Tag » Phil Scott
Youth is wasted

I was interested to read in SSO recently a piece headed ‘Labels of no interest to youth’. A sexual health survey from La Trobe University surveyed students in years 10, ... Read more
Tue September 8th, 2009 - 9 Comments
Stop the presses! We made the paper!

Whacko! We got into the paper! A piece in last week’s SSO was quoted in The Daily Telegraph, with our niche-targeted quality journal named as the source. Our work has ... Read more
Tue September 1st, 2009 - 2 Comments
The PM is out

Now the dust has settled after the ALP National Conference, what have we got? A sub-optimal outcome, as they say at NMG board meetings. Same-sex marriage has its advocates in both ... Read more
Tue August 11th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Money can’t buy me

OK, I suppose I can tell you -” I won half of that $80 million Lotto. Not in a syndicate, but all by myself. When it happened, I was in shock. ... Read more
Tue August 4th, 2009 - No Comments
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Priscilla’s London adventures

Sunday. I head out early, nursing a hangover, to meet a friend for pre-lunch brunch. I wait in a churchyard just off High St, Kensington. The friend doesn't show. When ... Read more
Wed March 25th, 2009 - No Comments
London diary – Part One

Saturday. I watch seven movies and two docos on the plane. Can't sleep. But for once jet lag doesn't ruin my first few days in London. As Tina Turner once ... Read more
Wed March 18th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Cultre city

You know who I feel sorry for? Jack Brown, a Melbourne entrepreneur who moved to Sydney to take advantage of our new attempt to look cool. Brown has applied to ... Read more
Wed February 25th, 2009 - No Comments
Duo bridging the generation gap

For cabaret stalwart and Sydney Star Observer columnist Phil Scott and fresh-faced singer/actor Vincent Hooper, the gay generation gap is grist to their comedy mill. In the pair's new show, ... Read more
Wed February 11th, 2009 - No Comments
Has big brother started parenting?

The internet is for porn! sings the Trekkie Monster, a character in the musical Avenue Q. And probably a great number of men, gay and straight, would agree with him. Accessing ... Read more
Wed October 29th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Getting the message right

What does being gay mean to you? Everything or nothing? A lot or a little? The last question has nothing to do with physical dimensions. Gay identity is a subject ... Read more
Wed October 8th, 2008 - No Comments
You say de facto, I say -¦

I have been in a relationship with my partner for 12 years, but what actually constitutes a relationship? Outside of the rules of bridge, how do you define partner? Them, as ... Read more
Wed August 13th, 2008 - No Comments
Playing the professional perv

Are there gay jobs? We know the old stereotypes: fashion photographers, hairdressers, airline stewards -” we all watch the same sitcoms. I recently reviewed a DVD of a ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Current Issue
Tony, please think before speaking

You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more




