Bob Katter’s Australia Party believes in the sense of security, fun, freedom and excitement of being Australian. Today I met a woman who embodied those qualities. She is also his nemesis. Continue reading »
When it comes to marriage equality, there are some people blocking our view. They are yet to learn the difference between equality and equity. Continue reading »
Well, that time of the year has come where I stop talking for a while (yes it does happen occasionally). This blog has now been running for two years, and the audience has more than tripled since this time last year. Thank you all for continuing to read these ramblings and share them about the … Continue reading »
I can remember being asked by one patronising bitch who thought she was being funny, ‘who’s gonna wear the dress’ when she heard I was getting married. This was over ten years ago, when civil unions were just a twinkle in a politician’s eye and gay union ceremonies were not commonplace at all. But for … Continue reading »
I used to write radio jingles for a living. Yes, I know you’d stab me in both eyes with a blunt compass if I were in front of you right now, but let’s just say I was young, I didn’t know what I was doing, and I needed the money. The career was relatively short-lived, … Continue reading »
Oh, let us bow down before the prince of peace and wisdom. He whose country was violently wrested from him by the evil Chinese (those people who make our iPhones) and has been forced to live in exile ever since. Thing is, exile has worked out quite well for the Asian Pope. He lives in … Continue reading »
If you thought that aggravated homosexuality was some queen getting upset because Mannhaus ran out of Nasty Pig underwear, think again. From December, it could be an official crime on the books of Uganda, a nation best described as a haemorrhoid on the world’s arsehole. The beautiful man in the picture above, defiantly marching in … Continue reading »
One of the most intriguing cultural shifts of the last few decades is that churches have become more like corporations, and corporations have become more like religions: complete with their own ideological brand values, whimsical narratives tinged with divinity and hubris, and the automatic assumption that their very existence is a good thing. My friend … Continue reading »
Ladies and gentlemen, today we have a bit of an exclusive here on Bipolar Bear: the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, has come out. To me. I have to say I was a little surprised when I got the call from New Zealand’s first openly gay Prime Minister. At first I thought it … Continue reading »
Currently circulating is a document known as The Melbourne Declaration. It’s about HIV, and not to be confused with the declaration of the same name aimed at education of young Australians. Last night, I appeared with The Healthy Bear on Dean Beck’s Hide & Seek show on Joy FM to discuss the rise of HIV … Continue reading »
