THE STRENGTH IN OUR WEAKNESS: BDSM & THE ART OF POWER EXCHANGE

Humans are by their very nature imperfect, and from the moment we are born – unformed and in need of near-constant nurturing – we spend much of our lives trying to become better people in the face of what we consider to be our shortcomings. In essence our life is overcoming weakness. To overcome weakness […]

SEE YOU IN HELL, ISRAEL: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

Come on, Israel, Seriously, mate. What in God’s name happened? Before I start, I just want to say something to those who might be reading this and thinking, “Why should we care?”. You’re one percent of the population. People are often reducing us to “the one percent”. Why should we, as a society, bend at […]

THE ALMIGHTY COLLAR: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

It’s fast becoming no secret that I am involved in two intertwined yet distinct non-conventional relationships. I have a beautiful partner and we are exploring an open relationship (a subject for a future post) and I am also exploring a power exchange dynamic with another man who I call Sir. Through both of these amazing […]

GET FUCKING CONSENT: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

The first time I was sexually assaulted was the night my ‘cherry’ was ‘popped’ at the ripe and (by today’s standard) seemingly late age of nineteen. I had moved out of home and left rural New Zealand for the bright lights of Sydney only six weeks prior. I wasn’t to become aware that my virginity […]

NO EXEMPTIONS IN MARRIAGE LAW, THANKS: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

The survey might be over, but the jury is still out and the battle for equality is far from won. No sooner did the polls close than the debate on what the legislation might look like began. What should be merely the abolishing of the Marriage Amendment Act 2004 is becoming an over-complicated shemozzle as […]

DEAR MR HASTIE: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

The no campaign, in a seemingly desperate attempt to change the narrative, are now claiming to be the victims of bullying by the advocates of equality, with Member for Canning, Andrew Hastie, even going so far as to say that no campaigners are ‘living in fear’. It is direct to Mr Hastie that I target […]

I’M NOT A VICTIM: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

One of the arguments I keep seeing on the news and through social media is that the marriage equality debate is going to be hard on the mental health of LGBT+ Australians, and I agree – at least when it comes to our LGBT+ youth who may be unfamiliar with adult cruelty. For many of […]