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    PLAN SMART Think about this when you are approaching a dance party. Do not discuss what you have just ingested and how many you plan to take. The gay media and New ... Read more

    Tue March 16th, 2010 - No Comments

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    VALUE DIFFERENCE To paraphrase your columnist (Sceptical Observer, SSO 1011), every time I read an ill-conceived comment on gay culture, “I reach for my (metaphorical) revolver”. “I reached for my revolver” when ... Read more

    Tue March 9th, 2010 - 8 Comments

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    FAIR SQUIRT Was it just us boys from the bush, or did the ANZ Bank’s complimentary sunscreen squeezies at Fair Day really look like mislabelled deposits to another bank of the ... Read more

    Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 1 Comment

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    FAIR CALL I’m just back from Fair Day and it was pure adrenaline to see tens of thousands of our community having a great time. Fair Day often marks the point when ... Read more

    Tue February 23rd, 2010 - 3 Comments

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    SWEET SWEAT A week on and I still have a strong vision of the sexy men at Sweat last week. Congratulations to the guys who were involved in putting it on. It ... Read more

    Wed February 17th, 2010 - 3 Comments

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    SCANNERS With Mardi Gras fast approaching there will be a spike in anti-gay violence. I recently went back to my home town, Perth, and was surprised to see they have introduced scanners ... Read more

    Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments

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    DEFIES LOGIC I am a founding member of New Mardi Gras and a member of Mardi Gras since 1983. I received an email from NMG outlining upcoming events and providing advice ... Read more

    Mon February 1st, 2010 - 2 Comments

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    TACTLESS How tactless of Fag Tag sending out an email making funny jokes about “earthquake, thunderstorm or flash flooding” a day after exactly such a catastrophe hit Haiti. Is this considered amusing ... Read more

    Tue January 26th, 2010 - 1 Comment

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    OMISSION The Sydney Morning Herald named local out gay man Andrew Heslop as one of Sydney’s 100 Most Influential People among luminaries including Cate Blanchett, Carla Zampatti, Richard Tognetti and Anthony ... Read more

    Wed January 20th, 2010 - 2 Comments

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    CONGRATULATIONS #1 The gang here at Latin LoBOS send our congratulations to you on reaching the milestone of 1000 issues. It’s incredible work and we celebrate such a brilliant achievement in which ... Read more

    Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments

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    CONGRATULATIONS #1 When the first issue of Sydney Star Observer was published over 30 years ago, Sydney’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community was slowing emerging. Just three years later, HIV/AIDS began ... Read more

    Wed December 9th, 2009 - No Comments

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    NMG COVER-UPS I’ve never been comfortable with the ‘street noise’ about MG or NMG decision-making. NMG is not, in a strict sense, a community organisation — it is a company with ... Read more

    Tue September 15th, 2009 - 4 Comments

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    HEADS SHOULD ROLL And so it takes full front-page media coverage in the gay press, with an outcry of reaction including 80+ letters to the editor, and no doubt other behind-the-scenes ... Read more

    Tue September 8th, 2009 - No Comments

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    blue ATTITUDE When are NSW Police going to change or are we destined to be ignored by a bunch of bigots in blue uniforms for eternity? The lack of police action in ... Read more

    Tue September 1st, 2009 - No Comments

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    Qld parenting laws A Galaxy poll taken in December 2008 showed that 67 percent of Queenslanders agree that both parents in a same-sex relationship should have legal rights over the children ... Read more

    Tue August 25th, 2009 - No Comments

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    STRUGGLE CONTINUES Two gay headlines say it all: -˜Gay Christian banned from preaching' and Pinkalicious granted -˜Right of refusal to men at their dances'. Basically, the two issues are identical. The ... Read more

    Tue August 18th, 2009 - 1 Comment

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    REMEMBER I am not aware of any GLBT organisation here formally even expressing condolences to those in Tel Aviv amidst the horrific homophobic murders that took place on August 1. If this ... Read more

    Tue August 11th, 2009 - 7 Comments

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    Stage disgrace I recently attended a performance of the comedy The Little Dog Laughed at the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli and was embarrassed to discover many of the seats were empty. ... Read more

    Tue August 4th, 2009 - 5 Comments

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    Thanks Stevie #1 My thanks to Steve Clayton for years of service to the LGTBI in positions that are isolated from other causes, and representing a community difficult to find satisfaction ... Read more

    Tue July 28th, 2009 - No Comments

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    BIRTHDAY WISHES #1 Congratulations on your 30th birthday. I was in Oxford St last week on one of my rare visits to Sydney (I was there for a conference) and I picked ... Read more

    Tue July 21st, 2009 - 2 Comments

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    BIRTHDAY WISHES Congrats to the Sydney Star Observer for 30 years. Also, thank you for remembering our Case against NIB that we fought in 1994,1995 and 1996. Our youngest son (Bill has ... Read more

    Tue July 14th, 2009 - No Comments

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    HELP IS AVAILABLE My first relationship, which lasted from the time I was 16 to 21, was abusive. My boyfriend isolated me from my friends and family, ridiculed me, controlled my ... Read more

    Tue July 7th, 2009 - 3 Comments

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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 - 3 Comments

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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 - 3 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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