There's a game they play. My partner and a close friend of ours sit around and recite the names of b-grade actresses. The rest of us listen dumbfounded, having no idea who these women are. And it's not a challenge that goes by quickly. They have been known to go for hours naming these forgotten …
Gay Men – Seeing ourselves on screen
I think there's a revolution in the way we, as gay men, allow ourselves to be seen. And it's a media fuelled revolution that has gradually 'snuck up on us' since the last century. The self discipline 'straight acting' model is fading in Western society, and the pressure to be an 'acceptable gay' has disappeared …
Gay Angels
About ten years ago I read Elizabeth Knox’s original novel, The Vintner’s Luck. In it a failed wine maker and family man, Sorban, meets a male angel who he develops a relationship with, over a considerable period of his life. They talk, they make love, and they talk some more. Of course, other stuff happens …
The Misguided Pope
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a little while now, so please excuse me for reporting on old news. Just before France brought in marriage equality, New Zealand did as well. Although I heard about it on an evening radio program on Triple J, it was this speech that most of you have …
