OP.ED
We maybe gay for social, not sexual reasons?
In a paper I published with Duke University professor Brian Hare, we propose human sexuality (including homosexuality) evolved as an outcome of the evolution of increased sociability in humans.
Wellbeing
Your ‘ideal’ body, and why you want it?
What makes an ideal body, and why do we want one so badly?
Wellbeing
Self Obsession, is it a gay thing?
Surveys show that gay men tend to be more focused on luxuries and beauty products than their heterosexual counterparts.
SEX & HEALTH
The truth in lies of PrEP
Adhering to the daily blue pill of prevention has revolutionised dating and sex in the community like nothing I’ve ever seen before and HIV rates have stagnated as a result.
Fitness
Rough and tumble love of roller derby
I credit the roller derby community with helping me discover and nurture my queer identity and my inclusive politics.
Sexuality
PrEPed & ready to go! Get PreP in Canberra!
Self-protection comes in many forms. There’s abstinence (you’re on your own there, kid), condoms (a time-honoured tradition) and new-kid-on-the-block, PrEP.
LOVE IS LOVE
Not all views deserve respect
When it comes to same-sex marriage, not all views deserve respect. One of the expectations in the ongoing debate over marriage reform in Australia is that all views should be respected. But if we want to uphold the values of the enlightenment and of deliberative democracy...
LGBTIQ HISTORY
The gay trials of 1772
In the 1760s and 1770s, there was an explosion of public interest in fashionable society gents because the press of the day felt they committed such cardinal sins as rejecting good old English roast beef for dainty foods from Europe such as pasta.
LGBTIQ HISTORY
Holocaust survivor "love is stronger than hate"
82 year-old Fred Weisinger is arguably one of the oldest members of Sydney's LGBTI community. This is the story of a gay Holocaust survivor.