southern
Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
2008 www.
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au Issue 152 Thursday 15 September 2011
Kennett
misquoted
report
The author of a report into family breakdown in
Australiahasrebukedcommentatorswhoseized
on it to lash out at same-sex marriage and samesexcouplesraisingchildren.
Former Victorian...
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southern Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 2008 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 152 Thursday 15 September 2011 Kennett misquoted report The author of a report into family breakdown in Australiahasrebukedcommentatorswhoseized on it to lash out at same-sex marriage and samesexcouplesraisingchildren. Former Victorian premier and beyondblue chair Jeff Kennett cited the report as part of a veiled attack on same-sex parenting in The Herald Sun. “There is no substitute for parents of both genders,” Kennett wrote. “Happy heterosexual marriages are the best environment for the mentalhealthofchildren. ” The Australian’s Angela Shanahan pointed to ProfessorPatrickParkinson’sForKids’Sakereport in a column which called same-sex parenting “a silly game of let’s pretend” and “psychological abuse”, and referred to same-sex marriage as “socialengineering”and“thoughtcontrol”. Parkinson, a Sydney University professor of law, said it had been “remarkable” how many people had not see
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1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1090 Wednesday 14 September 2011
Eating out
Page 24
Kennett
misquoted
report
The author of a report into family breakdown in
Australiahasrebukedcommentatorswhoseized
on it to lash out at same-sex marriage and samesexcouplesraisingchildren....
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 1979 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 1090 Wednesday 14 September 2011 Eating out Page 24 Kennett misquoted report The author of a report into family breakdown in Australiahasrebukedcommentatorswhoseized on it to lash out at same-sex marriage and samesexcouplesraisingchildren. Former Victorian premier and beyondblue chair Jeff Kennett cited the report as part of a veiled attack on same-sex parenting in The Herald Sun. “There is no substitute for parents of both genders,” Kennett wrote. “Happy heterosexual marriages are the best environment for the mentalhealthofchildren. ” The Australian’s Angela Shanahan pointed to ProfessorPatrickParkinson’sForKids’Sakereport in a column which called same-sex parenting “a silly game of let’s pretend” and “psychological abuse”, and referred to same-sex marriage as “socialengineering”and“thoughtcontrol”. Parkinson, a Sydney University professor of law, said it had been “remarkable” how many people
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Katter
logic ‘an
oxymoron’
Queensland federal Independent Bob
Katter has claimed that Australia’s
population will nosedive if samesex marriage is legalised, in a letter to
former Australian Medical Association
president Kerryn Phelps.
Phelps wrote to Katter on August
16 after he said same-sex marriages
should be “ridiculed”...
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Katter logic ‘an oxymoron’ Queensland federal Independent Bob Katter has claimed that Australia’s population will nosedive if samesex marriage is legalised, in a letter to former Australian Medical Association president Kerryn Phelps. Phelps wrote to Katter on August 16 after he said same-sex marriages should be “ridiculed” and accused the LGBTI communityofstealingtheword “gay” at the Marriage Day rally in the Great Hall of Parliament. Phelps, who married partner Jackie Stricker-Phelpsinareligiousceremony in New York in 1998, wrote to Katter to express her shock at the comments, having previously met with Katter on several occasions. “I explained that I couldn’t understand why he would seek to have my long-term, committed and mutually interdependent relationship with my life partner treated as an object of ridicule,” Phelps told the Star Observer. “I asked how he would feel having a public figure address a group of fellow Australians in the presence of media to exhortthemtoridicule
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Waverley 300 Bronte Road 02 9389 6336 City 55 Flinders Street 02 9331 4334 Leaders in Companion Animal Health and Welfare For personalised and professional companion animal care D Full veterinary care D In-House cattery D Full range of pet supplies D House call service D Gay owned and Operated Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 1979 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 1089 Wednesday 07 September 2011 Honour finalists announced The finalists for the 2011 Honour Awards havebeenannounced. More than 100 nominations were received, and ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill said the judges were impressed withthequalityandvariety. “Selecting the finalists was a difficult process because the achievements and contributions of all the nominees were remarkable in their own way,” Parkhill said. “However, judges agreed that the finalists they selected exhibited a truly outstanding commitment to supporting theGLBTcommunity. ” Finalists for the Business Award are The Bookshop Darlinghurst, Oxford
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Asian HIV
epidemic is
here: AFAO
The Australian Federation of AIDS
Organisations (AFAO) says the predicted
HIV epidemic among men who have
sex with men (MSM) and transgender
peopleinsoutheastAsiahasarrived.
