THE SSO A-Z GUIDE TO QUEER SYDNEY

THE SSO A-Z GUIDE TO QUEER SYDNEY

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Schools According to Andrew Stoner, opposition spokesperson on education, our schools are a hotbed of homosexual propaganda. Kids who manage to graduate still fancying the opposite sex must be a minor miracle, because, as Stoner points out, our schools are a vehicle for left-wing indoctrination and in his opinion issues such as same-sex marriage should be left to the parents.

One can only imagine what beastly plans schoolteachers have in place to churn out shiny new homosexuals. Perhaps, in assembly, it is the rainbow flag all must pay respect to while every day all the boys are forced to watch Brokeback Mountain and the girls Boys Don’t Cry until they sob at the inhumanity of it all.

The reality is gay kids are still picked on by both other kids and staff. For example: the Melbourne teenager who was told to remove a gay-themed T-shirt, or the US high school which suspended a girl for being affectionate to her girlfriend.

And how many children with gay parents keep that a secret lest they become the focus of playground taunts? Growing up gay isn’t easy, desperate as all young people are not to feel isolated. A little bit of education about why being gay isn’t all that bad might not go amiss.

Sci-fi Ever had that moment wandering the aisles of the local video store and think you’ve been transported to the ticket queue for a Kylie concert? If so then you’ve probably wandered into the science-fiction section, now teeming with gays according to many in the community.

Maybe it began with the softer end of sci-fi, such as Wonder Woman, and grew into a fascination with Captain Kirk’s perpetual shirtlessness. Maybe gay boys have always found themselves identifying with social outcast bug-eyed aliens from Alpha Centuri, but now they’re free to do so with frosted tips. There’s never been any doubt about the lesbian icon status of Xena, Tank Girl, and the voluptuous cyborg Seven of Nine.

While Star Trek persists in keeping gay characters in the closet, the series is famous for spawning an entire genre of fiction devoted to same-sex loving called slash -“ as popular among teenage straight girls as the gay and lesbian fans.

Where Star Trek lags in recognising its audience, other sci-fi series have embraced it. The reinvention of Doctor Who and its spin-off, produced by the creator of Queer As Folk, including a bisexual character and tender boy-on-boy moments, finally gave long-mocked gay and lesbian sci-fi fans a moment of recognition.

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