I’m not the kind of gay who prays
But if you are I urge you to keep these names in your thoughts and your prayers tonight: Saadat Arefi Vahid Akbari Javid Akbariand Houshmand Akbari These are the names of the latest of the boys (yes just young boys) sentenced to death in Iran for the act of sodomy. As saddening as it is to live in a country like Australia where our rights are still not equal to that of heterosexuals and where...
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Den-itorial: Where Are My Dollars Going?
With the second magazine due out on Friday, I thought it was about time that we talked about money. Why the magazine comes with a cost, why our events have a cover charge and most of all where does that money go? Personally I think they are all valid questions and when I buy into an independent arts project it is one of the first things I ask. First of all, I would like to point out Trine and...
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Heart Break First Aid
Last November was the first time I’ve really had my heart broken. All I can say is I now know why the songs, poems and all that shit is written. I finally know the pain people are talking about. And in that desperate painful loneliness of heartbreak there is only one thing to do… call on the wisdom held by everyone else, because as far as I can tell that oddly enriching process of...
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The Den Launch Issue #2
April 13, 20126:30 pm Book your tickets here The Den Magazine the only independent queer regional magazine is releasing its 2nd edition and to celebrate we are taking over the entire Gateway Hotel. We’re starting off the night with an art exhibition ‘Queer or Occult’ exploring the two themes that will resonate through out the rest of the night. All things queer and...
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The ABC of LGBTIQLMNOP
Maybe I am dyslexic but I can not keep up with the ever changing and expanding acronyms that are supposed to include every member of our community. Human nature is so complex and fluid that we could not possibly include everyone’s definition of themselves. I personally think that everyone should be accepted and included in the queer community but in our desire to be inclusive we end up isolating...
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What Makes a Gay Bar? (Gay Crash Canberra)
There are certain features you expect in a gay bar. I was about to list them, but then it dawned on me that I have not had much recent experience of gay bars, so maybe I’ll have to visit a few more (purely in the name of research) to find the common denominators. One reason I haven’t been in too many homo establishments of late is that I live in Canberra, but even much more remotely located folk know...
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I Dont Know About You but I Haven’t Molested Anyone Lately
The Reverend Ian Copland of Wallsend Presbytarian Church has taken his stance on the LGBTIQ community one step further, comparing them to child sexual abusers whilst in talks for a mediation on the issue with The Den Magazine editor Nick Kelly. When offered to meet and speak about possible solutions on Sunday 26th of February at his church he rebutted stating, that the date was not appropriate as...
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Queer-ies From the Editor: Wasn’t Jesus a Carpenter?
So I woke this morning expecting candy hearts and beautiful flowers and instead have had a news article thrusted upon me. Vandals Attack Church Over Same Sex Marriage Now dont blame me for glossing over the vandalism, whilst I don’t approve of such destruction I can see how this came from a place of deep hurt and anger. The Wallsend Presbyterian Church has carefully selected a message of...
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