In 1986, I followed an Australian cowboy to his home on Kangaroo Island, with only the briefest of layovers in Sidney before going on to visit Alan in Japan.
This summer, same problem: my conference is in Brisbane, and I don't have the time or money to spend more than two days in Sydney.
Still, a week in Australia! A chance to meet Aboriginal men!
Of course, there's nothing wrong with Anglo-Australians (80% of the population), or Chinese or Indian-Australians (8%) of the population). But I can meet Anglo and Asian guys at home, or in Europe. When will I be able to meet an Aboriginal Australian again?
Their culture is at least 40,000 years old: they began their migration to the continent during the Middle Paleolithic Era.
Most of the tribes practice so-called "ritualized homosexuality," in which the older men initiate the young men into the community through oral sex.
Initiate, right.
There are 27 language families, with over 100 languages in daily use, as distinct as English and Navajo.The Wagiman word for "penis" is lagiriny, "tail."
The Ngarluma word for "erection" is jurdu, a cognate of jurdurn, "mountain peak."
Now that I've got to see!
Aboriginal Australians have a distinctive look, with dark-skin, frizzy hair, and broad noses. I couldn't find any nude photos on online bulletin boards (the precursor of blogs), but I imagine they have rather impressive mountain peaks..
The full story, with nude photos and sexual content, is on Tales of West Hollywood.