Marriage equality advocacy group Equal Love help a rally in the Murray Street Mall yesterday to protest against laws which allow religious based schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ+ school students and teachers. Speaking to passing shoppers speakers from Equal Love said that last year’s postal survey on marriage equality had shown that Australia’s overwhelmingly supported […]
The Freedom Centre are releasing an episode of their Queer to Air podcast each day during Pridefest. The series is created by young people who utilise the LGBTIQ+ youth centre and explores a range of topics relating to promoting good mental health. In this episode Transfolk of WA are featured. Listen to the whole series on Soundcloud and via iTunes. Do you need […]
International DJ Matt Bogard is at Connections Nightclub tonight. Check out his style by listening to a recent set he did at Disco Dish 2.
There’s a zen like atmosphere at the Subiaco Arts Centre, it’s just after 10pm on Friday night and the bar area of the theatre is silent. Scattered around the room are several playwrights, each nested in a corner making notes or tapping the keys of a laptop. The Western Australian Youth Theatre Company’s 24 Hour […]
The Court Hotel has cancelled an upcoming Fringe World appearance from Scottish comedian Leo Kearse after patrons highlighted his history of making jokes about transgender people. Kearse is as award winning Scottish comedian whose show Right Wing Comedian was booked into The Court Hotel for the upcoming Fringe World Festival. He has previously been named Scottish […]
Sky News host Peta Credlin has voiced her opposition to the Australian Bureau of Statistics seeking information on how many people identify as transgender or non-binary gender. Tony Abbott’s former Chief of Staff delivered her opposition to questions about being gender being included in the 2021 census at the top of her afternoon show on […]
Sophie York was the face of the Marriage Alliance, one of the leading groups of opposed to same-sex marriage in Australia, now she’s running for a spot in the federal senate as part of Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives Party. Last night York appeared on the Sky News program Outsiders. The show which regularly loses hosts for saying […]
It’s a pretty tough time to be transgender, we’ve got a Prime Minister talking about ‘gender whisperers’ and right wing commentators are lining up to discuss why they don’t think transgender people’s rights should be acknowledged. Local community group TransFolk of WA do an amazing job supporting local transgender and gender diverse people, and they […]
The Freedom Centre are releasing an episode of their Queer to Air podcast each day during Pridefest. The series is created by young people who utilise the LGBTIQ+ youth centre and explores a range of topics relating to promoting good mental health. In his episode the discussion centres around body image and femininity. Previously the team discussed body image […]
Denmark has announced it will hold back on almost US$10 million of aid funding after a senior government official made negative comments about gay people in the country. Denmark’s Development Minister Ulla Tornaes did not name the official but said she was “very concerned” by the comments. Earlier this month the governor of Tanzania’s most populous […]
