In this month’s edition of Sports Illustrated Magazine American pro-basketball player Jason Collins has announced that he is gay. In doing so Collins became the first professional American athelete, playing a team sport, to ever declare that they are same sex attracted. Upon first hearing the news you might wonder why this is such a [...]
Last month as soon as the March edition of OUTinPerth hit the streets my partner and I headed to the airport for an overseas holiday which began with a ten day stay in New York City. One afternoon, upon exiting my favourite NYC music store Other Music, we saw a giant billboard on the back [...]
OPINION Rumours surfaced earlier today that federal opposition leader Tony Abbott was set to reverse his view on same sex marriage on this Sunday’s edition of the Channel Nine program ’60 Minutes’. A story at ‘City News’ claimed a ‘well placed source’ had confirmed the story. The rumours however were just that, with the Executive [...]
At the start of every year Lake Superior State University in the USA releases its list of banished words. It’s a collection of words and phrases that the academics deem to be overused in the media and society in general. This year for their 38th annual list they included phrases such as “spoiler alert, Y.O.L.O, [...]
I’ve never worried about getting older. Worrying about getting older is a like stressing over whether the sun will come up, or if the tide will come in. Some things are out of your power and inevitable. So why worry? Worrying about whether you’re where you want to be in life, or concern about what [...]
Opinion Pride WA has announced that they are unsure of their financial status and have ceased operations while they take stock of where they are. The organisation will have an AGM later this month where finances will be discussed; the future will be pondered and if the organisation continues, new committee members will be selected. [...]
Its 2013, it’s a year that features a number that some may consider unlucky, but let’s not start of the year with worry. It’s the first time since 1987 that the year features four different digits, while it’s been 26 years since that last happened, you’ll have to wait until 2020 until the year next [...]
It’s the end of the year and it’s the season of resolutions. Why make a New Year resolution? The first of January is really no different to the other 364 days of the year. Yet it’s natural at the end of the year to take that moment to pause and reflect on where you are [...]
I’ve never had facial hair of any type before. It’s not that I’ve not wanted to, it’s just there have often been barriers to growing a moustache, a goatee or a beard. The first barrier was that for most of my ‘20s I worked in the hospitality industry and almost of the companies I worked [...]
Last month it was revealed that the number of people being diagnosed with HIV in Australia within the last year had risen 8%, compared to the previous 12 month period. It’s a significant rise and a sign that new strategies are needed. The rise was not unexpected, health officials have been highlighting that increasingly we’re [...]
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