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UNDER
12 PAGES OF GARETH,
OUR SEXIEST GINGER
DROWN
THE AUSSIE FILM WEVE
BEEN WAITING FOR
CUTE
COUPLES
MEET RHYS AND KIRK
WILLING
AND ABLE
LIFE BEYOND
PHYSICAL BOUNDS
MY PARENTS
WANT ME DEAD
THE HUNTING OF A GAY SON
TROPICAL
FRUITS
A VERY KOOKY NEW YEAR!
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Regulars
10 FROM THE EDITOR
Dogma attack!
12 BURNTOAST
44
52
Samples
14 LOVING
Boys, lotion and donuts.
16 MONTH IN A MINUTE
All the print thats fit to news.
30 MUSIC REVIEWS
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32 BOYS TOYS
26 DIVINE KNIGHTS
Outrageous popaganda.
36 DEAR DIVA
Solve my goddamn problems!
40 STRAIGHT MATE
20 MADONNA
34 BOOK REVIEWS
22 ALEX KING
38 NUTTIER
28 DROWN
90
Travis Jeffery.
Photography
96 GROOMING
44 MELTING HOT
42 COMMON MORTALS
98 DNA PT
Bringing sexy back.
94
102
62 RED HOT
Gareth Wiecko by Thomas Knights.
76 LEO
#curatinganimage.
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Features
52 WILLING AND ABLE
They are some of the most gifted, engaged
and engaging gays in the village. They also
happen to be living with disabilities. Meet
three of the worlds most inspirational.
90 FRESH FRUITS!
Camping, all-night dancing, parades, cabaret
and costumes galore. Welcome to Tropical
Fruits, where Mardi Gras meets the State Fair!
Dogma Attack!
THE DAY AFTER ISLAMIC fundamentalists
murdered twelve people at the Charlie Hebdo
office in Paris, a friend of mine ran into some
trouble at a train station in Sydney. It was
morning peak hour, and the station entrance
was partially blocked by two people, an older
man and a young girl, who were talking. As
my friend drew closer, he overheard their
conversation. The man was a Christian
fundamentalist explaining to the girl why gay
people were unnatural and would be punished
in the afterlife.
In the mind of the Christian, he was doing
something good spreading the word of
God, as the Bible tells Christians to do. But if
you ask me, he was doing a whole lot of bad.
Blocking the train station entrance for a start
bad! Preaching hate and intolerance to an
impressionable young person bad! The worst
thing, though, was that he was perpetuating
the idea that people with religious beliefs have
the right to impose them on others. That belief
An anti-gay
marriage
protestor in the
US. What next
witch burnings?
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IT ALL!
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ASYLUM
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THE
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OF GAY SEX
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Im fine
with it
Its none
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#TEAMHUMANITY
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I wouldnt
care if it
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or less,
as long
as theyre
happy
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SWEET TWEETS
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I dont drunk tweet. I
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@TheTweetOfGod Its times like
this I really wish I existed.
@maybemick You know youre in the gayburbs
when a @DNAmagazine poster is on the local
newsagents window.
@thomasward I hate when youre having a nice
night then randomly remember you havent fed
your Tamigotchi for eighteen years.
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Gays in ads
Donuts
If youve seen the donuts clip from reality show My Husbands Not
Gay, youll know exactly what were talking about. We love donuts
and so do you Mr In-Denial-Not-Gay-Married-Mormon.
Aussie Boardies
Legendary Aussie swimwear
label aussieBum (their
spelling, not ours!) made the
budgie smuggler popular
worldwide. Now, radically,
theyre having a go at making
the boardie (Australian
for board shorts) sexy and
doing a mighty fine job.
Aussiebum.com
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/ MONTH IN A MINUTE
The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part
of some to redefine the very institution of marriage. These
realities are increasingly under attack from powerful forces
which threaten to disfigure Gods plan for creation.
Two weeks after announcing his engagement to 27-yearold Elliot Spencer, Stephen Fry, 57, announces that the
two have married in Dereham, England. His tweet reads,
Gosh. @ElliotGSpencer and I go into a room as two
people, sign a book and leave as one. Amazing.
