A blog for baby boomers and our admirers about queerdom, politics, ageing (dis)gracefully, and trying to stay on the left side of the culture wars.

There are important differences between anti-lesbian violence and violence against gay men. While both experiences were marked by prejudice and hate, the nature and circumstances of the violence often differed…

What happened over the years in the Police in New South Wales Australia as regards many of the cases the Special Commission investigated amounted to an abuse of power…

Boomers, as we know, it is all connected…

Violence against LGBTIQ people has occurred throughout human history.

For most LGBTIQ people, violence is no stranger.

Until the late 1980s, anti-LGBTIQ violence was to a large extent an unrecognized phenomenon – unrecognised, that is, other than by those experiencing it. Poofter bashing was a national pastime back then and is still common today…

Dear Boomers, before we wrap ourselves in a bundle of good news, I have a question for you. Where do you sit on the COVID knowledge spectrum? This is not a question about how much you know about COVID, but how this knowledge makes you feel…

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Hey Boomers, remember that special feeling? Many of us felt it at extraordinary events like Mardi Gras. For others it was most weekends. For some, it was a fast way to kick start a slow day. This blog is about a different kind of peaking in our new Covid-19 century.

Hey Boomers, we may yet live long enough to see another Labor Premier rule in New South Wales.

Boomers, while it may be too soon to dust down our disco shorts or to order our disco biscuits, the exit out of lockdown is fast approaching.