http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/ Doug Pollard is a veteran gay journalist, columnist, commentator, and broadcaster specialising in GLBTI issues, based in Melbourne Australia. He often works with Rob Mitchell of the RJM Trust, "We are separate independent and unaffiliated guerilla campaigners and advocates, and the best of mates: nimble, fast-moving, unconventional and above all aiming to drive rapid change", he says. en Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:12:00 GMT Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:12:00 GMT info@currentaffairs.net.au info@currentaffairs.net.au http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/good-neighbours/ RAINBOW FLAGS OVER MARGARET COURT ARENA NEIGHBOURS STARS PAST & PRESENT LEND THEIR SUPPORT In August 2010 the iconic Australian TV show 'Neighbours' revealed an upcoming gay storyline. Executive producer... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/good-neighbours/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/good-neighbours/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/champions/ Sporting bodies often kick off the final phase of their tournaments with a parade of champions: men and women whose contribution they wish to honour. The Rainbow Flags Over Margaret... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/champions/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/champions/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:41:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/australiaday/ What does it mean to celebrate Australia Day when you're Australian and you're gay? Well, I would have said things differently if you asked me this question two weeks ago... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/australiaday/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/australiaday/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:15:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/nothing-special-about-friday/ Ignore the media hype. If you are on Twitter, the message is: There is nothing special about Friday: fly your #RainbowsOverMCA ALL WEEKEND!! Please retweet this message widely. There have... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/nothing-special-about-friday/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/nothing-special-about-friday/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:50:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/100revs/ The pursuit and continual argument by Margaret Court, that a gay person is an immoral person and can be helped by changing their sexual orientation, which is sadly enforced by... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/100revs/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/100revs/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:22:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/martina-makes-her-point/ Martina Navratilova wasn't going to be airbrushed out of the picture when she took to the court a second time at the Australian Open in Melbourne. This time she made... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/martina-makes-her-point/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/martina-makes-her-point/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:47:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/tsiolkas/ Multi-award-winning author throws his support behind Rainbow Flags Over Margaret Court Arena COURT TRIES TO PLAY VICTIM CARD As one-time tennis legend Margaret Court arrives in Melbourne to attend the... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/tsiolkas/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/tsiolkas/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:07:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/martinas-rainbow/ This is the Rainbow that Tennis Australia didn't want you to see. Navratilova wore it during her legends match Sunday. Tiny, isn't it? Yet such is the power of one... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/martinas-rainbow/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/martinas-rainbow/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:07:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/greenlight/ Monday, January 23, 2012 Richard di Natale, Greens' spokesperson for sport Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens' spokesperson for GLBTI The Australian Greens have joined a call for the sporting community to stand... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/greenlight/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/greenlight/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:32:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/discrimination/ DETAINED Chrissy Adams just wanted to take her flags to the Australian Open. That's flags, plural. Her Australian Flag, and her Rainbow flag. But it proved to be more difficult... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/discrimination/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/discrimination/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:47:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/censored/ Martina Navratilova played in a Legends doubles match at the Open on Sunday, but you'd be forgiven for not knowing. Only brief snippets were shown on TV - well, it... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/censored/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/censored/ Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:53:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/tolerance/ 20 January 2012. MELBOURNE IS THE HOME OF TENNIS AND TOLERANCE. NO PLACE FOR HOMOPHOPIA AND DISCRIMINATION HERE. The State Labor Member for Albert Park, Martin Foley, today calls on... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/tolerance/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/tolerance/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/game/ Back in the 1970s I used to host dinners for student of English as a foreign language, to give them some practice in conversation, and expose them to some British... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/game/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/game/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:19:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/court/ Margaret Court may well have been the finest female tennis player ever. The second woman in history to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year. An... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/court/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/court/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:07:00 GMT http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/rust/ I know this is probably heresy, even lese majeste, but for long stretches of The Iron Lady, I was bored out of my skull. Just as I find thirty minutes... http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/rust/#comments http://www.currentaffairs.net.au/rust/ Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:41:00 GMT