The side effect of gay marriage that will improve lives
For many in mum's generation, the common narrative around older gay life ... centred on difference and, frankly, suffering.
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Joel Meares
Joel Meares is the Arts Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. Joel joined the Herald in 2007 as a writer on the(sydney)magazine before leaving to study for his Masters at Columbia University in New York. He returned in 2014 and now oversees coverage of the arts.
People make assumptions about me when they hear my voice
A new study that shows people discriminate against men and women with "gay voice" will surprise few people who've ever been told they sound gay.
Watching the Mardi Gras on TV opened my eyes to a different world
It was a Sunday somewhere in the mid-'90s, I was about 10-years-old, and I had stumbled across the ABC's broadcast of the parade accidentally.
Why businesses should be allowed to boycott gay weddings
Two weeks after marrying my husband in the US we re-enacted the wedding in North Queensland. We'd used a licensed celebrant for the northern hemisphere affair but decided to have a friend man the microphone in Australia. I didn't expect that the first person I asked to perform this privileged duty would refuse to do it.
Hollywood's hot tips ruin my movie-going pleasure
There was a time in my life when I didn't know what an SAG Award was. I didn't know what one looked like, or that SAG stood for the American Screen Actors Guild, and that those on whom the guild bestowed awards for acting every year were considered frontrunners for the Academy Awards.
Growing up gay, Catholic school was a haven for me
Of course they want to say sorry: it's the Christian thing to do.
Let’s cut the vitriol about gay rights from straight people
Straight people sure have a lot to say about gay rights. Open a news app, flick through a paper, turn on the telly and there they are: scores and scores of puffed-up heterosexuals, telling us what they think of us. Should we be able to get married? They have some thoughts. Should we be able to have kids? Don't get them started. Should we educate their kids on what makes us different and why their kids shouldn't bully us? Wind them up and watch them go.
The ‘Vlonald’ bromance is bad news for America’s moral high ground
If it looks like America's about to get into bed with Russia, that's probably because the sheets are pulled back and the robes have hit the carpet.
Why we shouldn't wait for tragedy before making laws fairer
Too often, something bad has to happen before leaders are motivated to do something good.
What the gay community really wants
One of the most powerful words hurled at the gay community today doesn't start with an F. Or a P. Or any other ugly, lip-pursing consonant. It begins with a vowel and it might, on first listen, sound innocuous: agenda.
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