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Is AIDS ever funny?
“Dom, your song was so gay I’m pretty sure I just got AIDS from listening to it.” How does that sentence make you feel? If you were on a bus and overheard some idiot teenagers saying it, you might be...
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Left handed thinking
My mum, who went to a Catholic school, tells me that the nuns used to walk through the classroom and if they saw you writing with your left hand, whack you with a ruler. That’s what life is like for...
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I’m not talking about the football
I’ve been losing sleep at night with excitement thinking about who will be facing off in the AFL grand final next weekend. No, of course I haven’t. I am not going to talk to you about the football....
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Second class citizens still have voices
Despite overwhelmingly public support, Australian MPs voted down marriage equality for same-sex couples almost two-to-one last week. Not long after the news came through, a good friend of mine posted...
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Is Alan Jones mentally ill?
What kind of human being uses a recently-bereaved person’s dead father as a scoring point in a private conversation, let alone a public speech? Alan Jones’ latest outburst, in which he called Prime...
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Otter, AIDS Research Guru, and Tree Hugger
He’s been Research Director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation since its inception, he’s been awarded a Queen’s Service Medal, and he likes trees. It may come as a surprise that Tony Hughes, QSM...
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Terrified of AIDS
In the closing moments of John Carpenter’s seminal horror film “Halloween”, having been terrorised by the masked killer Michael Myers, Laurie Strode sits with Dr Sam Loomis, the psychiatrist who...
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The cult of Coke and Catholicism
One of the most intriguing cultural shifts of the last few decades is that churches have become more like corporations, and corporations have become more like religions: complete with their own...
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Brokeback Mountain is not a universal story of love
In the documentary “The Celluloid Closet”, gay actor and writer Harvey Fierstein talks about growing up watching mainstream Hollywood films, and how he had to ‘translate’ them in order to make them...
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Security guard sacked over bipolar
How safe are you in your job if you’ve failed to disclose your mental illness to your employer? If you end up getting sacked for taking a sick day, you too could be the architect of your own misfortune.
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How not to help a suicidal friend
Helping a suicidal friend begins with listening. Sometimes people aren't so good at that, though. Continue reading »
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Where marriage equality gets it wrong
When it comes to marriage equality, there are some people blocking our view. They are yet to learn the difference between equality and equity. Continue reading »
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No sex please, you’re Asian
Ivan Yeo was given the lowdown on sexual racism when he first arrived in New Zealand. A friend told him. "Unless you’re white, young, blonde, then you’ll be the top line of meat,” he laughs. “Being...
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Is this Australia’s most frightening lesbian?
Bob Katter's Australia Party believes in the sense of security, fun, freedom and excitement of being Australian. Today I met a woman who embodied those qualities. She is also his nemesis. Continue...
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