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		<title>Being single: is it bad or just great?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerry North</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of us feel incomplete if we don’t have a partner; meanwhile others rejoice in the freedom of the single life. In any lifetime I personally think it is good to experience both states, single and partnered life. We can then say we have given it all a go before we head off to gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament welcomes gay bishop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McKinnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Openly gay bishop and equal rights campaigner Gene Robinson has touched down in Australia to a warm reception from NSW parliamentarians and progressive churches. State Parliament’s lower house, the Legislative Assembly, unanimously endorsed a motion moved by independent Sydney state MP Alex Greenwich yesterday to welcome Bishop Robinson to NSW. The motion also noted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scouts partially drop gay ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has ended its ban on openly gay youth members. More than 1,400 volunteer BSA leaders voted on the issue Thursday, with more than 60 per cent approving an end to the ban, The New York Times reports. A ban on openly gay scout leaders will stay in place however. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Care provider responds to anti-gay allegations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian aged care charity HammondCare has responded to allegations in the Star Observer that its recently approved tender of dementia advisory hotline DBMAS may lead to the hotline’s LGBTI employees forcibly closeting themselves for risk of being fired. In a letter to the paper, HammondCare chief executive Dr Stephen Judd strongly disputed the article’s claim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberace biopic comes to Sydney</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/celebrity-news/2013/05/23/liberace-biopic-comes-to-sydney/104224</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McKinnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprise announcement, the Sydney Film Festival has added Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra to its yearly program following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, and directed by Traffic and Erin Brockovitch director Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra recounts the complex five-year relationship between the pianist and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Star Observer Issue 1176</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomas Nemecek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[View this publication on Calam&#233;oPublish at Calam&#233;o or browse the library.]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Hibearnation 2013 Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/latest-issues/sydney-star-observer-back-issues/2013/05/23/southern-hibearnation-2013-guide/104219</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomas Nemecek</dc:creator>
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		<title>Gossip Sundays @ Love Machine</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/photos/2013/05/23/gossip-sundays-love-mac/104242</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/photos/2013/05/23/gossip-sundays-love-mac/104242#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Star Online</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: Sunday, May 19 2013 Photos: Daniel Martin Bailey]]></description>
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		<title>QAHC director&#8217;s departure to leave &#8220;noticeable void&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2013/05/22/qahc-directors-departure-to-leave-noticeable-void/104096</link>
		<comments>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2013/05/22/qahc-directors-departure-to-leave-noticeable-void/104096#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deeje Hancock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After almost nine years at the helm of the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) &#8211; and a longer history of volunteering for the organisation &#8211; executive director Paul Martin (pictured) announced his intention to resign from his position earlier this month. In a statement released to announce new additions to QAHC’s managerial board, Martin’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soccer players injured in “homophobic assault”</title>
		<link>http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/local-news/new-south-wales-news/2013/05/22/soccer-players-injured-in-homophobic-assault/104191</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McKinnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two university soccer players have been assaulted in what’s been described as a homophobic attack outside a bar in Griffith, NSW. The assault allegedly occurred outside the Area Hotel on Griffith’s main street, Banna Ave, in the early hours of Sunday, May 5. The two players, members of the Sydney University Division 1 Women’s soccer [...]]]></description>
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