Recently I spoke on a panel at a city law firm on same-sex marriage. At the conclusion of the discussion the audience, predominantly young gay professionals, voted by more than two to one that they would prefer to wait r...

It may seem like LGBT people and conservative Christians inhabit two different worlds. But with 40% of same sex couples in Australia identifying as Christian, LGBT people are likely to be a significant, if covert, presen...

As we head into the second half of 2016, some might accuse Australia of fiddling while Rome burns. We are debating the why, when and how of a plebiscite on marriage equality when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and i...

In August 2015, the Abbott government committed the Coalition to a plebiscite on whether Australia should enact marriage equality. Since the election, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney-General George Brandis h...

By 3am Monday morning I had watched all four episodes of the ABC’s adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’ Barracuda. While I was captivated by the first episode of the series, I suspect for many viewers, this episode may have ...

Christos Tsiolkas is, in both a popular and a critical sense, one of the most prominent literary figures in Australia today. He has published five novels, numerous short stories (including a recent collection), as well a...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has committed to holding a plebiscite on whether Australia should legalise same-sex marriage by the end of the year if the Coalition is returned to government. One of the reasons debate ar...

Although details remain uncertain, the father of Omar Mateen has claimed that his son’s murderous acts in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub last Saturday may have been inspired by the sight of two men kissing. In response, a twi...