Pride Parade 2011
On Saturday November 19, the Pride Parade will wrap up the Pride festival for yet another year. The Parade will follow last year’s route, starting at William and Brisbane Street, down through James Street and finishing at Russell Square.
Pride WA spokesperson Alice Newport-Holden said about 50 floats are expected in this year’s parade.
‘The numbers tend to grow each year, as does attendance, so we’re hoping for a bigger and better year, especially with community groups being able to enter for free,’ Newport-Holden said.
‘The parade is an integral part of the community, which has been proved by its long standing and constant growth. Each year it promises to be bigger, better and more entertaining and each year it delivers.
‘This year will be no different. With the theme, For Our Community, being so broad, we have provided everyone with a large artistic licence and the community groups, businesses and organisations that enter will definitely take the opportunity to be as creative as they can.’
The Parade starts at 8pm on Saturday, November 19.
World AIDS Day
Next month, community members are invited to remember and celebrate the lives of people affected by HIV at the World AIDS Day ceremony. On Thursday December 1, people are welcome to attend the event at the AIDS Memorial at Robertson Park, North Perth at 5.30pm. The community is also invited to the 2011 World AIDS Day Positive Person’s Art Exhibition at the Freedom Centre on Saturday, December 3 from 10am-1am. The exhibition was collaborated through a series of workshops facilitated by WAAC staff.
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Alternative Group for WA Bears
A new social group for bears in Western Australia plans to run alternative events alongside the state’s main organisation, Bears Perth.
BearSocialWA was created last month by organiser Brad McKay who said the new group still supported Bears Perth but wanted to provide some alternatives for gay men living in WA.
‘The whole idea of BearSocialWA was also to broaden it out to country areas, so people that want to come up from the country for events,’ he said.
‘It’s just something a little bit different; we thought we would start it off with a bears picnic.
‘Looking at the different types of marketing in the area of getting country people [involved], we’ve already had people interested from Margaret River and York.’
McKay, the former Bears Perth Vice President said: ‘We will continue to be Bears Perth members and we will still continue to support their events, it’s just something a little bit different.’
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/bearsocialwa.
OIP Staff
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