SO LONG, INDEED

Well, the battle of the beige is over. Congratulations, Mr Rudd. I spent election night with my boyfriend at the Bulli Family Hotel on the Illawarra coast. It was a suitably atmospheric location; the escarpment looming above, shrouded in a dark blanket of fog...

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ORDERING LEFTOVERS

When you go to vote on Saturday, you’ll probably have a fairly clear idea who you wish to place at the top and who will be bringing up your ticket’s rear. If you’re brave enough to vote for all Senate candidates below the line, you may manage to meet yourself in the middle as you preference your preferred candidates and condemn the remainder...

OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE

I am a creature of habit. Back in the ’80s I read an article in my Follow Me Gentlemen fashion mag about shaving. In it they suggested a routine that involved heating, moisture and following the direction of the growth before going against to achieve a close shave...

MISSY MANIA

This past weekend has seen a media frenzy over my interview with singer Missy Higgins in the November issue of the queer chick mag I edit, Cherrie. A journalist at the Sunday Telegraph contacted me on Friday and said they were running a story on Missy’s ‘coming out’ as ‘not-so-straight’ (the Cherrie moniker). Given the Tele’s reputation and often anti-gay agenda, I was a bit wary of what might appear, but the article was fair...

TURNCOAT MAL

“I have always believed that every person is entitled to equal treatment and respect under the law and so have opposed all forms of discrimination – including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.” So wrote Malcolm Turnbull, Federal member for Wentworth, in a ‘letter of support’ to the GLBT community two weeks ago...

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