Life Archives - Star Observer /category/life-style/life Setting Australia鈥檚 LGBTI agenda since 1979 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:16:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Life Archives - Star Observer /category/life-style/life 32 32 James Tolcher Shortlisted For Major Qld Literary Award For Memoir ‘Poof’ /news/james-tolcher-shortlisted-for-major-qld-literary-award-for-memoir-poof/232302 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 08:43:51 +0000 /?p=232302 Queensland Author James Tolcher has been announced as a finalist for the Premier鈥檚 Award for a Work of State Significance for his self published memoir, Poof. Tolcher is one of ...

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Your Guide To Enjoying Transmasculine Sex /news/your-guide-to-enjoying-transmasculine-sex/232344 /news/your-guide-to-enjoying-transmasculine-sex/232344#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:40:01 +0000 /?p=232344 I could be biased, but sex with transmasculine people is fantastic. A warning up front: this article is not safe for work, unless it鈥檚 your very first day at the ...

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Ali Tahayori Showcases Queer Art After Fleeing Iran /news/ali-tahayori-showcases-queer-art-after-fleeing-iran/232213 Sun, 28 Jul 2024 04:31:46 +0000 /?p=232213 In 2007, Ali Tahayori fled Iran to escape a life shrouded in fear and shame due to his sexuality. Now based in Sydney, Tahayori channels his experiences into art that ...

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How To Start A Conversation About Kink With Your Partner /opinion/how-to-start-a-conversation-about-kink-with-your-partner/232149 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:45:45 +0000 /?p=232149 You鈥檝e been seeing someone for a while. They鈥檙e cute and hot and your relationship is cosy. Things are going well. Is it possible to rock your world without also rocking ...

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Meet Max: Queer Content Creator & Dylan Alcott Scholarship Recipient /news/national-news/queensland-news/meet-max-queer-content-creator-dylan-alcott-scholarship-recipient/231660 /news/national-news/queensland-news/meet-max-queer-content-creator-dylan-alcott-scholarship-recipient/231660#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:58:23 +0000 /?p=231660 Gold Coast student Max Bartolozzi received a surprise phone call from disability advocate Dylan Alcott with some life changing news this week. Alcott made the personal call to inform Max ...

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Woman Says She鈥檒l Donate Eggs To Gay Best Friend, Enrages Husband /life-style/life/gay-best-friend-woman-husband-reddit/230212 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:06:14 +0000 /?p=230212 A woman鈥檚 post to Reddit鈥檚 鈥楢m I The Asshole?鈥 community about having a baby with her gay best friend has caused a lot of contention on the subreddit, sparking conversations ...

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Victorian Public Servants To Receive Paid Period, Reproductive and Menopause Leave /news/victorian-public-servants-to-receive-paid-period-reproductive-and-menopause-leave/230005 /news/victorian-public-servants-to-receive-paid-period-reproductive-and-menopause-leave/230005#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2024 07:09:40 +0000 /?p=230005 Public and community sector workers in Victoria are set to receive paid menstrual leave and reproductive leave.聽 A new collective agreement in Victoria, signed by the state Treasurer, proposes granting ...

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Trans People Respond to The Vatican鈥檚 Latest Doctrine /news/trans-people-respond-to-the-vaticans-latest-doctrine/229913 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:00:47 +0000 /?p=229913 Transgender individuals in the Catholic community have responded to the latest Vatican document that rejects the core notion of altering one’s biological sex. The Vatican issued a declaration condemning gender-affirming ...

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SHOCK NEWS: Lesbians more likely to orgasm than straight women /news/lesbians-more-likely-orgasm-than-straight-women/229855 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:46:52 +0000 /?p=229855 CONTENT WARNING: The study in question focussed solely on the experiences of cisgender people. So, this story will refers to 鈥榳omen鈥 and 鈥榤en鈥, which in this case specifically due to ...

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TikTok’s ‘Gay Uncles’ Matt Armato and Beau Ciolino Release Their First Home DIY Book /news/tiktoks-gay-uncles-matt-armato-and-beau-ciolino-release-their-first-home-book/212310 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:39:12 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=212310 Matt Armato and Beau Ciolino, a gay couple with a charming sense of style when it comes to both clothes and decor, took a chance about eight years ago to ...

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Co-Living Might Be The Answer For The LGBT Community /news/co-living-might-be-the-answer-for-the-lgbt-community/211791 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:31:57 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=211791 Leading on from the Star Observer鈥檚 piece earlier in the year questioning if older LGBTQI folks are being forgotten about, the concept of co-living was brought into focus. What happens ...

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Multi-Love /news/multi-love/210950 Sat, 12 Mar 2022 22:51:52 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=210950 鈥淪he don鈥檛 want to be your man or woman. She wants to be your love. Multi-love鈥檚 got me on my knee. We were one, then become three.鈥 These are the ...

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Tits Before Pronouns 鈥 Coping With a Parent’s Transphobia /news/tits-before-pronouns-coping-with-a-parents-transphobia/208479 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 03:39:02 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=208479 It鈥檚 a Saturday night and Mum and I are at Blacktown Hoyts. She鈥檚 emptying mini packets of contraband Smiths chips from her bag. I pull out the Mars bars that ...

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‘Chaos and love’: meet the gay couple who fostered two boys /news/national-news/chaos-and-love-meet-the-gay-couple-who-fostered-two-boys/177102 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 22:33:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=177102 鈥淟ove is love. The love you give is the love you get back from the kids. They don鈥檛 care if you鈥檙e a male/male couple, they just want to be loved."

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Jayson Brunsdon’s difficult surrogacy journey detailed in new book /news/national-news/jayson-brunsdon-surrogacy-designer-baby/157896 Wed, 03 May 2017 06:38:09 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=157896 鈥淲e were told it was going to be very difficult for us to bring our baby home.鈥

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Suicide and wellbeing: watching out for the ‘Fuck It’ factor /sponsored-content/suicide-health-warning-signs/157828 Mon, 01 May 2017 06:01:13 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=157828 The sudden diagnosis of HIV or any other condition, how unexpected or minor, can tip any of us over the point of what we call the 鈥楩uck It鈥 factor.

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Are same-sex relationships at a disadvantage? /opinion/are-same-sex-relationships-at-a-disadvantage/147209 /opinion/are-same-sex-relationships-at-a-disadvantage/147209#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2016 10:14:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=147209 The stereotype that many of us will fail to ever find a long lasting partner akin to our married heterosexual family and friends is hardly new. But how much truth is there in that, and why? Samuel Leighton-Dore pens his thoughts.

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Don’t diss their date-ability /opinion/soapbox-opinion/dont-diss-their-date-ability/143878 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 03:10:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=143878 Samuel Leighton-Dore discusses the unique challenges faced by LGBTI people living with disabilities in the pursuit of sexual fulfilment and love.

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For your convenience: Homophobia and hospitality /opinion/for-your-convenience-homophobia-and-hospitality-being-gay-at-work-homos-on-hiatus/141899 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:42:31 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=141899 Are we too submissive towards homophobic customers? Samuel Leighton-Dore reflects on his experiences in dealing with homophobia in hospitality and customer service industries.

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The new PDA (public displays of affirmation) /life-style/life/the-new-pda-public-displays-of-affirmation/140915 /life-style/life/the-new-pda-public-displays-of-affirmation/140915#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:51:18 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=140915 Public displays of affection for couples in the LGBTI community have evolved into public displays of affirmation. As Samuel Leighton-Dore explains, there are many reasons why this should be celebrated and encouraged.

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