/ SAMPLES
Horse Meat Disco. Were big friends of theirs
and well get a gig in there sooner or later.
VI
DE
If you go down
in the woods
today you might
meet Raf Rundell
of The 2 Bears.
then! Sweet.
/ SAMPLES
BUT IS IT
ICONIC?
The leaking of
Madonnas new album has
her screaming artistic
rape. Marc Andrews
braves the Queen Of Pops
wrath and cocks an ear
before her Rebel Heart is
officially released.
JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE last Christmas an
ni g ht o f
ni g hts
p l a y b i l l ve n u e s a n d
e n t e r t a in m e n t q u a r te r,
m o o re p a r k ,
s y d n e y, a u s tra l i a
JD SAMSON (USA)
KATE MONROE (AUS)
KITTY GLITTER (AUS)
MASON ANDREWS (AUS)
META ETCETERA (AUS)
PAUL MAC (AUS)
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MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
This is the big one. The LGBTQI annual general meeting. Everyone from everywhere. Every passion and every predilection. All welcome. All night.
DJ GRIND (USA)
/ SAMPLES
KILL
YOUR
SELFIE
/ SAMPLES
Instead of a shoot taking all day, wed shoot for
an hour tops, and that stops the models from
looking bored or strained or clichd.
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/ SAMPLES
Divine Popaganda
Were huge in
Ukraine! So say
outrageous electro-pop
outfit Divine Knights.
The unabashedly gay duo,
Gerard Searle and Daniel
Beef Beck, tell Marc
Andrews everything!
Divine Knights:
Gerard (left) and
Beef Beck (right).
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/ SAMPLES
All The
Way Under
Aussie Surf Lifesavers
find their patrol
compromised by a
champion who will do
anything to suppress
his gay desires in the
gripping drama, Drown.
Jesse Archer gets the low
down from director Dean
Francis ahead of its world
premiere at Mardi Gras
Film Festival.
DNA: Congrats on Drowns world premiere!
How did the film come to you and how long
have you been working on it?
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Music
Compiled by Marc Andrews
PERFUME GENIUS
TOO BRIGHT
Seattles Mike Hadreas is now up to his
third solo album of moody melancholic
pop. You might remember him best
from the video for Put Your Back N 2 It,
featuring gay porn actor Arpad Miklos
and Mike canoodling, for want of a
better word. To try and put Too Bright
into perspective, imagine a more twangy,
80s-influenced soft pop
sound that creeps up on you,
rather than hammers you
over the head. Fool sounds
like the kind of classic Taylor
Swift was aiming for on her
1989 album, but missed.
Too Bright might be a tad
abstract or dense to ever
receive any radio play, but
this unsettling, disturbingly
beautiful music demands
your attention.
VI
DE
JOHN GRANT
LIVE IN CONCERT
MARK RONSON
UPTOWN SPECIAL
CERRONE
BEST OF
GEAR UP
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Books
Compiled by Graeme Aitken
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A LIFE APART
Neel Mukherjee
Indian-born British novelist
Mukherjee gained a new level
of fame when his novel The
Lives Of Others was shortlisted
for the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
This sweeping Indian saga set
in 1960s Calcutta was widely
considered the frontrunner for
the prize, yet ultimately lost out
to the Australian author Richard
Flanagan. However, this new
prominence also focused attention back on Mukherjees
first novel, A Life Apart, which was published back in 2010
but failed to make much impact in Australia. It should
have gained attention for the gay reader, at least, as one UK
reviewer praised Mukherjees frank and exuberant depiction
of the main characters gay life, comparing the novel to Alan
Hollinghursts groundbreaking The Swimming Pool Library.
