Category: Lifestyle
Oliver Hall discovers vibrant queer nightlife and rich LGBTQ+ history in Los Angeles’ most walkable and proudly defiant neighbourhood. Los Angeles is vast — a sprawl of freeways, palm trees and possibility — but West Hollywood feels like its secret village. In just a few walkable blocks, you can move from world-class dining to queer nightlife, from rock ’n’ roll history to progressive art spaces, from […]
WNBA player Brianna Turner has criticised the International Olympic Committee’s new gender testing rules, arguing that women athletes like herself should not be used to police who gets to take part in women’s sport. In an opinion piece published by USA Today, Turner said the IOC’s updated policy is invasive and exclusionary, and that “the […]
A 64-year-old man in Oslo has been described as “likely cured” of HIV after remaining in remission for five years following a stem-cell transplant from his brother, who carried a rare genetic mutation linked to resistance against many strains of the virus. Doctors involved in the case have stressed, however, that this is not a […]
YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall visits Sydney during Mardi Gras to experience the joy of being surrounded by queer communities, powerful history, and world-class culture in this stunning harbour city. Sydney, the Southern Hemisphere’s epicentre of gay culture, knows how to dial queer joy all the way up. There is something genuinely thrilling about being surrounded by other gay […]
Matt Fistonich dives into Giapo’s new savoury range, and for coeliacs, it feels like more than just a meal. It feels like access, abundance, and the kind of pleasure gluten-free diners are still too rarely invited to expect. Giapo’s 100 percent gluten free store is not simply a novelty. It feels like a real shift […]
The AFL disciplinary tribunal will continue deliberating for a second day after both sides stood by their versions of what was said during an alleged on-field homophobic slur incident involving St Kilda-listed forward Lance Collard. Collard has been charged with conduct unbecoming over an allegation that he directed a homophobic slur at a Frankston opponent […]
Men around the world spend an extraordinary amount of time thinking about penis size — whether they measure up, whether bigger is better, and whether there is any way to make things larger. On average, penis size sits at about 3.4 inches when flaccid and 5.5 inches when erect. Yet a 2015 study published in […]
A recent RNZ Pacific article reported that the number of Fijians living with HIV has risen to at least 9,000—almost one percent of the population. To put this in perspective: New Zealand, with a population five times larger than Fiji’s, has around 3,500 people estimated to be HIV-positive—less than 0.1 percent of our population. Fiji’s […]