Category Archives: sex

>School balls

>Andrew’s reminiscence about his school days triggered memories of my own. For better or worse my parents sent me to an all male, very expensive, private school perhaps in unsuspecting prescience of my eventual sexual predilection. All the students, more than a thousand of … Continue reading

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>Like sands through the hour glass…

>…these are the streets of my life. Not all of of them of course but these are the significant streets on which I have lived in Sydney from my birth in 1949 until the present day. West Street, Darlinghurst I was … Continue reading

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>Straight men can be so strange…

>…if it weren’t for the fact that he is sooo gay…

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>Small town blues

> I lived in Canberra between 1982 and 1987. In those days life for an unattached gay man in a small town dominated by government employment was a sort of double jeopardy. For one thing, regardless of your sexuality, career status … Continue reading

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>Business as usual

> Normal life is resuming. So far this week I’ve been to the bank to retrieve documents needed for my mother’s estate, seen the accountant to finally sign off on last year’s tax returns, set up an appointment with the … Continue reading

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>Good times and bum times, I’ve seen them all…

>(* “I’m Still Here”, from Follies, Stephen Sondheim) I saw my doctor this morning to renew my prescriptions. No problems for me to report to him but it is that time of year for him to organise a series of … Continue reading

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>The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses)

> I can be slow sometimes. Although this film has been advertised for weeks it was only queueing for tickets today that the double entendre of the title occurred to me. A group of fourteen year olds is discovering relationships, love … Continue reading

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>Blessed

>A day and night in the lives of a number of troubled children occupies the first half of Blessed followed in the second half by the perspective of their mothers for the same period and events. This is the latest … Continue reading

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>Strangers in the night…

>…exchanging glances, wondering in the night, what were the chances… A memory from my past. I was at a popular Sydney gay venue prowling the wet sauna which was a notoriously dark room where an aging queen like myself often … Continue reading

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>Doin’ what comes naturally…

>The Sydney Star Observer has a small par this week advising that; ACON will run a free four week cruising workshop for men interested in saunas or sex clubs. During the course, participants will learn how to cruise, how to … Continue reading

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