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The force is with us

We are witnessing a historical shift in the way the broader Australian community responds to LGBTI inclusion in society. In a week when US [...]

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Time for Australia to move on marriage

It’s been another pretty big gay news week. The last time I sat down to pen this editorial, US president Barack Obama was yet [...]

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Fear of spiders and other phobias

Right now I’m watching a little black spider weave an elaborate web outside our kitchen window. But I’m not admiring his handiwork. I’m anxiously [...]

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Gone to the dogs

It may not technically be a ‘gay issue’ but it’s definitely an issue that affects our communities. Homelessness has been a huge issue in [...]

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Some things are best kept to yourself

I’m completely bored. Bored, tired and fed up with reading columns, news stories and blogs where someone makes a statement and then the general [...]

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Healthy sex in the Grindr city

Negotiating sex is easier than ever before with the advent of the internet and contact platforms like Grindr but are these technologies preventing us [...]

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Prejudice in public office

In the lead-up to the International Day Against Homophobia we have witnessed a timely reminder that the journey to equality for our community is [...]

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Wong, Hockey and political punditry

If there is a turning point in the Australian debate on same-sex marriage it may well be Penny Wong’s remarkable grace and honesty when [...]

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Bear open season fast approaching

VicBears put in a tremendous effort to coordinate and bring us year after year an entire week full of exciting events known as Southern [...]

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RESPECT: supporting diversity

Late in 2011, Suzanne Bray from the Bayside Glen Eira Kingston Local Learning and Employment Network and Zorica Djuric from Kingston Council Youth Services [...]

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