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Joel Meares is a columnist.

The side effect of gay marriage that will improve lives
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The side effect of gay marriage that will improve lives

For many in mum's generation, the common narrative around older gay life ... centred on difference and, frankly, suffering.

  • by Joel Meares

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People make assumptions about me when they hear my voice
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Opinion

People make assumptions about me when they hear my voice

A new study that shows people discriminate against men and women with "gay voice" will surprise few people who've ever been told they sound gay.

  • by Joel Meares
Watching the Mardi Gras on TV opened my eyes to a different world
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Watching the Mardi Gras on TV opened my eyes to a different world

It was a Sunday somewhere in the mid-'90s, I was about 10-years-old, and I had stumbled across the ABC's broadcast of the parade accidentally.

  • by Joel Meares
Businesses should be allowed to boycott gay weddings: then we'll know who to avoid
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Businesses should be allowed to boycott gay weddings: then we'll know who to avoid

Two weeks after marrying my husband in the US we re-enacted the wedding in North Queensland. We'd used a licensed celebrant for the northern hemisphere affair but decided to have a friend man the microphone in Australia. I didn't expect that the first person I asked to perform this privileged duty would refuse to do it. 

  • by Joel Meares
The Oscars are ruining the movies

The Oscars are ruining the movies

There was a time in my life when I didn't know what an SAG Award was. I didn't know what one looked like, or that SAG stood for the American Screen Actors Guild, and that those on whom the guild bestowed awards for acting every year were considered frontrunners for the Academy Awards. 

  • by Joel Meares
Growing up gay, Catholic school was a haven for me
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Opinion

Growing up gay, Catholic school was a haven for me

Of course they want to say sorry: it's the Christian thing to do.

  • by Joel Meares
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Let’s cut the vitriol about gay rights from straight people
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Let’s cut the vitriol about gay rights from straight people

Straight people sure have a lot to say about gay rights. Open a news app, flick through a paper, turn on the telly and there they are: scores and scores of puffed-up heterosexuals, telling us what they think of us. Should we be able to get married? They have some thoughts. Should we be able to have kids? Don't get them started. Should we educate their kids on what makes us different and why their kids shouldn't bully us? Wind them up and watch them go.

  • by Joel Meares
The Vladimir Putin-Donald Trump bromance could send gay rights backwards
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The Vladimir Putin-Donald Trump bromance could send gay rights backwards

If it looks like America's about to get into bed with Russia, that's probably because the sheets are pulled back and the robes have hit the carpet.

  • by Joel Meares
We shouldn't wait for tragedy before making laws fairer
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Opinion

We shouldn't wait for tragedy before making laws fairer

Too often, something bad has to happen before leaders are motivated to do something good.

  • by Joel Meares
What the gay community really wants: equality
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Opinion

What the gay community really wants: equality

One of the most powerful words hurled at the gay community today doesn't start with an F. Or a P. Or any other ugly, lip-pursing consonant. It begins with a vowel and it might, on first listen, sound innocuous: agenda. 

  • by Joel Meares
Gay celebrities have a platform - they should use it
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Opinion

Gay celebrities have a platform - they should use it

Now, more than ever we need people like gay pop singer Troye Sivan reaching out to kids like Tyrone Unsworth.

  • by Joel Meares

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