Clik here to view.
You have to take the rough with the smooth
In “Gay report shelved, say beyondblue ex-staff” (The Age, 30 September 2011), ex Beyond Blue staff talk of a report that was done into the mental health issues of the GBLTI community, which was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Methinks he doth protest too much
I’d heard about this study ages ago, and at the time it just seemed deliciously ironic. However, the last 15 years has well and truly proved to me that there’s a strong element of truth to it, too....
View ArticleClik here to view.
What they say / what I hear
There are four really common rebuttals to homosexuality touted by various religions, and given that not only are homophobic men are very likely to be aroused by homosexual behaviour, but homophobic...
View ArticleI will not be silenced
To the conservatives who demand we stay in the shadows… I refuse to be silenced. I refuse to turn the other cheek. I refuse to lie down and let you walk all over my rights. I refuse to allow you to...
View Article3 Seconds
You hear people half jokingly talking about “gaydar” from time to time. That seemingly uncanny ability at times for gay men to be able to detect whether someone else, usually closeted, is gay or not....
View ArticleKissing in the carpark
On January 1, 2013, a group of guys went to St Kilda beach and had some photos taken for a health and safety initiative. I can’t give away the details of the initiative, but the photos did involve the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Homophobe
Dear Homophobe, You know all those times at school when you called another student “faggot” and pushed him around? The reason he didn’t come back in year 11 was because he committed suicide, but since...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Equality for … bigots?
In Homosexuality is natural. Fine. But what if homophobia is too?, Sean Thomas writes: [I]t is at least arguable that homophobia is unconscious – and inherited. … If we’re going to extend equal right...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Racing to the bottom
Some weeks, it seems that conservatives around the world are engaged in a race to the bottom. Continuing their blitzkrieg on homosexuality, the Russian government isn’t just interested in banning any...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Understanding ‘Beards and blokes’
Over on the Sydney Morning Herald, Elizabeth Farrelly has written a diatribe about beards and manliness, called Beards and Blokes: our entitlement generation. I’m not sure who Elizabeth Farrelly is,...
View Article