New figures released at the 10th Asia
Pacific AIDS Conference in Busan, South
Korea,show,70percentofnewinfections
in the...
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Asian HIV epidemic is here: AFAO The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) says the predicted HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender peopleinsoutheastAsiahasarrived. New figures released at the 10th Asia Pacific AIDS Conference in Busan, South Korea,show,70percentofnewinfections in the Philippines are in MSM; in Delhi, India, one in five MSM are thought HIV positive; and in Indonesia, one in four transgender people are estimated to be infectedwiththevirus. In Bangkok, Thailand, an estimated 30percentofMSMareHIVpositive,with research showing a 10 percent annual infectionrateinmenagedunder25. In both Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Jakarta, Indonesia prevalence has tripledsince2008. AFAO executive director Rob Lake urged the Australian Government and, in particular, AusAID to respond to the threattotheseat-riskcommunities. “All these statistics released at the conference need to be appreciated in the contextoftheinfectionrateinthegeneral commun
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JOANCOLLINS
McMANUS ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS
In her internationally acclaimed one woman show
T I C K E T S O N S A L E N O W !
Mon 7 Nov STATE THEATRE
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1979 www.
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au Issue 1088 Wednesday 31 August 2011
Asian HIV
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JOANCOLLINS McMANUS ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS In her internationally acclaimed one woman show T I C K E T S O N S A L E N O W ! Mon 7 Nov STATE THEATRE Ticketmaster. com. au 136 100 Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 1979 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 1088 Wednesday 31 August 2011 Asian HIV epidemic is here: AFAO The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) says the predicted HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender peopleinsoutheastAsiahasarrived. New figures released at the 10th Asia Pacific AIDS Conference in Busan, South Korea,show,70percentofnewinfections in the Philippines are in MSM; in Delhi, India, one in five MSM are thought HIV positive; and in Indonesia, one in four transgender people are estimated to be infectedwiththevirus. In Bangkok, Thailand, an estimated 30percentofMSMareHIVpositive,with research showing a 10 percent annual infectionrateinmenagedunder25. In both Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Jakarta, Indonesia pr
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sunshine
Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 000 Wednesday 31 August 2011
Commonwealth chief against homophobia
Cairns plans
register for
gay couples
>> CAIRNS
SCOTT ABRAHAMS
Cairns Regional Council plans
to launch a same-sex couple
register.
Reports suggest the register
would...
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sunshine Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 1979 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 000 Wednesday 31 August 2011 Commonwealth chief against homophobia Cairns plans register for gay couples >> CAIRNS SCOTT ABRAHAMS Cairns Regional Council plans to launch a same-sex couple register. Reports suggest the register would offer an alternative to marriage for gay, lesbian and transgendercouples. According to the Cairns Post, an alliance of local support groups is working with the council on the register asawayofprovidingofficialrecognitionof same-sexrelationships. Proponents say it would provide a sense of wellbeing for same-sex couples and provide a legal mechanism to make it easier for them to prove their relationship. Similar relationship registers already exist in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania on both a state and local government level. Queensland does not have a statewideregister. Cairns Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Alliance spokesman Nick
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
2008 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 149 Thursday 25 August 2011
Beach Carnival returns
page 22
Colac bashing threat
Openly gay comedian Joel Creasey was
threatened with being gay-bashed by
a group of around 20 teenagers while
leaving an anti-discrimination event in
Colac...
