Soapbox Archives - Star Observer /category/opinion/soapbox-opinion Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:14:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Soapbox Archives - Star Observer /category/opinion/soapbox-opinion 32 32 OPINION: Hi! I’m Bisexual And I’m Really Goddamn Angry /opinion/opinion-hi-im-bisexual-and-im-really-goddamn-angry/238838 /opinion/opinion-hi-im-bisexual-and-im-really-goddamn-angry/238838#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2025 03:46:46 +0000 /?p=238838 Hi! I’m bisexual — and as you’re likely already aware, I’m really goddamn angry. Not “throwing staplers at the wall” angry. Not “screaming at customer service” Karen-esque angry. I’m that ...

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OPINION: Yes, Male Cheerleaders Exist, And It’s Really Not A Big Deal /opinion/opinion-yes-male-cheerleaders-exist-and-its-really-not-a-big-deal/238151 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:22:05 +0000 /?p=238151 You might have seen the headlines this week, sharing the news that straight homophobes have discovered that male cheerleaders exist via the Minnesota Vikings, and losing their goddamn minds about ...

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It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730 /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:57:14 +0000 /?p=234730 ‘It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy’ is an opinion piece by Just.Equal Australia Vice President and LGBTQIA+ activist Rodney Croome. Who decided to spend tens of ...

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Trans Lives Are Not A Conspiracy – Why Are ‘Transvestigations’ Even A Thing? /opinion/why-are-transvestigations-a-thing/234035 Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:26:03 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234035 Over the past year, anti-trans rhetoric has surged in both politics and culture, and the deeply unfortunate phenomenon of ‘transvestigations’ persists. From female athletes like Dakota Davidson and Ilona Maher ...

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As a Baby Queer, Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban 100% Would Have Harmed Me /news/as-a-baby-queer-australias-under-16-social-media-ban-100-would-have-harmed-me/234007 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:48:28 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=234007 ‘As a Baby Queer, Australia’s Social Media Ban 100% Would Have Harmed Me’ is an opinion piece by Star Observer Managing Editor Chloe Sargeant, about the social media ban for ...

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So, Trump is President – What Can Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Community Do Now? /news/trump-is-president-what-can-australia-lgbtqia-community-do/233762 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:52:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233762 So… that didn’t quite go how we’d hoped, did it? Whether you spent all day glued to live updates or hid under the covers hoping it would all go away, ...

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Abbie Jane: My Local Council’s Motion to Remove LGBTQIA+ Books Really Worries Me /news/abbie-jane-my-local-councils-motion-to-remove-lgbtqia-books-really-worries-me/233521 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:55:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233521 Abbie Jane from The Rainbow Shoelace Project (and our October issue cover star) talks about Port Macquarie’s local council putting forward a motion to remove LGBTQIA+ books, and how worried ...

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The Equality Bill – Stripped-Down, Skimpy but Still Standing /opinion/the-equality-bill-stripped-down-skimpy-but-still-standing/233449 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:06:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233449 Last night, on October 17, NSW Parliament passed the stripped-down Equality Bill, brought by Independent MP Alex Greenwich. Claims of sell-out over the Equality Bill In response to Pride in ...

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Straight Actors Playing Queer: Are We There Yet? /artsentertainment/straight-actors-playing-queer-are-we-there-yet/231917 /artsentertainment/straight-actors-playing-queer-are-we-there-yet/231917#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2024 04:41:32 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=231917 In a debate that has raged longer than Cher’s career, the LGBTQI+ community have long debated the legitimacy and appropriateness of ‘playing queer’, or straight actors being cast in LGBTQI+ ...

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Cass Review: Why I’m Worried About Its Harmful Effects on Trans Kids /features/cass-review-why-im-worried-harmful-trans-kids/230117 /features/cass-review-why-im-worried-harmful-trans-kids/230117#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2024 03:36:39 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=230117 Youth gender care in the United Kingdom needed fixing. Extraordinarily long waiting times for one single underfunded clinic meant that kids were either going unsupported or needed to find the ...

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Qtopia Welcomes 78ers At Private Event /news/qtopia-welcomes-78ers-at-private-event/229980 /news/qtopia-welcomes-78ers-at-private-event/229980#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:35:58 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=229980 — by 78er Robyn Kennedy On 9 April 2024, Qtopia Sydney hosted a private viewing for members of the 78er organisation First Mardi Gras. Along with around forty other members ...

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Sia, We Need To Talk /opinion/sia-we-need-to-talk/200731 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:30:33 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=200731 I’ll admit, seeing work, which is less than perfect, even excruciatingly bad is part of what it is to be a critic. Over my seven years of engaging with work ...

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Pets And Other Wildlife /opinion/pets-and-other-wildlife/198071 Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:30:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=198071 “Have animals ever interrupted your love-making?” I asked, broaching a seemingly taboo subject. My question followed an experience I had where a large mature greyhound observed that his master was ...

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Your Dinner Party Kant Go Wrong With These Tips /opinion/your-dinner-party-kant-go-wrong-with-these-tips/198065 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:30:23 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=198065 While COVID-19 has meant we have had to deal with many restrictions, there has been a major growth in one thing… The dinner party. In the past few months, I ...

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1000* Days Without A Drink… /opinion/1000-days-without-a-drink/197603 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:30:49 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197603 I definitely never set out to ‘never drink again’ or really even go one day over my initial goal to see if I could go 365 days (2018) without alcohol. ...

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Why I’m Now Victoria’s Commissioner For LGBTIQ+ Communities /opinion/why-im-now-victorias-commissioner-for-lgbtiq-communities/197588 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 22:45:09 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197588 Those of us living in rainbow communities know all too well how powerful language can be. Too many of us have experienced that uneasy feeling in our stomach when someone ...

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Suicide And Self-Harm: A Personal Reflection /opinion/suicide-and-self-harm-a-personal-reflection/197567 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:30:59 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197567 I was 16 years old when I first attempted suicide.  That was more than 25 years ago, but for me this is a lifelong battle and this World Suicide Prevention ...

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Qld Conversion Law Shows Prejudice Remains A Threat /opinion/qld-conversion-law-shows-prejudice-remains-a-threat/197337 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:30:46 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197337 I know what it’s like to live in a state that is wrongly seen as backward on LGBTQI rights and rarely has its successes celebrated. That’s why I was reluctant ...

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Staying Connected While Staying Apart /opinion/staying-connected-while-staying-apart/197055 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 01:30:19 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197055 COVID-19 has put a halt to community gatherings and some medical treatments. Whilst also making it hard for people to see family members, friends, work colleagues and having human interactions. ...

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Someone’s Got To Be The Bottom /opinion/someones-got-to-be-the-bottom/196546 /opinion/someones-got-to-be-the-bottom/196546#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:30:49 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=196546 Gay sex can be more complicated than a Grey’s Anatomy season 12 plot line (actually any Grey’s Anatomy plot line). With an unending list of niches and seemingly unlimited kinks ...

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