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Unseen Queers: Talking issues of queerness and disability with Charles O’ Grady

March 13, 2020March 27, 2020 Cameron Colwell

O’Grady’s latest play ‘Are We Awake?’ superbly and complexly deals with intersection of two identity categories often imagined, wrongly, to be incompatible: queerness and disability.

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Why the Mainstream Media’s Approach to Queer Reporting Must Change

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 Cameron Colwell

My first reaction to the news that a man had been detained after attempting to put acid in a club’s lube dispenser was terror; it is a prime example of a blatant, vitriolic act of homophobic violence. Following this was the disgust as I observed the…

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Shh! The Queen Of Merit Is Speaking. Again.

August 2, 2016 Cameron Colwell

Sonia Kruger is what happens when we disparage and discourage actual, learned experts on critical issues like race and gender and sexuality.

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How To Vote Gay On Election Day

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 Cameron Colwell

Whatever happens on July 2nd, the fact remains: Queer people are here, we are voting, and our voice matters.

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Why The Argument Against Queer Spaces Is Bullshit

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Cameron Colwell

“Why do gays want to be treated differently? Don’t you want to be equal, and if so, why don’t you act the same as everyone else?”

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Why Are Queer Writers Discouraged From Writing About Themselves?

June 14, 2016 Cameron Colwell

Like it or not, the art we consume has a great bearing on how we see our own identities.

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We Need To Talk About Being Queer And Homeless

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 Cameron Colwell

Many young people are forced to leave their family homes due to discrimination or abuse around their identities and sexuality.

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Have Queer People Been Robbed Of Their Spirituality?

May 13, 2016 Cameron Colwell

“At this point in my journey I see no need to reconcile my faith and my sexuality, because I don’t see any conflict.”

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Trans theatre: Meet Charles O’ Grady

May 8, 2016May 9, 2016 Cameron Colwell

“I wanted to show that we’re unapologetically queer. That we are stridently, vocally, queer.”

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