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Letters – issue 099
THANKS TO MP Craig Langdon, the MP for Ivanhoe since 1996, has announced his immediate resignation from state Parliament. This is in ... Read more
Thu September 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Letters – issue 098
EQUAL RIGHTS How does legalising same-sex marriage effect anyone who is not gay? It doesn’t. I am straight. I have a gay ... Read more
Wed August 25th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters – issue 098
VOTING PLEA I am writing to you in desperation to make our votes count in this election. Previously I have always voted ... Read more
Tue August 17th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters – issue 096
THERE IS HOPE I recently went to a small country town in western NSW to visit my 95-year-old grandmother. She had known ... Read more
Wed August 11th, 2010 - No Comments
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Letters – issue 095
BALANCE OF POWER Australia may be preparing to celebrate the election of its first female prime minister by popular vote. When we ... Read more
Wed August 4th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters – issue 094
SPERM RIGHTS The Senate has an inquiry into sperm donors (LegCon.Sen@aph.gov.au). This is an important issue for the GLBT community touching on ... Read more
Wed July 28th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters – issue 093
WHY MARRIAGE? As a gay man, I can not understand why gay people would want to engage in a heterosexual ritual ... Read more
Wed July 21st, 2010 - 1 Comment
Letters – issue 092
WE ARE FAMILY Please don’t embarrass the relos back home Julia. The UK has had a progressive law called the Civil ... Read more
Thu July 15th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters – issue 091
GILLARD #1 Julia, up until recently you had the support of a large chunk of the Australian gay community and probably ... Read more
Wed July 7th, 2010 - No Comments
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Vale Addam Stobbs Allegro non Troppo’s co-presenter Peter Fortey and I would like to thank all the JOY volunteers, staff, members, ... Read more
Wed June 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
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JOY’s morale As someone who has experienced the low morale at JOY recently, both personally and in the people I’ve spoken ... Read more
Thu June 10th, 2010 - No Comments
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Bad sports Jason Akermanis’ recent contentious column warning gay footy players to keep their sexuality under wraps was a timely reminder ... Read more
Thu June 3rd, 2010 - No Comments
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PEP #1 The RMH should be saying they will have an investigation, and report to the public the findings and what ... Read more
Thu May 27th, 2010 - No Comments
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WOOLSHED MEMORIES I am researching and writing a detailed historical article on gay experiences at the Woolshed Bar at the Hotel ... Read more
Thu May 20th, 2010 - No Comments
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APPRECIATE JOY As a long-term JOY presenter/volunteer I feel I need to remind the community of what exactly JOY is and ... Read more
Wed May 12th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters to the Editor
resolving complaints Andie Noonan’s article describes a 26-year-old man’s experience of seeking Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) at the Royal Melbourne Hospital ... Read more
Wed May 5th, 2010 - No Comments
Letters to the Editor
WRONG FORUM I am writing in response to the article in Southern Star [079] regarding Poofs’n’Politics, and in particular the references ... Read more
Thu April 22nd, 2010 - No Comments
Letters to the Editor
RICKY MARTIN #1 I’m so sick of celebs coming out only after the fame and all the money they make. What ... Read more
Wed April 7th, 2010 - No Comments
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