OUTinPerth’s new relationship advice colomn comes from Elizabeth Brennan from Relationships Australia. Relationships Australia is a non-profit organisation offering education, counselling and other services to people of all backgrounds including sexual preference. The website www.wa.relationships.com.au gives information on services. Elizabeth has over 30 years experience in relationship education and counselling. My partner has dropped hints [...]
Unlike the discriminatory policies relating to gay men and blood donation, men who have sex with men (MSM) are eligible to donate sperm. While the Australian Red Cross currently ban men who have sex with men on the grounds that the higher rates of HIV amongst MSM poses a risk to the blood supply, according [...]
If you want the most out of your sex life, then Better Head & Orgasms, Arse Class and Nitty Gritties are the courses for you! Project-X is rolling out these popular, fun and informal workshops in the month of April covering all the “ins and outs” of sex between men. Nitty Gritties is an all [...]
‘I am trying to cut down, or stop from having unsafe sex,’ said Troy. ‘It’s probably sixty percent to unsafe to forty percent safe. I’ve caught gonorrhoea twice, I’m not proud of that.’ Troy, whose name has been changed for confidentiality, is a Perth gay man in his early 20s. He knows the dangers of [...]
Ryan’s Story Without notice I got pulled aside into a ‘catch-up meeting’ to be informed by my manger that just two weeks before the end of my probation that they were letting me go. Why? Because I ‘didn’t fit in’. A religious staff member from the adjacent department used to tell me ‘[my] kind was [...]
Fitness. It can be a savage little beast… yet oh so rewarding. Dr Chris Rickson knows this. As a dancer and performer (you may have seen Chris in the New Year shows at Connections), Dr Rickson keeps his body in peak physical condition. Of course, it was lucky he had begun studying for his Osteopathy [...]
‘The Road Less Travelled’ author M. Scott Peck believed in falling love was one of the most important things for couples but also believed much more work was needed afterwards. Elizabeth Brennan from Relationships Australia subscribes to this mandate and said couples in western society didn’t give themselves enough time for their relationships. ‘I think [...]
On December 1, millions of people worldwide will take a moment to raise awareness and inspire affirmative action against HIV/AIDS. Over 33 million people now live with HIV/AIDS around the globe with estimates suggesting over 7,000 new HIV diagnoses are reported daily. For the second year, Universal Access and Human Rights has remained the global [...]
We are a society obsessed. Everywhere you turn it’s been Twilight-this, True Blood-that. Vampirism is a hallmark trend of the new millennium, permeating literature, film, fashion and music. For us mere mortals, vampires embody the key to immortality, a romantic idyll of eternal youth. They play perfectly to our other obsession: staving off old age. [...]
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