Doug PollardFRESHLY DOUG THURSDAY DEC 03 2009
Ready for waxing . . .
Well, what a week, especially if you’re a Liberal. Or a Speedos fan. I don’t think Tony Abbot quite cuts it as the Speedo poster boy to replace John Thwaites – remember him? – but will he make it as Liberal leader and what will it mean for the GLBTI community? Tim Wilson, Liberal party member, serial right wing opinion columnist and junior Turnbull clone, has met Tony Abbott and will be joining us on the line to give us his opinion.
I wonder what you think? Is he really the Mad Monk or is he better than that? SMS 0427 JOY 949, that’s 0427 569 949, or twitter @freshlydoug.
There seems to be some confusion over ACT Civil Unions – are they a good thing as amended by the federal govt, or not? Are they available for all, as they used to be, or are they now restricted just to gays and lesbians? Or is that just the ceremonies? Corey Irlam untangles it all for us.
And just what is going on with Uganda? Why has the government been so silent on the plans to introduce the death penalty for ‘agggravated homosexuality’ there – even voting down a Senate motion that would have condemned it. Stand by for revelations.
As always between 10 and 11 I spend an hour with someone special. Today’s guest is Anne Mitchell, who runs Gay And Lesbian Health Victoria and has been responsible for some very important research that has shaped Victorian government policy on gay issues.
Andrew Potts from the Sydney Star Observer on the reappearance of gay friendly Liberal Warren Entsch, and former Democrat leader Andrew Bartlett's return to federal politics, with both set to contest the next federal election, and will also talk about the new Australian Pirate Party microparty.
Cate The "Green Renter™ -Yellow pages/phone book 'opt in' campaign -coping with non-green or conservative relatives at Christmas and other seasonal festivities -Balcony gardening NYC style
Plus our regular look at the world of theatre with Will Conyers.
As always, feel free to join in, 0427 JOY 949. SMS 0427 JOY 949 (repeat). You can also Twitter @freshlydoug with any questions, comment about gray and gay. We’ll start the ball rolling with a look back at the Equal Love rallies and the way forward from here with Alex Greenwich from Australian Marriage
