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Have Your Say on OUTinPerth

Have Your Say on OUTinPerth

A new online survey is calling on OUTinPerth readers and community members to have their say on what they want from OUTinPerth Newspaper in 2012. Click here to have your say. Western Australia’s LGBTI newspaper wants to find out what makes their readers tick and has launched the OUTinPerth Annual Survey which is now available […]

New HIV vaccine starts human trials next year

New HIV vaccine starts human trials next year

A new vaccine to prevent HIV will begin human trials next year and could save ‘the lives of millions around the world’, according to a leading professor. The new vaccine was developed in Canada at the University of Western Ontario by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team and is one of only a few being […]

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LGBTI health on Labor’s radar

LGBTI health on Labor’s radar

Rainbow Labor members have welcomed new commitments from the ALP to improving the lives of LGBTI Australians. Over 15 amendments to the ALP national platform were made during this month’s national conference including a stronger focus on the overall health of same-sex attracted and gender diverse people. The national platform is the Labor Party’s governing […]

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An Horse

An Horse

‘Right now I’m at my friend’s house drinking beer, so I feel like that is kind of a way to become normal…’ said An Horse’s Kate Cooper, calling from Montreal, Canada. An Horse’s guitarist and singer, Kate Cooper, and her band mate Daman Cox have just spent nine weeks touring the U.S. and Europe with […]

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Boxing Day

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Community outrage over Rev. Court comments

Community outrage over Rev. Court comments

Local community members were disappointed by the comments from former tennis star and church pastor, Rev. Margaret Court who slammed efforts to introduce gay marriage. Published in today’s West Australian Newspaper, Rev. Court said the country ‘needs to wake up as a nation to protect future generations’. In 2001, Rev. Court campaigned heavily against the […]

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Tennis star Margaret Court attacks gay marriage

Tennis star Margaret Court attacks gay marriage

Former WA Tennis star and now Victory Life Church pastor, Reverend Margaret Court has slammed efforts to introduce gay marriage in Australia, claiming she wants to protect families. Today, The West Australian reported Rev. Court’s opposition to gay marriage, saying the country ‘needs to wake up as a nation to protect future generations’. She said […]

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Marriage Equality message goes global

Marriage Equality message goes global

GetUp!’s emotive advertisement A Love Story promoting gay marriage went viral, notching up millions of views from around the world within its first week. The ad was released on November 24th before the Labor Party’s National Conference on December 2 as a last ditch effort to promote a change to the party’s stance on marriage. […]

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Burning Man (MA)

Burning Man (MA)

UK actor Matthew Goode is probably best remembered for his role as Charles Ryder in Brideshead Revisited or as Colin Firth’s lover in A Single Man. He is incorrigibly charming as the British chef Tom in a Bondi restaurant, but chaos of the frantic kitchen where he works is nothing when compared to his totally […]

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The Vengabus is coming

The Vengabus is coming

Europe’s #1 party act is coming to Perth in January next year and boy, do they like to party. Puns aside, the Vengaboys had some of the catchiest, best selling dance tracks of the late ’90s early 00’s including Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, We like To Party and We’re going to Ibiza. Following their reign […]

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