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Anti-Discrimination Law Commences Today

Anti-Discrimination Law Commences Today

Today marks the legislation of federal protection on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status. The new laws are hoped to halt alarming amounts of discrimination experienced by the LGBTI community. These new laws mean that anyone discriminated against on the grounds of new protected attributes can make a complaint with the […]

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New Perth Venue Wins Multiple Awards

New Perth Venue Wins Multiple Awards

A venue that burst onto the growing Perth hospitality scene less than 12 months ago has taken out the Australia’s Wine List of the Year Award 2013. The wine list at Print Hall was constructed by sommelier Daniel Wegener, who moved from Quay restaurant in Sydney to assist. The venue also won Best New List, […]

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Big Brother Contestants Feature Hot Lesbian

Big Brother Contestants Feature Hot Lesbian

With Big Brother set to kick-start at 7pm tonight on Channel 9, we’ve learnt that one of the housemates is an attractive lesbian named Tully Smyth. The longstanding fan of Big Brother is a 25 year old from Sydney that works as a Social Media Strategist. Housemates that have been revealed so far include the […]

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PM Launches Alannah MacTiernan Campaign

Tonight Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an appearance at Alannah MacTiernan’s official campaign launch, which took place at Mt Lawley Bowling Club. Alannah MacTiernan is running for the seat of Perth against Liberal candidate Darryl Moore – who last week caused controversy over an e-mail dispute with a constituent whilst discussing same-sex marriage. Senator Louise […]

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State Level Marriage Equality Not Unconstitutional

State Level Marriage Equality Not Unconstitutional

A NSW parliament report has shown that implementing a same-sex marriage law at a state level is not unconstitutional. The Australian Marriage Equality (AME) WA convenor, Brian Greig, has stated that the confirmation will propel the campaign to legislate marriage equality in WA. “While a federal law for equal marriage is ideal, we cannot wait […]

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Marriage Equality Bill Fails in SA

The South Australian Parliament has been unsuccessful in passing a bill that would legislate same-sex marriage in the state today. The bill was put forward by Labor MP Susan Close and was strongly supported by State Premier, Jay Weatherill. Liberals were not allowed a conscience vote, the bill was deemed unconstitutional by Liberal Leader Steven […]

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Gender Discrimination Removed from Medicare

Gender Discrimination Removed from Medicare

Medicare is set to remove gender discrimination policies that mean intersex/trans* patients will no longer need to discuss their gender identity before receiving treatment. Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek, explained how currently some Medicare services are only available for men and women. “Someone who has a uterus may actually identify their gender as male. Under current […]

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Help With a Living Proud Survey

Help With a Living Proud Survey

The team at Living Proud is calling for members of the community to fill out surveys to help gage their success over the past 12 months The survey is half way to collecting sufficient responses and wraps up in a few days. The surveys are anonymous and only take about five minutes each to complete. […]

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Tom Daley is World’s Sexiest Man

Tom Daley is World’s Sexiest Man

Tom Daley has beaten the likes of David Beckham and Ryan Gosling to the #1 spot as Attitude’s World’s Sexiest Man 2013. The annual pole run by the queer magazine shows that Daley is the favourite by miles. Second place was Beckham, third was Superman (Henry Cavill), Fourth was Prince Harry and fifth was One […]

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One Direction has the Best Song Ever

One Direction has the Best Song Ever

It’s barely been up a full 24 hours and already the new One Direction music video has had nearly 2.5 million views. ‘The Best Song Ever’ is a little over six minutes of… interesting. We’re not sure about the gay stereotypes that include a flouncing choreographer but we do think the song is super catchy. […]

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