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Club West Returns

Club West Returns

Who said Rasta and Drag won’t mix? Rastafari is not a highly organized religion; it is a movement and an ideology. Many Rastas say that it is not a religion at all, but a ‘way of life’. Rastafarians do not claim any sect or denomination, and thus encourage one another to find faith and inspiration [...]

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Build Your Relationship Skills

Relationships Australia are offering a weekend course for same-sex couples who would like to develop better relationship skills. Entitled Building Better Relationships, the course helps couples to develop and practice some of the skills that assist couples to face challenges and work through differences. Based on a popular course the organisation runs for heterosexual couples, [...]

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Pride Kicks Off 2012 Calendar

Kicking everything off is our first big event of the year, the annual Summer Quiz Night, which is back in all its glory on March 16th at the WA Italian Club. The doors open at 6.30pm leading the way for the fun to begin at 7.30. Get set for a night filled with trivia, laughs [...]

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HIV Study Seeks Participants

The HIV Seroconversion Study is an ongoing study into the experiences of people in Australia who have recently been diagnosed with HIV. The study aims to understand the factors that lead to HIV infection, and also learn about the experiences of those living with a recent HIV diagnosis. Across most of Australia, rates of new [...]

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Harness Night For The Tough Fellas

Harness Night For The Tough Fellas

If you live in Melbourne and you are into leather chaps and big black boots, you could visit the Laird Hotel to relax in the gear you feel horny in and have a couple of frosty beers with your mates at the bar. If you live in Sydney and you are into BDSM or watersports [...]

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Melané White Community Diversity Officer

Melané White Community Diversity Officer

Melané White, Community Diversity Officer with WA Police is keen to connect with the LGBTIQ community in WA. Melané started in the Indigenous and Community Diversity Unit with WA Police back in July last year, and may be familiar as one of the friendly faces from the police stall at Pride Fairday 2011. The Unit [...]

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International Women’s Day 2012

It was in Copenhagen in 1910, at the second International Conference of Working Women that an annual International Women’s Day was proposed by Clara Zetkin. The first IWD was held the following year on March 19, with the date shifting in 1913 to March 8, where it has remained. While most Australian women had gained [...]

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Adventures with Sapphic Trampers

Adventures with Sapphic Trampers

The lesbian outdoor group, Sapphic Trampers, kicked off 2012 with a large gathering of women at South Beach in January. The organising group has come up with a calendar for the rest of the year which offers a range of walking, paddling and cycling activities at a variety of locations and levels of difficulty. There [...]

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Beginning Teacher of the Year 2011

Beginning Teacher of the Year 2011

Tom Price School Teacher Scott Sullivan has been named WA Beginning Teacher of the Year for 2011. Scott spoke to OUTinPerth about the award and what it’s like being an out school teacher in a regional town. ‘The award recognises teachers in first three years in teaching for outstanding practices in any field. It was [...]

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Vote in The Lists

Vote in The Lists

What’s the best food, drinks, venue, music and fun that Perth has to offer? Click on the link below and answer ten quick questions about the places you like to go and the things you like to do. We’ll publish the top answers in our next issue. The Lists will show what our favourite tunes [...]

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