The main character, Ritwik Ghosh, has been orphaned and
having buried both his parents in Calcutta, he arrives in
Oxford on a scholarship to study English literature. About
100 pages into the novel his sexuality comes to the fore, as
he details compulsively cruising the toilets of Oxford and
elaborates on the finer points of cottaging. Yet Ritwik also
gradually reveals the extreme physical and emotional abuse he
suffered at the hands of his tyrannical mother. A Life Apart is
structured with dual narratives. Ritwiks contemporary story
is interspersed with a novel he is writing set at the turn of the
20th Century in colonial India.
Sarah Waters
The year is 1922 and the widowed Mrs
Wray and her daughter Frances are
forced to take in lodgers: a married
couple, Lilian and Leonard Barber.
Once wealthy but now impoverished,
Frances and her mother struggle
to adjust to their new houseguests.
But cracks are soon apparent in the
Barbers relationship, and Frances and
Lilian are drawn closer together. Sarah
Waters GLBT readers will be very happy with this new novel
which has a lesbian relationship front and centre. Yet equally
important as the lesbian romance is the crime narrative that
develops halfway through the book a murder is committed,
a suspect arrested, and the narrative builds to the climax of a
court case and its outcome. Frances and Lilian are caught up in
this case and whether their covert and fledgling relationship can
survive the rigours of this trial is the other climactic question.
As always with Sarah Waters, the historical background and
detail is paramount and here she is exploring a period that
she hasnt examined before the early 1920s. The pain and
loss of the war is still paramount, yet the changed world and
the declining circumstances of a once genteel family, add a
welcome complexity and depth to the narrative.
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Dear Diva
NUTTIER
THAN
A
SQUIRREL
TURD
{#8 IN AN ONGOING SERIES ABOUT WHAT THE HATERS HAVE BEEN SAYING.)
The Middle-East and Africa are not the
only places youll find religious fantatics
advocating that homosexuals should
be killed. Welcome to the USA
All the people who advocate for so-called same-sex marriage ought
to have to live in homes in which the plumbers who built them, or
the electricians who built them, didnt understand the difference
between the male and female end of piping or plumbing or of
electrical, and see how that works for them. It doesnt work.
LA MESA, CALIFORNIA PASTOR JIM GARLOW
Im going to explain to you why God wants these people to be put to death. The
word of God is very clear that God is against the sodomites, that theyre filthy and
it says theyre an abomination to God. I love that part of the Bible, and Im going to
preach that part of the Bible until the day I die, and if I ever stop preaching that part
of the Bible, I hope my kids tell me, Dad, youre going soft on sin, you need to get
up there and rip on these queers, because its only getting worse and worse.
FORT WORTH PASTOR, DONNIE ROMERO. HE WAS ORDAINED BY
NONE OTHER THAN STEVEN ANDERSON (AT RIGHT)!
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In the Bible, there are sins that you would think of as worse: you know,
murder or mass murder, but what does it come down to? Leviticus 18 tells
the Hebrews exactly what it is that God identifies as the most rebellious
behavior, the behavior that causes the land to actually vomit out its
inhabitants and every item on that list, except for child sacrifice, is sexual
perversion, and child sacrifice is often a form of sexual perversion. So thats
where we are. Homosexuality is not just another sin, it is the sin that defines
rebellion against God, and it is the harbinger of Gods wrath.
US CHRISTIAN SCOTT LIVELY, WHO IS BEING SUED FOR CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY AFTER FANNING THE FLAMES OF HATE IN
UGANDA WITH ITS KILL THE GAYS BILL.
Ive had people say, Hey, you know, theres nothing wrong with gays in the
military. Look at the Greeks. Well, they did have people come along who they
loved that were the same sex and would give them massages before they went
into battle. But you know what, its a different kind of fighting, its a different
kind of war and if youre sitting around getting massages all day ready to go
into a big, planned battle, then youre not going to last very long.
TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, LOUIE GOHMERT
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/ STRAIGHT MATE
Soldier Boy
From Unbroken to
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11. Houston Street is pronounced Howston, not Hew-ston. Capsicums are bell
/ COOL COUPLES
Interracial, interdisciplinary
and interested! Performer
Rhys Bobridge and med
student Kirk Lee are not
your everyday boyfriends.
