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Tonight on the Rainbow Report 20/11

November 20th 2008 00:20
Fiona Patten
Fiona Patten, leader of the Australian Sex Party

We continue our roundup of candidates for the post of Mayor with Will Fowles, the non-Labour Labour-ish candidate, offering what he calls a “Fresh Vision” for the city.


Rodney Croome muses on Barack Obama and the wave of protest sweeping the US after gay marriage was stopped in California and started in Connecticut.

Closer to home John Wain, general manager of the Market, helps us understand the impact of the Brumby governments latest attempts to control violence and drunkenness in the city – will it be better or worse than the failed 2am lockout?

Plus we celebrate the launch of a new political party dedicated to countering the influence of the religious right and all other wowsers, fighting the proposed internet filter and supporting gay marriage. The Australian Sex Party is being launched at Sexpo, and we’ve an interview with it’s leader, Fiona Patten, who’s also CEO of Eros, the adult entertainment industry business association.

Meanwhile Kaye Sera looks Beneath the Bonnet at World AIDS Day and some of the AIDS movies from years gone by.

The Rainbow Report, Joy 94.9 Melbourne, streaming live www.joy.org.au, 7-8pm Thursday Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, podcasts available from Joy or iTunes.

To join in call (03) 9699 2949 during the show, SMS 0427 JOY 949 or email onair@joy.org.au.

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Rainbow Report Thursday on 94.9

November 12th 2008 05:05
Robert Doyle
My guest this week


We continue our series of interview with mayoral candidates.

Robert Doyle, former Victorian Liberal leader and candidate for Lord Mayor of Melbourne, will join us to talk about his plans for the city.

Centrelink are keen to explain to us what the changes to the legal treamment of same-sex couples will mean in realtion to pensions and benefits, so they've agreed to provide a spokesperson - so let me know what you'd like me to ask on your behalf.

And Dale Smedley of DTs Hotel will be talking about his bid for a seat on his local council.

You can send your questions ahead of time to journobear@gmail.com

Plus the latest look Beneath the Bonnet with Kaye Sera.

That's Thursday noght 7-8pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time, on Joy 94.9FM, streaming live at www.joy.org.au.
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How to make straight friends and influence people

November 9th 2008 01:31
ChillOut

Same-sex equality seems to be going backwards even in friendly locations.

Bans on gay marriage, fostering and adoption have passed in several US states, including California. Barack Obama needed to mobilise black and hispanic voters, but most of them are religious and anti-gay. He downplayed his support for gay rights, so they voted against us while voting for him.

A large-scale survey in UK newspaper The Observer found 56% think we shouldn’t be allowed to adopt, 40% want a higher age of consent for us, and 25% think we should be recriminalized. The British Labor government has enacted a lot of pro-gay and anti-discrimination laws in recent years but that hasn’t made people like us.

And at the time of writing, the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Bill is on the brink of defeat. Upper house members say their constituents don’t want gays and lesbians to have parenting rights.

These failures are our own fault. Our small number of committed activists do a great job on politicians and big city elites, but we’ve yet to win over Joe The Plumber and his missus out in Cranbourne or Wodonga.

Californian gay rights campaigners didn’t involve themselves in black and hispanic communities, and we don’t engage with our neighbours in the outer suburbs and the bush. Yet doing so brings multiple benefits.

We need a majority of all voters on our side, and strange as it may seem, that starts with making friends with them. Especially outside major cities, where levels of violence and self-harm are high, and support services for our community are virtually non-existent.

But you don’t turn neighbours to friends by painting yourself as a victim. You do it by helping to solve their problems. As a boss of mine once told me, “If you want promotion, don’t bring me problems. Bring me solutions.”

Country towns, already struggling with drought, now face the strong possibility of a recession. People fear for their jobs, their businesses, their homes. What solutions can we offer?

