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All over, Red Rover!
The queer festive season has already commenced but now it’s almost over. Has the new format worked? Let’s start at the beginning with Fair Day. The day was stinking hot and my ... Read more
Thu March 11th, 2010 - No Comments
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re shovel-ready!
The shriek of whistles pierces the air, dykes tease the crowd with their purring engines. A sea of happy, shiny peepaleenys. A similar spark was ignited at the party, although ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - 3 Comments
Let’s go pollie shopping
As we get into election season, I’m shopping for pollies. Here’s what I want from mine. Same-sex marriage. The ‘nationally consistent system of state-based registers’ the Government wants remains a joke. ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Thank you for the music
“Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing,” and still singing. I want to start with the biggest thank you to all the DJs who made Mardi Gras 2010 ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
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How hard can it be?
The moment before he popped his head out and started screaming, we thought parenthood would be easy. You think it’s going to be easy to take your cool stroller out to ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Recognising women
The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) acknowledges International Women’s Day (IWD) on Monday. IWD celebrates the economic, political, and social achievements of women past, present, and future. The purpose ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Stay busy post-Mardi Gras
As the Mardi Gras comes to an end there are also some changes in ACON’s Illawarra office with the departure of Youth Education and Community Development Officer, Andre. We will all ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Over for another year
I sit in my room a shivery mess, wrapped in my blanket with the fan full blast, not knowing if I’m Arthur or Martha. It can only mean one of ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Average Joes Anonymous
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James There’s currently an ad on television which echoes a sentiment that has been bouncing around my brain lately. What’s disturbing is this ad has been commissioned by some ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Faced-off dancing queen
Blessed be, I’ve been de-friended on Facebook. In a narcissistic medium where everyone’s a poet or a wise-ass, de-friending has become quite de rigeur. Seems we’re now more tickled with who ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 9 Comments
No pride in domestic violence
There is a lot of information in the media of late about being aware of homophobic violence. There is another kind of violence that tends not to be talked about ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 1 Comment
Nude in the name of art
Months ago when I wrote that I was considering taking part in the Spencer Tunick installation at the Opera House, it was just that, considering. Filling in my application wasn’t a ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 5 Comments
Marriage equality the ultimate goal
Last week the NSW Government announced plans to introduce a state relationship register. The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL), while encouraged by the announcement, does not see registries ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Women ready to serve it up
Amazon Tennis will host a social day at the Cintra Park Tennis Centre this Saturday, March 6. The event is an extension of the group’s usual social tennis days in which ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Do you still want drag with that?
To paraphrase a famous saying, whenever I hear the words ‘gay culture’, I reach for my (metaphorical) revolver. I reached for my revolver when George Michael, once again arrested trolling for ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 9 Comments
The fun goes on
Mardi Gras has come and gone for another year. I hope your Mardi Gras was safe, fabulous and enormous fun. How amazing was the Newcastle Mardi Gras Float! Featuring a rainbow ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Parading ourselves with pride
As the largest demonstration of gay pride in the Asia Pacific region, Sydney’s Mardi Gras Parade generally attracts 300,000 onlookers with 10,000 participants marching down Oxford St. So where does our ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Big boys do cry
Insincerely Teddy Teddy James Like most males, there’s a significant part of me (i.e. the emotional part) that is not particularly expressive (i.e. dead). My past history indicates that I cry I ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
A few clowns short of circus?
Everyone loves a parade, right? At approximately 10pm on June 24 1978, we’d had enough. Protesters stood up to police crashing their perfectly harmless queer shindig. Many were arrested, named and ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - 14 Comments
The politics of the Carnivale
With what is commonly referred to as ‘Gay Christmas’ now beginning, the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby looks back at the history and political impetus of the Mardi Gras parade. What ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Welcome to Gay High
I never went to Gay High School, a mythical place where boys and girls who like boys and girls, in that order, go and learn about how to live in ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - 1 Comment
Gone fishing
By Steve Ostrow My friend Charles brought me a fishing rod some years ago. It sits in my sunroom, buried somewhere under tons of things, but manages to gaze forlornly out ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Fun in the northern sun
Commonly known as Gay Christmas, Mardi Gras is a time to partay and hang out with friends and lovers. If you’re attending events around Sydney, keep an eye out for ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Dammit, I like the boy
Not so long ago the Liberal Party looked like the land of the living dead. The time of the election was Rudd’s to choose, and the only betting was on how ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - 7 Comments
Be prepared
It’s not Mardi Gras till you see a bra-line burnt into a drag queen from Fair Day, as many fully grown men progress through the festival with lovely sundress marks ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Current Issue
Velvet in the garden
A new burlesque and cabaret show, The Velvet Garden, showcasing the debut work of up-and-coming performers will feature at the Red Rattle Theatre on Friday, March 19. With playwright Wayne Tunks as host, the ... Read more
PFLAG outrage: Shame on you, Tony Abbott
Parents, friends and relatives of gay and lesbian people are being encouraged to register ... Read more
We were wrong
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says a deal was struck to to force a vote ... Read more
Change to BGF service structure
Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) clients will be asked to take more responsibility for their ... Read more
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re shovel-ready!
The shriek of whistles pierces the air, dykes tease the crowd with their purring ... Read more
HIV+ migrant inquiry
Some of the nation’s peak AIDS bodies have used an inquiry into migration by ... Read more