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southern Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 2008 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 149 Thursday 25 August 2011 Beach Carnival returns page 22 Colac bashing threat Openly gay comedian Joel Creasey was threatened with being gay-bashed by a group of around 20 teenagers while leaving an anti-discrimination event in Colac at the weekend. Creasey, who was the guest speaker at the launch of a new local support group DYNAMIC (Diverse Youth Networking Against Discrimination In Colac), said he and his three friends were specifically targeted as they left the Straight Shooters pool hall on Murray St where the event was held. Creasey told the Star Observer a group of teenage boys had earlier been behaving in an “intimidating” manner inside the venue. “The second my three friends and I walked in [the pool hall] they were onto us,” Creasey said. “Then they started saying some really disgusting things to us, which I can take, but seeing them do it in front of other gay youths, I t
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1087 Wednesday 25 August 2011
Western
Sydney’s
gay voice
silenced
ThefutureofSydney’slongest-runningLGBTI
community radio show is under threat after
Liverpool Council reneged on promises to
provide the area’s community station 2GLF
with a...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 1979 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 1087 Wednesday 25 August 2011 Western Sydney’s gay voice silenced ThefutureofSydney’slongest-runningLGBTI community radio show is under threat after Liverpool Council reneged on promises to provide the area’s community station 2GLF with a new home. QueerOutWestwillhavebeenbroadcasting on 2GLF for a decade in December, but its future after that is unclear after the station was issued an eviction notice from the council-owned Liverpool School of the Arts. The station had known the move was coming, but council had previously assured the station that a new home would be found for it, with the Casula Powerhouse, Liverpool Museum and Liverpool Skate Rink named as possible sites. But council officers have now told 2GLF the “council cannot offer any alternative premises to the radio station”. 2GLF chair Eddie Diwakar said he was at a loss to explain the reversal. “Council had always said it would off
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2008 www.
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au Issue 148 Thursday 18 August 2011
Confident win for leather champ
Luke Moon has won the Laird Hotel’s Leatherman competition for 2011.
The event was part of the Laird’s A Week of Leather
which raised more than $14,000 for the Victorian...
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southern Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 2008 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 148 Thursday 18 August 2011 Confident win for leather champ Luke Moon has won the Laird Hotel’s Leatherman competition for 2011. The event was part of the Laird’s A Week of Leather which raised more than $14,000 for the Victorian AIDS Council’s David Williams Fund and JOY 94. 9. The week ended with a sold out Code Black leather party. MORE PICS: Page 25 WINNER: Luke Moon accepts his prize as this year’s Laird Leatherman. Photo: Ari Neubauer >> VICTORIA Christian majority supports equality Anewnationalopinionpollhasfoundamajority of Australian Christians support same-sex couplesbeingallowedtomarry. The Galaxy poll, released on the same day as right wing Christian groups rallied in Canberra, found 53 percent of Australians who identify as Christiansupportsame-sexmarriage,whileonly 41percentopposeit. Further,67percentofthose withnoreligionweresupporters. The poll was conducted in early
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HEN$ NIGHT: Kylie Hoy and Feebee Lou are getting ready to party.
Photo: Hayden Brotchie
Christian
majority
supports
equality
A new national opinion poll has found a
majority of Australian Christians support
same-sexcouplesbeingallowedtomarry.
TheGalaxypoll,releasedonthesamedayas
rightwingChristiangroupsralliedinCanberra,
found 53...
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HEN$ NIGHT: Kylie Hoy and Feebee Lou are getting ready to party. Photo: Hayden Brotchie Christian majority supports equality A new national opinion poll has found a majority of Australian Christians support same-sexcouplesbeingallowedtomarry. TheGalaxypoll,releasedonthesamedayas rightwingChristiangroupsralliedinCanberra, found 53 percent of Australians who identify asChristiansupportsame-sexmarriage,while only 41 percent oppose it. Further, 67 percent ofthosewithnoreligionweresupporters. The poll was conducted in early August usingasampleof1,060respondentsandhada calculatedmarginoferrorof2percent. Australian Marriage Equality (AME) spokesman Malcolm McPherson said the poll showed church leaders who opposed samesex marriage were not representing the views ofmostAustralianChristians. “GroupsliketheAustralianChristianLobby who oppose marriage equality are entitled to their views, but they do not represent the majority of Australian Christians”, McPherson said. “Clearly most Austral
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2008 www.
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au Issue 147 Thursday 11 August 2011
Godfather of filth returns
STAND UP: Melbourne audiences will be treated to John Waters’ one-man show This Filthy World.
