Feb 13, 2025
FEATURE
Kinky queer mum quietly ministering to the skin-hungry
Over the past twenty years, Dr Hilary Caldwell has been quietly ‘ministering to the skin-hungry’. This trailblazing sexologist is certainly not your average queer. She is an active LGBTIQ+ community member with four children, a nurse, advocate, author and a proud sex worker.
Feb 10, 2025
Theatre Review
Rearrange the deck chairs – ‘Titanique’ is here!
‘Titanique’ recently premiered at Sydney’s Grand Electric to a well-deserved ecstatic response from audiences. This off-Broadway musical sensation is an outrageously entertaining jukebox musical offering a razor-sharp send-up of James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film, ‘Titanic’. However, this re-imagining of the story of the ill-fated vessel takes a significant departure from the movie.
In ‘Titanique,’ the timeless and tragic love story between Jack and Rose is told through the eyes of the one-and-only French Canadian superstar songstress, Celine Dion, played to perfection by Marney McQueen…
Feb 3, 2025
Streaming
The Boyfriend: an innovative gay Japanese dating show
Netflix’s new reality show The Boyfriend has been making waves and starting conversations both inside and outside Japan as viewers follow the story of nine gay and bisexual male housemates who live and work together.
Feb 3, 2025
USA
Illegal discharge of sperm
In a move that has seen significant attention, Mississipp Bradford Blackmon introduced a bill titled the 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act' with fines up to $10,000 USD for the illegal discharge of sperm.
Feb 2, 2025
USA
Trans pilot was wrongly blamed for air disaster
Jo Ellis is a transgender US helicopter pilot who has served the Virginia National Guard for over 15 years. She was ABSOLUTELY NOT the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 midair as it was approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Jan 29, 2025
Social Media
Meta's new policies will harm the LGBTIQ+ community
Many of us in the LGBTIQ+ community were alarmed to hear about the change to Meta's Hateful Conduct policy and the removal of independent fact-checkers to moderate its platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram.
Jan 27, 2025
Wellbeing
The aftermath of opposition to equality
Led by Research Fellow Karinna Saxby at The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, a new study has been released using data from the 2017 marriage equality postal vote (plebiscite) and the 2021 Australian census.
Jan 23, 2025
Mens Health
Chemsex, Party and Play... what are its risks?
What happened yesterday is a blur. The plate of drugs is still on the coffee table, but there’s not even a hint of a hangover. Inhibitions disappeared completely last night, and sexual pleasure seemed limitless.
Jan 22, 2025
Health
Australian LGBTIQ+ National Health Care Plan
The latest data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows 1 in 20 (4.5%) Australians over 16 are part of the LGBTIQ+ community. For perspective: at around 900,000 people, that’s similar to the population of Canberra (ACT) and Tasmania combined.