Rhys explains how the two
met, what makes them tick,
and the differences that
keep them together.
INTERVIEW JESSE ARCHER
PHOTOGRAPHY ROD SPARK
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/ COOL COUPLES
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/ COOL COUPLES
>> How about kids? We have spoken about
having kids, but right now we are looking at
adopting a new family member from the local
pet rescue.
We are in what
people would call an
open relationship, and its
pretty uncomplicated
Our commitment to
each other is about more
than just sex.
Criticism. Whats it about and where can we
see it? Its my first dramatic role and its based
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/ COOL COUPLES
Costume
Diary Of A
Showboy
Away from partner
Kirk Lee (see previous
pages) entertainer
Rhys Bobridge finds
himself wearing some
pretty extraordinary
outfits. We hope
these inspire your
next Mardi Gras look!
PHOTOGRAPHY HAMID MOUSA
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/ FEATURE
They are some of the
most gifted, engaged,
and engaging gays in
the village. They also
happen to be living
with disabilities. Jesse
Archer reports on
three of the worlds
most inspirational.
OUT IN PUBLIC, its easy to notice the
WILLING
AND ABLE
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hearing aid, the wheelchair, the seeingeye dog, the little person or the poster
of an underwear model who is wearing
a prosthetic leg. For many others, their
disability is not quite so visible. According
to the United Nations, there are an
estimated one billion people living with
disabilities. They are the worlds largest
minority, and yet all too often they are
dismissed, ignored or underestimated.
Historically, society has ascribed to
this group of people terms that imply
helplessness, despair or outright ridicule.
Major strides have been made to bridge
the gaps in perception, accessibility and
opportunity, and much of that is thanks
to the hard work and high profile of
disability activists themselves. Despite
these advances, many consider it bad
manners to bring up the obvious or
ask prying questions and opt instead to
ignore someone who may be deaf, blind,
disfigured or in a wheelchair. Others go too
far to be accommodating and treat them
as precious goods. The late comedian and
short-statured activist Stella Young once
recalled the time she was at the bank and
a well-meaning stranger kept asking if she
needed any help. Yes, she smarted, Do
you mind giving me a deposit? Im a bit
short this week.
While the gay community is especially
critical of perceived flaws, be they physical
or mental, real or imagined, we are also
some of the first to be inclusive and
accepting of others differences. Being gay
is itself still, in some circles, considered a
flaw or limitation, when in fact it is often
the key that opens doors to a world of
opportunity. The same applies to the gay
men featured here; men who have used
their differences to break down barriers,
foster awareness and redefine what it
means to live with purpose.
/ FEATURE
>> suspended reality. People were dying of
AIDS. I was blind.
In October of 2000, I was admitted into the
hospital for fevers that could not be controlled.
When the blood work came back, the doctors
asked me if I wanted my parents to leave the
room. I said no and then the diagnosis came.
I found out I had AIDS and came out to my
parents at the same time. To complete the
trifecta, it was also my Dads Birthday.
Although I was told that if I was diligent
about taking my medications, everything
would be okay, three months later I was rushed
to the ER with severe pain. After three spinal
taps, I was diagnosed with spinal meningitis.
I had developed a lesion on my spinal cord,
which caused me to be paralysed from the
waist down. I couldnt move my legs.
They loaded me up with narcotics. All of my
basic systems began to fail. I lost my hearing. As
I lay in the hospital bed, I noticed that the room
was getting darker every day; like a shade was
being pulled down over my eyes. In a matter of
days I was totally and irreversibly blind.
I was scared. But my only choices were fight
or die. Sometimes, I didnt know which was
worse. After two years in the hospital my
parents brought me home. The doctors said I
was terminal and suggested hospice care, but
my parents wouldnt accept that.
Slowly I healed. It took six months to regain my
hearing all the way, and two years before I learned
to walk again. I never regained my eyesight.
I lost more than my sight. I lost one of the
most pleasurable things to me: the beauty of
M M M M
DNA: Thanks for sharing your story, David.
