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Rainbow Reporter live on air New Year's Day

December 30th 2008 02:58
Rainbow lorikeets

What was the best/worst gay news of 2008?

What do you hope/fear for 2009?

I know you’ll all be nursing hangovers after a big night on 31st December but I hope you’ll all be lively enough to tune in to Joy 94.9 7-9pm on New Year’s Day for a 2 hour special Rainbow Report, looking back at 2008 and forward to 2009.


Assisting me in the studio will be some of the more outspoken members of the Rainbow Crew.

Pete Dillon, recovering Catholic; Tim Newton, Spinmeister; Rob Mitchell, scourge of the AFL; and the ever-fragrant Kaye Sera, the thinking man’s drag queen. Tim Wilson will phone in his contribution from Thailand.

Some of the stories we’ll be looking at:

Liberal Shadow Attorney General George Brandis’s mould-breaking interview in which he announced that the Liberal party would not stand in the way of gay equality,

Nathan Burke’s public support for driving homophobia out of the AFL ( and the AFL’s evasive response), and future directions for this initiative.

The erratic progress of gay marriage in the USA, the election of Barack Obama, what the Pope really said (and what he meant),

How lesbians almost had to find themselves another name after male residents of Lesbos said they were the real lesbians: what alternative label would you favour?

Big changes in Victoria as the Relationship Register goes into operation and the Assisted Reproduction Technology Bill passes parliament.


The worrying upward trend in HIV infections and the steady criminalisation of the disease around the world,

The ‘one reform per government’ policy blocking further gay reforms,

Hollywood and gays, with a look at Brokeback Mountain and Harvey Milk,

Kaye Sera’s New Year’s resolutions for other people,

And whatever else we can cram in!!

What were your favourite/important stories impacting the Rainbow community in 2008? Where are we going in 2009?

Drop me an email at journobear@gmail.com and I’ll pop it on the agenda.

And please join us during the show, 7-9pm Jan 1 2009 Joy 94.9 FM, streaming live at www.joy.org.au, by texting 0427 JOY 949, or emailing onair@joy.org.au.
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Foes of same-sex parenting damage children

December 22nd 2008 08:25
Lesbian Mums
Pic from Parentbloggers
Lesbians great parents, says 22 year study

“The longest-running study into lesbian parents in the United States has found that discrimination and not the sexual orientation of their parents harms children.”

Backing up every other well-designed and reputable study into the subject, the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) shows that the children of lesbian parents are happy, healthy and ‘high-functioning’.

The only handicaps faced by the children of same-sex parents are those created by outsiders who do not approve of their family structure.

And even the setbacks due to this prejudice, discrimination and homophobia can be overcome when the children live in communities and attend schools that are pro-actively accepting of diversity.

Those who claim they oppose lesbian parenting for the good of the children are in fact the ones causing any suffering the children experience.

“The NLLFS confirms the findings of over 40 other studies on the children of lesbian and gay parents, and supports the positions of all major professional associations on the well-being of children growing up in lesbian and gay families.”

Time for the opponents of same sex parenting to shut up and start working to overcome their prejudice – for the good of the children.
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Rainbow Report tonight 11/12

December 10th 2008 22:57
Another hour of news and current affairs for the Rainbow Crew.

Jayne Crawley - team leader for Arts & Culture with the City of Melbourne – talking about OutCities, a program of Melbourne queer arts and events being staged at Copenhagen OutGames next summer.

After some initial confusion, it seems Australia became a co-sponsor of the French motion for a declaration by the UN General Assembly on same-sex rights. Simon Margan of Community Action Against Homophobia has that story for us.

Our new Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has already started making waves as he settles in at Town Hall – the Age joked that his first move had been to ditch the word Mayor from his title – so we’ve asked him back for a chat.

Corey Irlam has been, as always, busy leaning on the politicians on our behalf, and specifically on behalf of those members of our community who are being forced to pay the price of equality.

Cathy Anderson makes a welcome return tonight after a sojourn in the Western Desert of suburban Sydney.

And finally, Miss Kaye Sera looks beneath a festive bonnet tonight as she morphs into Madame Santa contemplating what the government should have done to get the economy moving this festive season.

That's The Rainbow Report, Joy 94.9FM Melbourne, streaming ,live at www.joy.org.au: podcasts at the same address and also via iTunes store.

Join me 7-8pm AEDST: call 61 (0)3 9699 2949 / onair@joy.org.au / Txt: 0427 JOY 949
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Genetic basis of homosexuality – Part II

December 7th 2008 01:26
National Coming Out Day
Come Out for Christmas


Merry Christmas. Here is a present for every gay woman and man on the planet. Your sexuality: not a sin, not a disease, not your fault, not your parents fault, but simply nature's gift


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A Gay Christmas List

November 23rd 2008 01:56
Kevin Rudd
Hey, look, I can do this 'blessing' thing, too!!


Santa Kev is on track to deliver my Christmas present: the Omnibus Bill removing the discrimination against same-sex couples identified by the Same Sex: Same Entitlements report. A big thank you to the Australian Human Rights Commission, to the government for keeping its promises, and to everyone working towards equality. But there’s lots of other things on my list for Santa Kev


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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.

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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.

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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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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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Turnbull the Pink Liberal

September 16th 2008 04:56
Turnbull Nelson
Pink In - Blue Out

Nelsons gone, Turnbulls in, and knives are already out for the new leader. But is this good or bad for the gay community?

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Footy IS homophobic - but could soon change (LINK)

September 3rd 2008 10:22
Eddie McGuire
Eddie McGuire congratulates Paul Medhurst - pic: Collingwood FC

Despite the head-in-the-sand attitude of the AFL, football insiders acknowledge there is a problem with attitudes towards sexual diversity in football.

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Footy Show Pikes

August 29th 2008 02:21
Sam Newman
The rumoured 'outing' of a gay AFL player didn't happen.


Well, there we were, all keyed up, and nothing happened. For a month or more rumours have been circulating that a former or retiring AFL player was on the brink of coming out. Everything was in place, Kevin Sheedy and Jason Akermanis had done their ‘John the Baptist’ number, preparing the way, and a lucrative payout had been agreed with the producers of the Footy Show for the exclusive story


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