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Bisexuality in the Present Tense
“…a particular temporal framing of sexuality has cast bisexuality in the past or future but never in the present tense” – Steven Angelides, A History of Bisexuality TwentyBiTeen 2019 has been dubbed –...
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Gaslighting in the Marriage Equality “Debate”
Like many in the Australian LGBTIQ community, I am exhausted by the marriage equality “debate” that we are being subjected to. The nature of this atomised survey is that we’re supposed to stay...
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Hope and Glimpsing the Future in the Marriage Equality Debate
This short paper was presented at the Feminist Utopias Conference held at the Australian National University on 8 September 2017. As Gayle Rubin wrote in 1984, “…it is precisely at times such as...
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The Problems With Marriage Equality…But Why We Should Still Fight for it
Currently, my girlfriend and I cannot get married. Not that we’re planning our Pinterest pages or anything, but the point is: same-sex marriage is illegal in Australia. Recently a friend shared this...
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ABC of Marriage Equality
Today in my hometown of Canberra, a “Marriage Equality” bill was passed in the ACT Legislative Assembly (the local government). Though it made it through, the bill faces a big challenge as it comes up...
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Great Expectations: Holding Hands and Heterosexual Privilege
As someone who has for the most part been involved in “straight” relationships (despite identifying as bisexual/pansexual), the question of heterosexual privilege is something that troubles me often....
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Because life ends at marriage?
Everyone loves a good wedding (BBC’s Pride and Prejudice) I went to the movies this evening and saw what was a funny but pretty middle of the road comedy. I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but...
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Gender and advertising- mainstream marketing or pure propaganda?
The issue of representing marginalised groups in advertising is not new. After all, one only has to consider that cultural diversity in Western adverts is a relatively new phenomenon. But over the...
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Christmas traditions: the “modern” family model
I recently read a great piece in by Benjamin Law on the trials and tribulations of Christmas in a post-nuclear (family) world of divorce, sex before marriage and gay partners (you can read Law’s...
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Marriage “the end of [gay] history”?
I came across this great ad (that has gone viral) by Australian grassroots protest group GetUp! on the website Lesbian Dad. The ending is very moving, but bittersweet given the recent decision of the...
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Sydney [née Gay and Lesbian] Mardi Gras: Really?
The new "Mardi Gras" logo: I smell a heteronorm There is some disenchantment within GLBTQIQ communities over the 2012 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras’ attempt to be “inclusive”. There has been some...
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