Varicella zoster, the opportunistic infection
which nearly killed you, is most commonly
known as chicken pox. We dont think of it as
deadly. How many T-cells did you have?
/ FEATURE
>> my trauma but now I wouldnt hesitate to be
there for a friend.
Having gone blind later in life, do you
consider having known sight at one point
in your life more of a challenge or less?It is
An unexpected
gift was a laser guided
focus that was missing
in my life when I could
see. It seemed that every
bare-bottomed boy or
ab-rippling Adonis gave
me whiplash
Youve also been working with kids who are
blind on various civic projects. Whats your
biggest accomplishment? I have been the
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/ FEATURE
SUPERPOWERED
Hes an expert in the art of listening, fluent in body
language and master of the non-verbal cue. William Le
is hearing impaired, but hes also extra-sensory.
DNA: Hi William. Were you born with a
hearing impairment or was it the result of an
illness or injury?
William Le: I was born with profound hearing
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I can be in the
middle of a crowd, turn
my ear off and fall into
that world of silence.
That is meditation
in motion, in my
opinion.
impaired children]. Because of my lack of
personal experience in facing prejudice, I felt
that presumptuous attitudes such as speaking
more loudly or more slowly than usual, or
condescending treatment tended to be assigned
to older generations. I had neither notion nor
qualm of societys foibles.
Did you ever struggle with learning? I was the
product of a very specific time, a Bob Hawkeera [Australian Prime Minister, 1983-91]
which mantled policies of youth skills training
and school retention rates, so I was lucky to
be recognised by wonderful teachers for my
talents rather than for my disability, which
was simply something to be accommodated in
a different way. For instance, I received notetaking services in some classes and I would
also explain to teachers to wear a microphone
amplifier that connected through to my speech
processor, functioning a little bit like a one-way
walkie-talkie, on a private wavelength.
That is an incredible credit to those policies.
Michael and
William at
a friends
wedding in
Balmoral.
/ FEATURE
>> laugh at I love you because it can be
mistaken for colourful its a trick that
hearing people fall for. Go on, try it! Or how
about vacuum try sounding it out silently
and see the reaction!
I might laugh at
I love you because it
can be mistaken for
colourful its a trick
that hearing people
fall for!
retracing his footprints because I realised that
if he hadnt come to Australia, or had died in
the war well, I wouldnt have existed, full
stop. The second time was with Michael, and it
was so good to return to my homeland. It was
both a process of rediscovery and introducing
my fianc to all the places that represented my
heritage, in a sense.
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ON THE COVE
LEO IN NA
BARCELOIA
BY JP SANTAMAR
DNAMAGAZINE.COM.AU
/ FEATURE
Hot
In The
City
Much to his own surprise, Melbourne classical
composer and busker Gareth Wiecko won a
competition to find Australias hottest redhead.
Here's how it happened
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Gareth wears
Teamm8 underwear.
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>> over the past thirty years in regard to ending
HIV are incredible. If medicine has come this
far, whats not to say that there is a potential for a
cure. Theres strong advocacy toward the fight to
end HIV now and awareness is more prominent
than ever. Though not having a direct impact, I
was proud to be involved in the process of aiding
the fight.
You are a pianist who busks. How does that
work? Music is my life, I play every day. Be that
Discrimination
stems from a lack of
understanding
we could all do with a
little more love in the
world.
the east coast of Australia, playing music as I
went. By the time I got to Melbourne I had it all
figured out and fell in love with it. I now play
regularly in Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne.
Theres a huge influx of people coming and
going and I get a real sense of accomplishment
from creating an organic process on the streets.
No two gigs are the same and the public are
really responsive. It feels good being able to
bring art to the streets and change peoples day.
SEE
MORE
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Twink Twink,
Little Star
Youth is highly prized on the scene. Like celebrity, it
opens A-list doors, brings adulation and advantage
but beware, there are ruthless predators lying in wait
for their prey. Samuel Leighton-Dore tells his story.
Twink (noun, adj.)
