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  • Youth is wasted 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

  • Later that same year… Later that same year…

    My first six months as a columnist at the Star Observer have been great fun. What a lot there was to cover: the alien invasion known as World Youth Day, ... Read more

    Wed December 17th, 2008 - No Comments

  • My right eye My right eye

    I am half man, half panda. Ever heard of the '70s band Deep Purple? That's the colour of my right eye socket. I have what them crazy kids used to ... Read more

    Wed December 10th, 2008 - 1 Comment

  • Camp it up in the outback Camp it up in the outback

    I have yet to see the Baz Luhrmann flick Australia, starring our own Hugh (Boy From Oz) and our own Nicole (The Thin Blue Line). That pleasure is reserved for ... Read more

    Wed November 26th, 2008 - 5 Comments

  • They tried to make me Go To Rio They tried to make me Go To Rio

    Earlier this year we had World Youth Day. Coming up soon is something more practical and beneficial: World AIDS Day. It is the primary fundraising day for AIDS-related charities, particularly ... Read more

    Wed November 12th, 2008 - No Comments

  • Has big brother started parenting? 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

  • The getting of gay wisdom The getting of gay wisdom

    I have a boy staying with me at the moment. Well, a young man really: Vincent's 24, though Michael and I are old enough to be his fathers. We half-jokingly ... Read more

    Wed October 22nd, 2008 - 6 Comments

  • Did you want fries with that? Did you want fries with that?

    Have you ever been at a dance party, looked around at the glistening, pulsating flesh and thought it looked good enough to eat? Did you feel like you were in a ... Read more

    Wed October 15th, 2008 - 8 Comments

  • Getting the message right 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

  • Here’s to your good health Here’s to your good health

    A friend of mine -” let's call her Valerie of Stanmore -” takes a detailed and personal interest in other people's illnesses. If you want to know who was ravaged ... Read more

    Wed October 1st, 2008 - No Comments

  • You know you make me want to pash You know you make me want to pash

    Johnny O'Keefe was the Oz rock legend of the 60s. The Wild One drank hard liquor, took every available drug, and performed in seedy inner-city venues where dykes could have ... Read more

    Wed September 24th, 2008 - 1 Comment

  • Mayor who got a little Moore Mayor who got a little Moore

    A severe anti-Labor backlash hit my place last Saturday. There used to be a kindergarten in our street, where I voted. Now it's a cluster of townhouses so I had to ... Read more

    Wed September 17th, 2008 - No Comments

  • Acceptability in action Acceptability in action

    Last week the division bells rang and federal senators rushed to the chamber to vote on a tax on luxury cars. The Coalition intended to block it, thereby blowing a ... Read more

    Wed September 10th, 2008 - 7 Comments

  • How the media tarnished Matt’s gold How the media tarnished Matt’s gold

    When Australia's Olympians returned from Beijing, Kevin Rudd met them at the airport and said it was time to start training for 2012. He's like the teacher who tells you ... Read more

    Wed September 3rd, 2008 - 3 Comments

  • Erection a sign of the times Erection a sign of the times

    Is Oxford St having an identity crisis? If not, it soon will be. The controversy continues on the subject of dubbing the strip a homophobia-free zone. Council elections are coming up, ... Read more

    Wed August 27th, 2008 - 1 Comment

  • You say de facto, I say -¦ 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

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