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Heath and Darren marry at Mardi Gras

Heath and Darren met at Mardi Gras 30 years ago. This year they said, ‘I do’

Had the two men, who at the time were not out, not travelled to Sydney’s Oxford Street that night in 1996, “it might have just been a friendship”.

  • Kayla Olaya

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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut, 1999.

An open marriage isn’t for everyone, but here’s how it works for us

For the most part, we’re like any other couple, except that we sleep with other people. What does it take to maintain such a relationship? Well, more commitment than you might think.

  • Scarlette Isaac
Wedding proposals can be stressful.

My boyfriend just proposed and I’m terrified. 28 is too young to get married, isn’t it?

Does marriage have a place today? If finding the love of your life is as simple as opening an app on your phone, why even go to the trouble?

  • Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
 The Anglican Church in Australia has turned its back on same-sex marriage.

Anglican Church can’t grow if it fails to accept gay reality

The Anglican Church in Melbourne once led the way; conservatives have now taken over and are leading it on to a distant past.

  • Dr Muriel Porter
Joseph Zada as Charlie Roth with Joe Klocek as Matt Jones in Invisible Boys.

‘I still had fire in my blood’: The anger that fuels this excellent Aussie drama

Nicholas Verso is one of this country’s best filmmakers for young adults, but his new series Invisible Boys is all grown up.

  • Karl Quinn
High school sweethearts Noel Yandamutso Zihabamwe and Delphine Uwamwezi Yandamutso.

As refugees, they slept on the ground. Three kids, study and work is ‘nothing’

When Noël fled the Rwandan regime, his long-time sweetheart Delphine followed.

  • Amanda Hooton
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Sydney’s Gay Mardi Gras last year.

Labor’s bizarre census backflip reveals great data about this weak government

It’s funny how it’s always LGBTQ issues that have to be sacrificed to maintain the peace.

  • Michael Koziol
Jess Lynne, left, and Jade.

‘It was weird’: These days, Jade’s less sceptical about wife Jess’s psychic work

They got together as teenagers, and in the decades since, psychic medium Jess Lynne and orthodontic dental technician Jade Vigilante have shared many milestones - and odd pet names.

  • Amanda Hooton
Senator Fatima Payman and Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 16 May 2024

Wong on Payman: She should vote with us, like I had to on gay marriage

Penny Wong has rebuked senator Fatima Payman for crossing the floor, with the foreign minister pointing out she had had to vote against same-sex marriage before Labor changed its position.

  • James Massola
Being gay in the early ’90s in rural Queensland was not easy. Nothing made sense until I came out when I was 19.

‘Nothing made sense until I came out when I was 19’: The Block judge opens up

“I orientated myself toward the women in my life because they felt safe,” says Darren Palmer.

  • Jane Rocca