1. A homosexual or effeminate.
2. A young man regarded as an
object of homosexual desire.
IM FIRST CALLED A TWINK when Im eighteen
I mutter, but
nobodys listening.
My heart starts to race.
Time drips slowly, like
the melting clock in
that Salvador Dali
painting.
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LE
O
WITH A SCANDALOUSLY SEXY body, deep
green eyes and a great big smile, Leo Rico
is as tasty as his name suggests Rico is Spanish
for yummy. A Barcelona resident, 180cm tall
[510] and 36-years-old Leo is also wait for it
a real fireman.
I love my work as a fireman, he says. Its
amazing to be able to help people when they
need you the most. Many lives depend on you.
Its not easy, but it is always worth the effort.
When not saving lifes and fighting fires,
Leo loves mountains climbing up them and
skiing down them. Skiing and climbing are my
passions. I also love ultra-distance competitions
like Ironmans. I love hard work! From time to
time I do some work in fashion but I dont take
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PHOTOGRAPHY JP SANTAMARIA
(JUANPABLOSANTAMARIA.COM AND
FACEBOOK.COM/JPSANTAMARIA.
PHOTODESIGN)
MODEL LEO RICO
ASSISTANTS LUCCA ROCCI AND
GASPAR GARRE
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Hakan suffers
pattern hair loss due
to immense stress.
His crop circles are
visible in this picture.
MY
PARENTS
WANT TO
KILL ME
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>> death in Istanbul by his father,
who had travelled almost 600 miles
[965 km] to murder his gay son in
what the media deemed fit to call
an honour killing. His partner,
Ibo, had tried to get protection
from the authorities, after Ahmet
had received death threats from his
family, but to no avail.
With the country trying its best
to improve overall standards in
order to join the European Union
someday, Turkeys appalling
record on gay rights has often
come under close scrutiny, but
little progress appears to have
been made. Istanbuls Gay Pride
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The changing
face of Diva
Blent Ersoy.
of LGBT people remain insecure in law and activists continue to face harassment by
authorities. During 2011 Amnesty quoted LGBT rights groups recorded eight murders
allegedly on the grounds of the victims sexual orientation or gender identity, but the actual
unreported figure is likely significantly higher. The orgs website also features a disturbing
downloadable report about gay life today in Turkey called Not An Illness, Nor A Crime.
Meanwhile, ORAM, the gay Organization for Refuge, Asylum And Migration, has made
a worrying statement about the current global climate for gay people. It gravely declares
that LGBTI people are among the most persecuted individuals in the world today. Seventyeight nations criminalise same-sex relations. Seven of these apply the death penalty for
consensual same-sex conduct.
MORE: Visit oraminternational.org and amnesty.org to find out how you can make a difference.
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FRESH
FRUITS!
Camping, all-night dancing,
parades, cabaret and costumes
galore, Jesse Archer greeted
2015 at Tropical Fruits where
Mardi Gras meets the State Fair!
PHOTOGRAPHY BRAD MUSTOW
(WWW.BRADMUSTOW.COM)
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SIMON BARWICK
MORE: www.tropicalfruits.org.au
With this years high-concept theme, Art Deco Kiss, Lismores
legendary new year festival inspired revellers to repeal
prohibition, get their Gatsby glamour on, dabble in dapper
and flaunt their flapper The fireworks display had so many
mindblowing climaxes the grateful crowd left spent.
A practical
hat under the
tropical sun.
An understated parade
entry from drag legend,
Maude Boate.
There are
only a few
showers, but
theres no
shortage of
festive frills.
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DJ Kitty Glitter
has the room
pumping.
A final
touch up
backstage.
King of Boylesque,
Prince Enigma.
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THE DNA
POOL
PARTY
PHOTOGRAPHY JEFFREY FENG
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THE
PERFECT
Hand Job
1. SCRUB UP NICELY. Hands take quite a
pounding especially if you work outdoors
or are lifting weights down at the gym every
other day so its little wonder unsightly
calluses can form. To minimise them,
exfoliate once or twice a week with LOccitane
One Minute Hand Scrub or simply use a
blob of your favourite face scrub and wring
between your hands with a little warm water.
