Comments on: Hamish Macdonald Shares ‘Terrifying’ Ordeal Of Journalists Wanting To Out Him

By: Victor Marsh

Victor Marsh — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:33:17 +0000

Russell, why don’t you name that journalist from the Courier Mail? Respectfully, Victor Marsh

By: Robert McCormick

Robert McCormick — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:55:54 +0000

Australian journalism, and I suspect that of other countries, has, like all of our politicians, sunk to a new low – not that the industry could sink much lower.
When, and if, a person wants to “come out” is that person’s business only and no-one else’s.
Our politicians pay lip service to the GLBTIQ+ Community and then you get them trying to introduce their legislation – supported by many within the ALP – so that Religious Businesses – today they are all money-making businesses – why else do they have their greedy noses stuck deep in the Billions being poured into Aged Care? – This legislation would have allowed them to discriminate against not just the GLBTIQ+ Community but also, people with Disabilities, members of their own sects which would have resulted in the revival of Religious Hatred such as catholics v anglicans v muslims v hindus or anyone who did not agree with their perverted views such as the Pray Away the Gay/ Gay Conversion sadism created by the Baptist Union. – this Sadistic, cruel suicide-inducing, evil practice the majority of our Politicians still refuse to legislate against.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:23:06 +0000

Really, really!! In this day and age, the newspapers and television shouldn’t be outing people. It’s their business, and they are the ones who need to come to terms with their own sexuality. There fans will still love them regardless.

By: Russell Grenning

Russell Grenning — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:22:48 +0000

However difficult and confronting being outed by the media nowadays is, it was infinitely more dangerous and damaging in the early 1980s when a senior journalist on The Courier Mail (Brisbane) frequently referred to me as a “confirmed bachelor” which was a very thinly described wink and nod to the fact that I was gay. At that time I was working as press secretary to a senior Minister in the Bjelke-Petersen State Government and this journalist tried anything to get me sacked by branding me a “confirmed bachelor” working for the supposedly homophobic government. All I could do was ignore it not even protest.