Community-opinion Archives - Star Observer /category/opinion/community-opinion Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:42:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Community-opinion Archives - Star Observer /category/opinion/community-opinion 32 32 Give It To Me Bi: What’s Next For Australia’s Bi+ Community? /give-it-to-me-bi/give-it-to-me-bi-whats-next-for-australias-bi-community/234761 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:42:38 +0000 /?p=234761 2024 was a game-changer for the Bi+ community. We’re seeing Gen Z emerge as the queerest generation ever. In some surveys, up to 1 in 4 Gen Z individuals identify ...

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]]> It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730 /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:57:14 +0000 /?p=234730 ‘It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy’ is an opinion piece by Just.Equal Australia Vice President and LGBTQIA+ activist Rodney Croome. Who decided to spend tens of ...

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]]> /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730/feed 5 So, Trump is President – What Can Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Community Do Now? /news/trump-is-president-what-can-australia-lgbtqia-community-do/233762 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:52:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233762 So… that didn’t quite go how we’d hoped, did it? Whether you spent all day glued to live updates or hid under the covers hoping it would all go away, ...

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]]> Abbie Jane: My Local Council’s Motion to Remove LGBTQIA+ Books Really Worries Me /news/abbie-jane-my-local-councils-motion-to-remove-lgbtqia-books-really-worries-me/233521 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:55:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233521 Abbie Jane from The Rainbow Shoelace Project (and our October issue cover star) talks about Port Macquarie’s local council putting forward a motion to remove LGBTQIA+ books, and how worried ...

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]]> The Equality Bill – Stripped-Down, Skimpy but Still Standing /opinion/the-equality-bill-stripped-down-skimpy-but-still-standing/233449 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:06:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233449 Last night, on October 17, NSW Parliament passed the stripped-down Equality Bill, brought by Independent MP Alex Greenwich. Claims of sell-out over the Equality Bill In response to Pride in ...

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]]> Navigating the Culture War: How to Support Trans Friends in a Changing World /news/navigating-the-culture-war-how-to-support-trans-friends-in-a-changing-world/232841 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:30:27 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232841 While I usually wouldn’t mind a bunch of middle-aged lesbians fighting over each other about what’s in my pants, the culture war is a strange and unnerving place to be ...

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]]> Kween Kong Wearing the Aboriginal Flag Upside Down on Drag Race Didn’t Advocate For Us – It Harmed Us /opinion/opinion-kween-kong-aboriginal-flag-upside-down-harmful/232667 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 07:53:06 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232667 Like many around the world, I declared my fandom for RuPaul’s Drag Race from the first episode in 2009. Particularly as a young queer country kid, it was a game changer.  ...

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]]> Navigating Non-Binary Fashion In A Binary World /news/navigating-non-binary-fashion-in-a-binary-world/232524 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:11:57 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232524 Given all the contradictory expectations we have for clothes, it’s easy to get your kickers in a twist, but finding the right clothes as a non-binary person challenges those expectations. ...

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]]> Understanding The Difference Between Trans and Intersex People /opinion/understanding-the-difference-between-trans-and-intersex-people/232434 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 04:32:37 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232434 Following the wave of anti-trans sentiment directed towards Algerian boxer Imane Khelif Dr Antimony Deor unpacks the differences between transgender and intersex people and their lives. Sex is often thought ...

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]]> The Power Of Pink Hair: Being Queer In The Classroom /news/the-power-of-pink-hair-being-queer-in-the-classroom/232426 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 04:08:02 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232426 Wear It Purple Day holds particular significance to me as both a proud gay man and a teacher. This August, I once again find myself reflecting on the importance of ...

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]]> Navigating Love And Relationship Roles As A Non-Binary Person /opinion/navigating-love-and-relationship-roles-as-a-non-binary-person/232013 /opinion/navigating-love-and-relationship-roles-as-a-non-binary-person/232013#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:32:15 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232013 On International Non-Binary People’s Day Dr Antimony Dior reflects on navigating love and relationships as a non-binary person. It was forty degrees in Canberra, but I still wasn’t expecting Dee ...

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]]> /opinion/navigating-love-and-relationship-roles-as-a-non-binary-person/232013/feed 1 GREY MATTERS: In Praise of Gay ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ïpapers /opinion/in-praise-of-gay-newspapers-grey-matters/231993 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:55:58 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=231993 Is it a stretch to say gay newspapers were a mini forerunner to today’s internet? Check these similarities… ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Old editions are time capsules with headlines telling big stories – ...

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]]> Grey Asexual People Explain How They Experience Dating, Sex and Attraction /news/grey-asexual-people-dating-sex-attraction/231517 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 01:57:45 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=231517 Asexuality encompasses a very broad range of experiences and wide array of identities – including grey asexual, demisexual, aromantic asexual, cupiosexual, and many more. This includes a wide array of ...

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]]> Qtopia Welcomes 78ers At Private Event /news/qtopia-welcomes-78ers-at-private-event/229980 /news/qtopia-welcomes-78ers-at-private-event/229980#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:35:58 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=229980 — by 78er Robyn Kennedy On 9 April 2024, Qtopia Sydney hosted a private viewing for members of the 78er organisation First Mardi Gras. Along with around forty other members ...

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]]> /news/qtopia-welcomes-78ers-at-private-event/229980/feed 2 Atrocious Tasmanian Anti-Gay Conversion Practices Bill Is A Warning For Other States /news/atrocious-tasmanian-anti-gay-conversion-practices-bill-is-a-warning-for-other-states/228308 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 23:00:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=228308 The Tasmanian anti-gay conversion practices bill does more to protect perpetrators than their victims. They’re not my words. They’re the words of a Tasmanian legal academic familiar with conversion law ...

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]]> Gay Dating Apps Are For Everyone /news/grey-matters-apps-are-for-everyone/228203 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:51:08 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=228203 Recently, my dating/sexual experiences have segued into areas I’ve not previously experienced – and they all reflected the sexual loneliness of city-based men in their early 50s. The first man ...

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]]> Celebrating 45 Years of Star Observer: A Tribute to LGBT Resilience and Progress /news/celebrating-45-years-of-star-observer-a-tribute-to-lgbt-resilience-and-progress/228209 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:25:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=228209 By George Savoulis As we step into a new year, Qtopia Sydney will open, hosting a poignant exhibition that encapsulates not just history, but the unyielding spirit of a community ...

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]]> Gender Diversity At The Gay Sauna /news/gender-diversity-at-the-gay-sauna/226933 /news/gender-diversity-at-the-gay-sauna/226933#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:44:54 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=226933 It was a surprise that the first naked body I saw as I entered the gay sauna was female and not a  gay male.  It was an ‘open’ night for ...

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]]> /news/gender-diversity-at-the-gay-sauna/226933/feed 3 Grieving After The Death Of A Sexual Partner /news/grieving-after-the-death-of-a-sexual-partner/226712 /news/grieving-after-the-death-of-a-sexual-partner/226712#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:38:59 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=226712 Nearly twelve months after his death, a casual sexual partner’s dating profile still has his enticing photos smiling back at me from the internet. Clive’s death has only recently become ...

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]]> /news/grieving-after-the-death-of-a-sexual-partner/226712/feed 1 We Need To Say ‘Yes’ Again /news/national-news/we-need-to-say-yes-again/226547 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 22:24:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=226547 The first time I visited a remote Indigenous community I was in awe of its beauty. But the baked red earth, the fierce blue sky and the silvery-green woodlands belied ...

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