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Been There Done That

8 Jan 2019

Let’s get soaking wet … on our Yacht.

Anniversary, Community, Gay, Health, History, HIV, Homophobia

Let’s get soaking wet … on our Yacht.

Happy New Year to Everyone.  How quickly the years roll around? And have our Resolutions failed already?
We express concern at the statistics of dangerous behaviour exhibited at some dance parties, by those wishing to enhance their experiences – sadly not always safely. The moral is ‘Don’t take unnecessary risks’.

From international news sources we learn:
Germany has formally recognised that there are more than two genders, and is now providing a third descriptor ‘Other’ for those who don’t conform to the binary;
Meanwhile, gay father-singer Ricky Martin has a new husband and a new-born daughter Lucia;
In Canada, a Catholic priest says that Satan designed the rainbow flag!
In Malaysia, a gay male couple are dragged from their car and assaulted in a homophobic attack;
French scientists have announced a potential treatment to destroy hidden HIV cells; &
In the US, gay Ellen DeGeneres is named as the most-admired person.

At this time of the year, we safely observe the rich-men as they tempt Nature sailing from Sydney to Hobart in a yacht race which has seen more than it’s fair share of fatalities over the years, since the race was first held in 1945.

Also at this time of the year, we recall that in 1901 Australia is proclaimed a Commonwealth on 1st January – a day fit to be our National Day?

On 3 January 1888, the paper drinking straw is patented, and having been displaced by the plastic replacement, is now back in favour as a benign and ecological appropriate option.

 

Listen to these stories, opinions and more – presented with some merriment (where appropriate) by Chris, Gordon & Phil.

Show #838 – First broadcast on 8 January 2019   

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