My conversations with journalists and historians did not prepare the emails I received in the winter of last year. The writer was a Chicago-based memorabilia...
There’s a lot to celebrate six months after marriage equality, but there is still a lot to do
Marriage equality in Australia has now been achieved for many couples who were married abroad before the law was changed. The Census 2016 showed that 46,800 couples...
A glimpse into the history and street photography of South Africa
Photograph by Anne Fischer, Cape Town, c. 1940s. Courtesy Iziko Museums of South Africa's Social History Collections and University of Cape Town Library special collections...
Hidden Stories in the Family Photo Album The “Brown Sugar Diaspora”
The McIntosh Gallery, Western University, is exhibiting Coolie Coolie Visens. This exhibition features the work of Canadian scholar and artist Andil Gosine. It will be on...
Images of mourning and The Power of Acknowledging Grief
I loved seeing my father, as a young boy, riding go-karts or climbing trees in what is still our street at Peakhurst. Fahd, as a...
A ‘hopeless romance’ says no, but a newlywed of the same sex says yes
However, apart from that, they have all had long-term relationships, some of which were very happy. There are children, homes, and assets shared. Since marriage equality...
Barbara Hanrahan, an Australian feminist artist that you should know
It is not surprising that the matriarchy rules in Hanrahan's family. Her father died just a day after she turned one, and Hanrahan (1939-91) grew...
Would a Supreme Court decision settle the debate over same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court heard arguments on April 28 in Obergefell v. Hodges. This case involved challenges to laws against same-sex marriages that were passed by four states:...
Why we can’t resist the lure of mermaids
Mermaids are everywhere. In the past month alone, they have surfaced in New Brighton, caused controversy in Asda, reinvigorated toast, partied with the Kardashians, transformed...
What the migrant workers who made my iPhone taught about love
These intimate moments take place in public places in industrial areas in Dongguan in Guangdong Province where these workers work and live - in a...