It’s been nearly eight years since the Howard government passed a law that marriage is between a man and a woman. The government took away our civil rights, but instead of feeling dejected and giving up, we fought back like never before. We organised the biggest LGBTI rights protests in Australian history, we shifted public [...]
On Sunday the 20th of May between 6.00pm-7.00pm the 29th International AIDS Candle Light Memorial event will be at Robertson Park North Perth. The theme this year is ‘Promoting Health and Dignity Together’. Apart from raising awareness around HIV, the theme is focused on a response to HIV that is based on a human rights [...]
IDAHO day has grown in prominence over the last few years, if you haven’t come across it before it’s the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and it’s on May 17th. Now I didn’t automatically assume that IDAHO day was from Idaho, it is after all an acronym, but I did presume that this new [...]
For the last few years marriage equality has been one of the major rallying points for activists from the LGBTI community. Yet the push for equality marriage is not supported by all of the community, and the voices of those who disagree with it are often drowned in the clamour for equal rights. Mark Woodman [...]
Q and A on ABC1 on Monday night promised an epic debate between pre-eminent representatives of atheist and Catholic thought. As it turned out, the standard of debate was something of a letdown; a clearly jetlagged non-thiest Professor Richard Dawkins struggled to cope with the audience’s sense of humour while Australia’s top Catholic, Cardinal George [...]
Am I a feminist? Annie Lennox has got me thinking, Last week Lennox took to the stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall to a rapturous round of applause and cheers, but the iconic vocalist was not there to sing she was on stage to talk about feminism and equality for women. Activist Annie has one [...]
Talking about the sex you like, or want to have, with the guy who is in front of you is not always an easy thing to do. Depending on how well you know that person, it can be awkward, uncomfortable and fraught with making exceptions to whatever rules you have set for yourself, and most [...]
Valentine’s Day. Every flavour of Awesome. Here at OUTinPerth we figure you need a bit of a hand with Valentines Day. If you’re a hater and you don’t believe in it good on you. Celebrate National Condom day, and glory in the cash you haven’t spent on red roses. Ah Valentine’s Day… while many people [...]
We all know the story. Girl meets boy. Girl falls for boy. Boy tries to fall for girl but comes out of the closet instead. Sure, it’s a fairytale ending for boy, but girl has locked herself in her bedroom all day eating Lindt balls from her cleavage and sketching rainbows burning up in flames. [...]
You know something has crossed over into the mainstream when even straight people are talking about. Grindr, we all know it, use it or have friends that use it and often spend more time staring down at the pixilated screen than at our friends on a night out. Perhaps you’re a huge fan, maybe it [...]
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