2. CUT SQUARELY. Whether you use
clippers or scissors, always cut fingernails
straight across the top. Avoid trimming down
the sides as this can lead to painful hangnails.
Instead, you can smooth down the edges with
a file (see next step). If your nails are as hard
4. CREAM YOURSELF.
Given that mens hands are
so susceptible to damage,
a hand cream should be an
essential part of your home
manicure kit. Clarins Men
Active Hand Care is worth
having in your grooming
armoury as its quickly
absorbed and non-greasy. Or try
Vitamans Paw Paw Skin Repair
Crme (which contains healing
allantoin and anti-bacterial tea
tree oil) or Sukins Hand & Nail
Cream. Apply twice a day, wring
hands together and ensure every
part, including the nails and nail
beds are covered.
6. STAY BUFF.
Although there are
clear nail polishes
aimed specifically at
men, nails that are
too shiny tend to look
a little too considered and
obvious. Instead, give your
nails a natural-looking shine
with the help of a nail buffer.
Last stop,
get buff.
BRINGING
SEXY
BACK
Put your back into it and
master the chin-up.
Arron gets a
grip: The overgrasp heave.
OVER-GRASP PULL-UP
(AKA THE HEAVE)
THE 1 TO 15
Jump up and do one pull-up then drop
off and do 15 push-ups. Then do two
pull-ups and 14 push-ups and so on until
you finish with 15 pull-ups and one pushup. Get ready for the burn on this one!
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The challenging
one-under /
one-over grip: an
excellent exercise
for beginning
to develop
more advanced
calisthenics.
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UNDER-GRASP PULL-UPS
(AKA THE CHIN UP)
If you can already do the Over- and Undergrasps then challenge yourself by mixing it up
one hand over, and one hand under. Its nasty
to begin with but can become so much fun.
As per before, take up the grip and create
your active shoulders while hanging from the
bar. Do as many reps as you need, then swap
so that the opposite hands are over and under.
This variation to the standard pull-up will
make you move in a slightly altered pattern and
make you adapt to varied stimulation. This is
an excellent exercise for beginning to develop
more advanced calisthenics.
If all of these are just totally out of your
league, dont worry. Ive seen guys go from
zero to hero in a matter of months by using
rubber-assistance bands or assisted pull-up
machines in the gym. Keep to the point of
trying and you will always be successful.
So, the big question is, how do I incorporate
this into my routine? Here are several
challenging workouts you can do to improve
your strength or endurance:
Strength Five sets of as many reps holding
each rep for three to five seconds at the top.
Endurance Every minute on the minute
complete 10 pull-ups for 10 minutes. Try and
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Nicely
Does It
It all began with a test
shoot in 2010. The
collaboration between
photographer Ethan
James and model
Carson Nicely has
since spanned years
and resulted in a
lasting friendship and
hundreds of stunning
images. Here is their
Best Of so far!
PHOTOGRAPHY:
ETHANJAMESPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
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Ive been able to watch Carson grow as a model and actor, and now
he has even picked up photography. We became good friends and try
to catch up in person with food and photography whenever were in the
same place at the same time. Im terribly proud of him. Ethan James
ABOUT CARSON:
Carson Nicely grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee
before heading to Rollins College in Winter
Park, Florida, where he obtained a degree in
Psychology and was a champion swimmer (he
still holds 4 NCAA swimming records there).
Carson later moved to Nashville, and then to
Dallas, Texas, to pursue modeling and acting. It
was in Dallas that he added photography to his
rsum, and now he does all the above in Los
Angeles, California, with his girlfriend Miranda.
Find him at www.nicelymademedia.com.
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A Seminal History
Fitting snugly into the
Back Passage this month,
the humble condom.
Alexander Lowe offers a
slick and surprising
summary.
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Famous Last Words: Kodak founder George Eastman (suicide note) My work is done, why wait?
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