I just started working with AusAID, so I might be able to shed a little light on how to 'get into' the industry. I use the phrase lightly because there really isn't a standard path to get into international development, and it certainly is nothing to do with your qualification. Nearly everyone...
i think every country has its fair share of tolerant and intolerant people. and just being in the city don't mean that you'll be fine, you have to still tread safe. just last night i was at bondi beach and had a confrontation with a bunch of gronks who didn't like "fuckin fags"
what specifically about homophobia, it's a pretty broad topic..
i don't think homosexuals regard homosexuality as a disorder, last time i checked. it's about equal rights, not about getting extra rights. disabled people have the rights that homosexuals are fighting for, what has that got to...
if you're not sure, don't tell the guy that you like him. you might lose him as a friend. i found that out the hard way..
just talk about homosexuality in general and see what his reactions are to it, you'll be able to tell from his reactions whether or not he'd be okay with it. also, come...
are you suggesting that gay/bisexual guys are not masculine? cos fuck that, i like guys for their masculinity, personally if i wanted a girly effeminate-acting boy i'd just be straight y'know
i couldn't agree more, sexuality is about experimenting and figuring out what you are attracted to, whereas your sexual identity (even though i think labels are pretty grey definitions) is what you have decided is you- whether that is straight or gay or whatever
i'm going to go on a limb and say that you won't get money from centrelink because your parents are low-income earners, because of the fact that you are at university and you have the internet. i think the threshold is really relaly low, like <30k combined income for that to happen.
the other...