ani Lamont Mamma probably didn’t include the etiquette of sex clubs when explaining the birds and the bees, and with online hookups at the click of a ... Read more
Tue June 2nd, 2009 - 1 Comment
UK DJ comes back for more

London DJ JC Christopher, who has played at iconic London nights like Heaven and Surge, will play at both Slide and Rising on Oxford St over the Queen’s Birthday long ... Read more
Tue June 2nd, 2009 - No Comments
Twisted postponed

Those of who were planning on attending Twisted at the Flinders Hotel this Friday after the Harbour City Bears den night take note, the event has been postponed. Unfortunately the DJ ... Read more
Wed May 13th, 2009 - No Comments
Kiss for cash

A USA-based gay website is giving away US$10,000 for the best male-to-male kissing video sent in by its readers. Dating website Interactive Male will also donate $5 for every video received ... Read more
Sat May 2nd, 2009 - 3 Comments
Open relationship study

A new Australian study will explore the consequences of open relationships between gay men. Victoria University psychologist Dr Warwick Hosking has started surveying gay men on what types of agreements exist ... Read more
Wed April 8th, 2009 - 26 Comments
Could your next career equal a new love?

KLINTON PORTER Still confused as to why you haven’t yet found that elusive Mr Right? Instead of looking for him, let him find you. Perhaps what you need, instead of a ... Read more
Mon April 6th, 2009 - 1 Comment
The fag and his hag

KLINTON PORTER There a few certainties in every gay man’s life. You will remember the first time you kissed the same sex. You will own a Kylie or Madonna album. And you ... Read more
Fri April 3rd, 2009 - No Comments
Life drawing with a twist

Ladies get your sketch-pads because the Museum of Contemporary Art is offering up a serve of culture with a side of raunch. For the second year running now, as part of ... Read more
Tue January 13th, 2009 - No Comments
Boys on the beach

The “Speedo versus boardshort” debate has long loomed our beaches, watering holes, swimming pools and even the odd foam party. It seems the trends in our swimwear very much depend ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Stop the smotherer

KLINTON PORTER So I was chatting to my dear friend Karl, who has been dating his partner Jarrod for quite some time now. All is going well except for the fact that ... Read more
Wed October 8th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Is there such a thing as fate?

by KLINTON PORTER Greek mythology has it that there were three goddesses called the Fates and their career of choice was to determine the birth, life and death of people. They ... Read more
Fri September 26th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Bring the inside, outside

by KLINTON PORTER Winter has finally come and gone and now spring has sprung. The skies are blue, the flowers have all bloomed and it’s mating season in the animal kingdom. David ... Read more
Tue September 23rd, 2008 - 3 Comments
Stop the fighting

by KLINTON PORTER Question: What do the tooth fairy, Michael Jackson’s nose and relationships that run smoothly all have in common? Answer: They are things that are not real. Something would be ... Read more
Tue September 23rd, 2008 - No Comments
Have you met my good friend Gladwrap?

by KLINTON PORTER The party was, in a word, average. My friend and I stood at the side observing the goings on. The usual suspects were all present: the gym junkie, ... Read more
Tue September 23rd, 2008 - 1 Comment
Getting a rise in the office

by KLINTON PORTER So, single life is getting you down. The bars you go to have the regular faces and the saunas all know you by name. Where can you find ... Read more
Tue September 16th, 2008 - 1 Comment
The revving revolution goes on

In 1988 the women of Sydney found their voice, and it came in the form of eight rumbling motorbikes thundering their way down Oxford St, emitting a rebel yell that ... Read more
Fri September 12th, 2008 - 5 Comments
Open or closed?

by KLINTON PORTER While on a date I learnt that the art of being in a couple doesn’t mean you have to close all the doors … sometimes it is healthy ... Read more
Sat September 6th, 2008 - 4 Comments
The men you need to watch out for

by KLINTON PORTER It has been identified that there is a problem happening in bars. Nice people have been catching something that they are unaware of. Don’t be alarmed as they ... Read more
Thu September 4th, 2008 - 6 Comments
Get knickered

We just couldn’t resist finding a way to use this sexy pic from the latest Holeproof underwear campaign. The good folk at Holeproof say you can keep your crotch cool and ... Read more
Tue September 2nd, 2008 - 1 Comment
Avoiding bad dates

They cannot be planned. You can only realise you’re in one until its too late. They are drawn to single people. Yes you know what I am talking about. It ... Read more
Thu July 24th, 2008 - 10 Comments
Finding common ground

by KLINTON PORTER Since the dawn of time a secret battle has been raging in the gay world. Like apples against bananas and flannel against sparkle, this fight has been going ... Read more
Wed July 23rd, 2008 - 1 Comment
GAMMA
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.auCOME OUT AUSTRALIA
Come Out Australia is a social group for our community, with branches in Canterbury-Bankstown, Epping/ Northern Districts and Penrith. You're invited to "Come Out"; get involved with a branch, event, project, or to start something happening in your area.
www.comeout.org.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
Hope for lock-out rethink

Oxford St publicans have called on the newly-formed Sydney Liquor Task Force to review the 2am lock-out system and come up with more effective measures for handling alcohol-related violence. The state Government, with the City ... Read more
Oxford now with receiver
Oxford Hotel management insists it will be business as usual despite the pub’s holding ... Read more
Same-sex marriage push
The Greens have made good on a promise to introduce a private member’s bill ... Read more
ACON’s three-year vision
ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has declared a drop in HIV rates as a key ... Read more
Back on the trax
DJ Rob will be back at Bears Den Night Flinders Hotel on Friday, July ... Read more
They could get away with murder
With a name like KillaQueenz, one would naturally assume Kween G and Belizean Bombshell ... Read more





