Category: Lifestyle
From sporting spectacles and exclusive members clubs, to the nostalgia of celebrating Disneyland’s 70th year, Oliver Hall checks out what Anaheim offers for adults. Arriving in Anaheim, we message our Karmel Shuttle driver at LAX to let her know we’ve landed, and she shoots back a text that instantly lowers the blood pressure: “Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.” It […]
St Kilda forward Lance Collard has been suspended for seven matches after an AFL tribunal found he used a homophobic slur during a Victorian Football League match. The 21-year-old was given a nine-week sanction, with two weeks suspended until the end of the season, leaving him with an effective seven-game ban for the vilification offence. […]
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 […]