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Advocates launch emergency youth homelessness fund

Advocates launch emergency youth homelessness fund

Local LGBTIQ+ advocates have launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise emergency funds in support of young people experiencing homelessness. The PICYS Pride Assist Fund will be used to aid in the work of the Perth Inner City Youth Service, and allocated to supporting the needs of LGBTIQ+ folks under the age of 26 who are […]

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Folau fundraiser relaunched at the Australian Christian Lobby

Folau fundraiser relaunched at the Australian Christian Lobby

Rugby player Israel Folau’s fundraiser has been re-launched under the auspices of the Australian Christian Lobby. Just hours after GoFundMe pulled down Folau’s fundraiser saying it breached their terms of service, the scheme has reappeared on the Australian Christian Lobby’s website. Managing Director Martyn Iles said his organisation would be donating $100,000 to the rugby […]

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Save OUTinPerth: Don’t let WA’s LGBTIQ+ community lose its voice

One year ago OUTinPerth was relaunched via this crowdsource campaign. Graeme Watson and Leigh Andrew Hill launched this campaign to ensure that Western Australia continued to have independent queer media. We urgently need your help to be able to continue doing our work. Without news services like OUTinPerth, you might never have heard about One […]

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Karen from Finance needs some finance

Karen from Finance needs some finance

Drag star Karen from Finance has a dream. She’s set her heart on attending RuPaul’s Drag Con in Los Angeles but needs a little help to be able to afford the trip. A GoFundMe has been set up, Karen’s USA tour fundraiser – to help get her on her way to LA. This is an expensive trip for Karen, […]

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GoFundMe reveal their most inspiring LGBTIQ campaigns of 2016

Crowdfunding website GoFundMe have released a list of their top five most inspirational LGBTIQ focused campaigns run in Australia across 2016 as the year draws to a close. Internationally, the organisation has provided a platform to raise over $3 billion for a plethora of causes and campaigns since their inception in 2010 from over 25 million donors. […]

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OUTinPerth has a brand new home in Northbridge

OUTinPerth has a brand new home in Northbridge

We’re two months into our journey of re-launching OUTinPerth, lots of work has been going on behind the scenes setting up the new organisation to publish the magazine. This week we reached an exciting milestone, we’ve found a new home. We’re moving in to our new space at Shop 3, 377 Newcastle Street in Northbridge. […]

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OUTinPerth: back in print this week

Leigh and Graeme would like to give a huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to the GoFundMe campaign to get OUTinPerth back up to full strength. In the last two weeks over $8,000 has been raised. This has allowed us to set up a new company to house OUTinPerth, and enough to pay the upfront […]

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Relaunch OUTinPerth: We need your help

After fourteen years of bringing news and culture to WA’s LGBTIQ+ community, OUTinPerth was forced to stop the presses when the company that owned the magazine was shut down. Now the team who created the magazine and online content are eager to return to being an independent Perth based LGBTIQ+ voice in the Australian media. […]

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Disowned Gay Son Works With Charity Post-Crowdfunding

Disowned Gay Son Works With Charity Post-Crowdfunding

Daniel Ashley Pierce secretly filmed a conversation during which his family told him he could no longer live with them due to his homosexuality and physically assaulted him. The video went viral and after Pierce’s boyfriend set up a GoFundMe account to raise living expenses, Pierce received thousands of donations. In a week, Pierce’s campaign […]

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