One proven way is through local rainbow festivals, bringing in publicity and business - and local authorities know it. ChillOut’s economic importance has been acknowledged with a two-year grant of $45k from Rural Development Victoria, in addition to money from Tourism Victoria and Hepburn Shire Council to secure its future. The possibility that Yackandandah Spring Migration might fold has local authorities actually competing to secure the Migration for their town.

Now the gay community becomes a solution, not a problem. Working and socialising alongside gays and lesbians, people learn that we’re ordinary people just like them, trying to keep our heads above water and caring for the ones we love. Prejudice against local gay and lesbian residents is lessened. Young same-sex attracted people learn they are not alone, and can find role models to look up to. And we earn the right to ask people to support us when we seek to be treated equally.

We won’t win them all. But we will win enough to turn mainstream politics in our favour, erode the dam that blocks gay marriage and adoption, and head off any backlash like the one threatening in the UK. On top of which, we get to have a lot of fun.

Who said politics had to be boring?
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No We Can't

November 6th 2008 02:37
Obama

Yes, he can, but no, we can't, as anti-gay measures pass in several states.

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Become a priest now! Ask me how!

October 30th 2008 23:20
Priest
The Holy Man Can!


The Vatican has announced that from now on it will screen all applicants for the priesthood to “weed out” any with latent same-sex attraction disorders (SSAD). We have obtained a draft copy of the questionnaire.
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Sham 'conscience vote' on Assisted Reproduction Bill

October 24th 2008 09:43
Hostage
How Stuff Works - A Liberal/National 'Conscience' Vote


Q: When is a conscience vote not a conscience vote


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Gay Top 25

October 23rd 2008 01:53
Will Smith Tom Cruise
Definiitely NOT gay, just famous


It's that time again: nominations are open for the Same Same 25 Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians


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Good enough to foster but not to parent

October 19th 2008 21:49
Precious 1
Pic by Precious 1

Gay families. Gay mums, gay dads. It’s taken me a while to get my head around those concepts, so it’s hardly surprising the more hidebound sectors of society have slammed their ears shut on the topic and are refusing to hear the facts.

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Trust me, I'm a doctor

October 12th 2008 00:11
Proctoscope
This won't hurt a bit

The specialist was brisk, breezy and confident.

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Mayors Nest or Dragons Lair

October 7th 2008 23:55
John So
I So ain't gonna be yo' bro' no mo' - pic thanks ABC

Now that John So’s decided he ain’t gonna be our bro’ no mo’, and Jeff Kennett’s decided to stay home with the grandkids, would-be Melbourne Mayors are popping up like weeds. And weeds is the operative term.

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New gay papers, Taxpayer fund Mardi Gras

October 2nd 2008 04:05
Rainbow Report

It’s been a dramatic week in gay and lesbian publishing, with the collapse of bnews and the sudden emergence of two new gay media – Canvas, an arts and entertainment magazine from Evolution Publishing, and Southern Star, from Sydney Star Observer.

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Grey and Gay

September 29th 2008 06:34
Rainbow Seniors
Pic by mellowmonk.com


Apologies for not posting much lately. I endured a colonoscopy, a gastroscopy and the death of my laptop in the course of a single week, and I'm only just getting myself organised again


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Allegro Non Troppo Sunday 11-1

September 27th 2008 08:49
This weekend I’ll be taking the Addam Stobbs seat on Allegro Non Troppo, Sunday 11.00am – 1.00pm. Although I’m not exactly ‘musical’, Addams longtime co-presenter Peter Fortey and producer Robert Brierley assure me they’ll get me through the first hour.

In the second hour, produced by Bianca Johnston, I’ll be looking at the issue of aged care for gay and lesbian seniors. A recent report by the Matrix Guild and Vintage men painted a disturbing picture of the situation for the retired members of our community and those approaching retirement


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It's marriage, Jim, but not as we know it.

September 19th 2008 11:33
Takei Wedding
Live long & prosper!


Just had to post this so I could use the headline - the story's here along with a great gallery of pics


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