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Despair in Iran On Saturday June 20, the Islamic regime carried its violations of human rights of the past 30 years further. The people’s desire to choose their government peacefully in ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 1 Comment
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LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE My best mate is a gay man and I fully support him all the way and I’m a typical heterosexual bloke. We have a lot in common and ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 2 Comments
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GAY-FRIENDLY ISRAEL Last week was Gay Pride Week in Israel, and I write to draw the attention of SSO readers to the fact that Israel is a world leader in protecting ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - No Comments
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QUESTIONS I hope by the time my letter is published, New Mardi Gras will have addressed concerns about rumours regarding reasons they made for splitting the parade and party. Did they really ... Read more
Tue June 9th, 2009 - 1 Comment
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Questions for NMG I have been a volunteer for Mardi Gras and New Mardi Gras for the past 10 years, I have been an Area Coordinator for the parade for the past ... Read more
Tue June 2nd, 2009 - 1 Comment
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Feeling excluded As a 38-year-old gay man with HIV I am writing to ask for your help in raising issues with the way Mardi Gras is run for us as HIV+ ... Read more
Tue May 26th, 2009 - 3 Comments
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Vaccine needed Boys need to be protected from anal warts. Genital wart infections have apparently plunged in just 12 months — since the national rollout of Gardasil vaccines. However, the incidence rate ... Read more
Tue May 19th, 2009 - No Comments
TOP GEAR I would like to bring to your attention Top Gear Australia, aired on Monday 11 May, 7.30pm. I request all those who read this to view Monday night’s program, ... Read more
Thu May 14th, 2009 - 3 Comments
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HISCOCK #1 You inspired me in many ways, David, and I will miss you very much. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think about you at Disco City, The ... Read more
Tue May 5th, 2009 - 3 Comments
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PETA TACTICS There’s been a lot of talk about PETA’s tactics in the media recently. Our campaigns are intended to turn heads, make people laugh, or even make people angry, but ... Read more
Tue April 28th, 2009 - No Comments
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GAY PARENTING I came upon a great article by the actor Rupert Everett. I found it very interesting and enjoyable. He thinks like I do and it is good to read ... Read more
Tue April 21st, 2009 - 2 Comments
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ELDER ABUSE Elder abuse has been well documented in recent years, covering areas such as abuse by institutions and abuse by those responsible for management of care for the elderly, frail, ... Read more
Tue April 14th, 2009 - 9 Comments
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Thank you Last Saturday night I had my 25th birthday party where I did my debut in drag. It was an incredible night that received so much support from the gay ... Read more
Tue April 7th, 2009 - 2 Comments
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REBEL RABBI ‘Rebel priest’ Father Peter Kennedy, who ignores the Pope’s insistence on misogyny and homophobia, was likened by Tony Abbott on Q&A to a backbencher challenging the PM. However, there is ... Read more
Tue March 31st, 2009 - No Comments
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SELECTIVE I refer to your recent article “Harbour Tradition” [SSO 959]. It is perplexing and selective in its account of the facts. Despite the allegations in your article, to my knowledge, no ... Read more
Wed March 25th, 2009 - 1 Comment
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ON CHILDREN The gay community has spent nearly three decades mocking and ridiculing society and the ideals of heterosexuality through the Mardi Gras. Now you want to openly embrace and live the ... Read more
Wed March 18th, 2009 - 3 Comments
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ORWELLIAN News that rebel Catholic priest John Kennedy has been sacked from his Queensland parish for blessing all those seeking supplication, including gays, is no shock. Religions foster arrogance, ignorance and prejudice ... Read more
Wed March 4th, 2009 - No Comments
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OUT OF TOUCH Shayne Mallard, a self-appointed campaigner against verbal and physical abuse against members of our community on Oxford St, you are now using this newspaper to call for ... Read more
Wed February 25th, 2009 - 2 Comments
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BAD LAWS The laws against drugs make no more sense to people who choose to use them than the laws against homosexuality did to me as a young man a couple ... Read more
Wed February 18th, 2009 - 2 Comments
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MISSING PIECES I’d like to provide a little context for my story in The Sydney Morning Herald [31/01/09] reporting that Mardi Gras was considering a NSW Government proposal to shift parade ... Read more
Wed February 11th, 2009 - 2 Comments
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RIGHT TO MARRY Last Sunday I joined two families — four generations — in congratulating their grandsons, uncles, brothers and sons on their engagement. I continue to ask myself why it is ... Read more
Fri February 6th, 2009 - 29 Comments
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WHERE’S THE GUIDE? I wonder if your team has any knowledge as to why there seems to be a dearth of Mardi Gras guides on the streets and in G&L venues? ... Read more
Wed January 28th, 2009 - 4 Comments
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straight support It is wonderful to see the straight press advocating the rights of “grey gays”. There was a very informative and supportive article in The Senior monthly newspaper, “Pension ... Read more
Wed January 21st, 2009 - 4 Comments
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Populist policy And so it continues. The 2am lock-out, much maligned by responsible drinkers and much adored by party poopers, just isn’t going away. The issue that I see now is ... Read more
Wed January 14th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Letter of the week
A few weeks ago I read an issue of Dolly magazine (it has a target audience of 11-17 year olds). I was pleasantly surprised to read an article, Best of ... Read more
Wed January 14th, 2009 - No Comments
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