JUST AS HARD, IF NOT HARDER, MAN CRUSHES, GRAND FINAL REPLAYS AND CHAIN SAWS AT 80FT…

Download the thirty-first installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty-One: Warrnambool

Daniel revisits his first same-sex relationship in Colac whilst meeting local LGBT young people.  Daniel trains teachers, health professionals and homophobia-curious others in Warrnambool.  Daniel meets local LGBT youth worker, “Rose” and hears, in AFL Grand Final Week (Part One), how she had her first same-sex kiss 20 years ago when Collingwood last won the Grand Final.

To mark the return to Victoria of the Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’ Tour, here is the latest newsletter!
Tour Newsletter September 2010

Also, this Thank-You document shows the generosity of regional, rural and remote (and metropolitan) Australia.
Tour Thank You (September 2010)

NOT AT THE PACE I’D LIKE, REFRAMING, GREEN TEA AND FETCHING BIG NANNA…

Download the thirtieth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty: Ballarat

Daniel compares the individual efforts of the likes of “Malcolm” and the collective impact of school staff at “Phoebe’s” school.  Daniel catches up with Zaque’s “Karl” and hears about the challenges and successes of local LGBT young people.  Daniel learns the art of making green tea and homophobia in local schools from “Olly” and “Vin”.

A FAIR WHACK OF HOMOPHOBIA, HUMPTY REVISITED, EROTIC HANDSHAKES AND BEING DISCREETLY OPEN…

Download the twenty-ninth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Nine: Mildura

Back once again in Victoria, Daniel hears about “Therese’s” experience of being openly lesbian in the Sunraysia region.  Daniel visits the local LGBT support group meeting “Jeff”, a gay man who “ran the roughest pub in town”.  After meeting former Swan Hill resident, “Fred”, Daniel drives there along bulging rivers and gets a sobering assessment of modern day life for LGBT young people from “Wendy”.

F*CK WE”VE MOVED ON HERE, SNAIL PENISES, SOFT DISCRIMINATION AND PRISCILLA…

Download the twenty-eighth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Eight: Broken Hill

Daniel meets local celebrities, photographer, Robin, and son of carpet messer-upper-er, Pro Hart, “Harry”.  Daniel hears about local “grading” systems and ponders “that’s so gay” as “soft discrimination” with “Vic”.  Daniel spends time in a remote community with an inspiring local teacher: “Elaine”.

CAUSE FOR CELEBRATIONS, TRIVIA NIGHT IPHONE INTEGRITY, OCCASIONAL TEACHERS AND MISTAKEN FOR STRAIGHT…

Download the twenty-seventh installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Seven: Canberra

In his birthday week and in the wake of the then-undecided Federal Election, Daniel hears about the evolution of “Grant” from LGBT youth group participant, to facilitator to guest speaker.  Daniel meets local transgender support worker, “Andrea”.  Daniel navigates iPhone integrity and meets “Leroy” for the second time, the first time being in Berlin, at an AIDS Fundraiser Trivia Night.

WINNING SEMI-GAY BATHURST TRIVIA, PASSING TO PAY “LAST [DECADE’S] RENT”…

Download the twenty-sixth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Six: Bathurst

Daniel hears about “passing” in town from the Queer Collective’s “Wade”.  Daniel watches Steve, the towering ex-army, Tasmanian become LGBT-friendly right before his watering eyes.  Daniel hits the stage with Sydney “Louis” to challenge homophobia after a local performance of Rent in Orange.

MISSED CONNECTIONS, ON BEING SLIGHTLY BATTERED, RATHER BRUISED…

Download the twenty-fifth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Five: Newcastle

Despite a series of cancellations, Daniel manages to have a week of interviews and to get a roof over his head thanks to “Clark” and “Ellen”, parents of “Nick”.  Daniel meets “Gina” who was pivotal in a series of NSW Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’ events with the NSW Teachers Federation.  Daniel hears the heart wrenching, yet uplifting story of “Simon”.

A BUS RIDE AWAY, BEYOND PRISONS OF PRETEND…

Download the twenty-fourth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Four: Sydney

Daniel finds out through Anthony Venn-Brown about LGBT people’s relationship with evangelical and charismatic faiths.  Daniel gorges on chocolate cupcakes whilst visiting “Mel’s” school in outer Sydney.  Daniel enjoys meeting the young LGBT people at Twenty10.

LESMORE, GAY NIRVANA, TINY TEDDIES AND LIGHTBULB MOMENTS…

Download the twenty-third installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Twenty-Three: Lismore

Daniel, wearing his ankh, bumps into “Granny Sheila”, a former aerobics instructor and landscape gardener at the gym.  Daniel is delighted to chat with “Marg” and later meet her family (and consume a roast meal!).  Daniel hears from “Tom” about local LGBT young people and their relationship to Trpical Fruits.