Health

The Human Cost of Animal Experiments (Dangers of animal experiments for medical purposes)

The Cost of Beauty (Toxic ingredients in hair & beauty products)

Celebrity Interviews & Profiles

No Pretender (Interview with Pretenders frontwoman CHRISSIE HYNDE

Great Balls of Fire (Interview with tennis legend MARTINA NAVRATILOVA - external link)

Jackie ... Oh!(Interview with Hollywood blockbuster author JACKIE COLLINS

Down to Earth (Interview with MISSY HIGGINS- external link)

An Independent Woman (Interview with comedian & actor LILY TOMLIN)

Everything's Just Peaches (Interview with rock singer PEACHES)

Prince of Puke (Interview with cult film director JOHN WATERS)

Burn Bright Bernhard (Interview with comedian SANDRA BERNHARD)

Art, Sex & Saucepans (Interview with author JEANETTE WINTERSON)

Big Mouth Strikes Again (Interview with feminist CAMILLE PAGLIA)

The Confrontationalist (Interview with multimedia artist LYDIA LUNCH)

The Outsider (Interview with gender theorist KATE BORNSTEIN)

What a Drag (Interview with NY drag institution LADY BUNNY)

Portrait of a Lady (Interview with British transsexual star APRIL ASHLEY)

Complete and Utter County (Interview with trans punk rock icon JAYNE COUNTY)

An Ethical Man (Interview with philosopher PETER SINGER)

Return of The L Word (Interview with actress LEISHA HAILEY)

Provocative Professor (Interview with NY performance artist & writer
KAREN FINLEY)

Mother of Masturbation (Interview with BETTY DODSON)

Love Warriors (Interview with ANNIE SPRINKLE)

Diva of Darkness (Interview with DIAMANDA GALAS)

Sophie Be Good (Interview with singer SOPHIE B HAWKINS)

Penny for Your Thoughts (Interview with NY performance artist PENNY ARCADE)

Penny Arcade (Q&A interview with NY performance artist Penny Arcade)

Living in the Past (Interview with lesbian author Sarah Waters)

A Model Citizen (Interview with Dan Mathews, VP of PETA)

Coffee, Tea & Attitude (Interview with comedian Caroline Reid aka Pam Ann)

Katrina Fox Tastes Crystal's Waters (Interview with singer Crystal Waters)

Interview with Clem Burke, drummer in the band Blondie (external link)

Interview with Jimmy Destri, keyboard player in the band Blondie (external link)

Faithfully Yours (Profile of singer Marianne Faithfull)

Other Interviews & Profiles

A Woman of Mystery (Interview with a lesbian author Claire McNab)

Girls' Own Adventure (Interview with a queer author Michelle Tea)

Unlocking the Puzzle of Fem (Interview with lesbian author Joan Nestle)

Hurly Burly (Interview with lesbian strip club Gurlesque founders)

Magic Mother (Interview with a witch)

Dyke on Top (Interview with female joint MD of Airmiles)

When a Doctor Knows Best (Interview with Dr Neal Barnard)

Hodge Hedges on Equality (Interview with government minister)

Sex, Gender & Sexuality

Brave New World (GLBT community and anti-depressants)

Opening the Scarlet Closet (Lesbian sex workers)

Seen But Not Heard (Deaf lesbians)

Dark Victory (Lesbians & depression)

Animal Passions (Radical veganism for queers)

The Femme Mystique (Femme lesbians)

Bad Girls (Lesbian killers and prison)

Blush (Lesbian erotica)

Genderphobia (Gender & the lesbian community)

June Brides (Same sex marriages)

Dykes for Animal Rights (Lesbian animal rights activists)

Minority Interests (Equal opportunities in the workplace for people who are sex, gender or sexuality diverse)

Magic Mother (Interview with a lesbian witch)

Dyke on Top (Interview with female joint MD of Airmiles)

Women

Move Over Boys (Women in the construction industry)

Female Attraction (Women in the workplace)

Social Activism

Animal Passions (Radical veganism for queers)

Men Behaving Badly (Corporate man)

Dykes for Animal Rights (Lesbian animal rights activists)

Building & Interior Design

Green Energy Market Keeps Growing Quickly (Renewable energy)

Garden Cities (Greening Australian cities)

Light Work (Lighting design)

A Quieter Life (Acoustics rating scheme)

Staying on Quality Street (Importance of quality paint)

Social Housing & Homelessness

Carrot and Stick (Homelessness and rough sleeping)

Just Another Brick in the Wall (Neighbourhood renewal)

On the Defensive (Campaign against transfer of council housing)

Columns

The following are from my regular weekly column, Keeping Abreast, in SX News, Sydney's leading lesbian & gay news, arts and culture magazines. Click HERE to start at the beginning, or click on the individual date links below to go to specific sections.

From September 2006, my Keeping Abreast columns are now also online on the SX website www.sxnews.com.au and I have also posted them as blog entries, instead of adding them here. This section will no longer be updated. Please click the BLOG button to the left to read more columns and leave feedback...enjoy!