Ahead of his Australian tour of duty in October, the Star Observer chats with...
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southern Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 2008 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 147 Thursday 11 August 2011 Godfather of filth returns STAND UP: Melbourne audiences will be treated to John Waters’ one-man show This Filthy World. Ahead of his Australian tour of duty in October, the Star Observer chats with filmmaker, comedian and raunchy raconteur John Waters about declining an invitation to appear on Dancing With the Stars, his surprise at a “levitating” Oprah Winfrey and the sexy side of hitchhiking. FULL STORY: Page 15 >> VICTORIA Dying man’s plea for equality Sincefindingouthispartnerhadterminalcancer twoyearsago,Mitchell,27,haswrittenmorethan 200 letters to local, state and federal politicians pleadingfortherighttomarry. So far the office of every politician he has written to has responded but one - Prime MinisterJuliaGillard. Mitchell’s first letter to Gillard was sent in November 2010. A follow up was sent in July this year and a third letter this month, b
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Waverley
300 Bronte Road
02 9389 6336
City
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Leaders in Companion Animal Health and Welfare
For personalised and professional companion animal care
D Full veterinary care D In-House cattery D Full range of pet supplies
D House call service D Gay owned and Operated
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Waverley 300 Bronte Road 02 9389 6336 City 55 Flinders Street 02 9331 4334 Leaders in Companion Animal Health and Welfare For personalised and professional companion animal care D Full veterinary care D In-House cattery D Full range of pet supplies D House call service D Gay owned and Operated Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 1979 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 1085 Wednesday 10 August 2011 Dying man’s plea for equality Sincefindingouthispartnerhadterminalcancer twoyearsago,Mitchell,27,haswrittenmorethan 200 letters to local, state and federal politicians pleadingfortherighttomarry. So far the office of every politician he has written to has responded but one - Prime MinisterJuliaGillard. Mitchell’s first letter to Gillard was sent in November 2010. A follow up was sent in July this yearandathirdlettersentthismonth,buttodate all have gone unacknowledged by the Prime Minister’soffice. In an interview with the Star Observer last week, Mitchell and partner Patrick
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2008 www.
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com.
au Issue 146 Thursday 04 August 2011
>> VICTORIA
>> NATIONAL
ANDREW M.
POTTS
December
showdown
looming
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is poised
for a marriage equality showdown at its
national conference in December, after its
Australian...
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southern Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 2008 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 146 Thursday 04 August 2011 >> VICTORIA >> NATIONAL ANDREW M. POTTS December showdown looming The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is poised for a marriage equality showdown at its national conference in December, after its Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch backed access to marriage for same-sex couples at the weekend. The ACT motion endorsed “the legal right of all adult couples in Australia to be married if they so choose, and for that marriage to be recognised and registered by law in Australia, regardless of sexual orientation, or gender, of the parties to the marriage”. In addition, the motion dismissed civil unionsasanalternativeasthey“donotdeliver the same legal security and social recognition asmarriageandthatarelationshiprecognition scheme that is separate from marriage would continue to make members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer community
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2008 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1084 Wednesday 03 August 2011
Shafaati to harness the spirit of the Dome
Inquisition returns to its traditional home at the Dome this weekend.
Melbourne DJ on the rise Kam Shafaati will be bringing the
leather and fetish party to a close in...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est. 2008 www. starobserver. com. au Issue 1084 Wednesday 03 August 2011 Shafaati to harness the spirit of the Dome Inquisition returns to its traditional home at the Dome this weekend. Melbourne DJ on the rise Kam Shafaati will be bringing the leather and fetish party to a close in what is promising to be one of the most exciting events on this year’s dance card. DETAILS: Page 13 >> NEW SOUTH WALES >> NATIONAL ANDREW M. POTTS DARK & DIRTY: Kam Shafaati is heading to Sydney to play the closing set at Inquisition. Photo: Bad Behaviour Publishing December showdown looming The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is poised for a marriage equality showdown at its national conference in December, after its Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch backed access to marriage for same-sex couples at the weekend. The ACT motion endorsed “the legal right of all adult couples in Australia to be married if they so choose, and for that marriage to be reco
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