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On This Gay Day | Blues singer Lucille Bogan was born in 1897

Lucile Bogan's songs were filled with suggestive lyrics.

Co3 Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Raewyn Hill to step down

Hill is the company's inaugural Artistic Director and Co-CEO and has led the company for over a decade.

FRONT: Creative youth hub to launch in Perth this holiday season

Every day throughout the program will bring a new adventure, offering a different lineup of activities.

On This Gay Day | In 1880 Anna Rüling is born in Hamburg

In 1904 she gave a speech to the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin, the first known public statement of the socio-legal problems faced by lesbians.

On This Gay Day | In 1986 New Zealand decriminalises homosexuality

On this day in 1986, New Zealand passed the Homosexual Law Reform Act that decriminalized homosexuality removing British colonial laws.

On This Gay Day | Playwright Joe Orton was murdered in 1967

Today Orton is remembered as an influential playwright.

On This Gay Day | Remembering Carmen Xtravaganza

On this day in history, we lost ballroom icon Carmen Xtravaganza, Salt-N-Pepa urged us to talk about sex and a WA MP made headlines for his comments about HIV.

On This Gay Day | In 1981 a newspaper revealed Martina Navratilova was gay

The tennis champion was forced to acknowledge her sexuality.

On This Gay Day | The acronym AIDS is proposed in Washington

In 1982 experts gathered to work out a name for an illness they were struggling to define.

On This Gay Day | Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law was passed in 2013

Russia's anti-gay propaganda law was introduced in 2013.

On This Gay Day | Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers was born

His arrest in 1954 would change the course of gay rights in the United Kingdom.

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On This Gay Day | Blues singer Lucille Bogan was born in 1897

Lucile Bogan's songs were filled with suggestive lyrics.

Co3 Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Raewyn Hill to step down

Hill is the company's inaugural Artistic Director and Co-CEO and has led the company for over a decade.

FRONT: Creative youth hub to launch in Perth this holiday season

Every day throughout the program will bring a new adventure, offering a different lineup of activities.

WAAPA’s Premier Visiting Artist Program aims to enhance creative sector

ECU's Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts has kicked off its inaugural Premier Visiting Artist Program.

Urzila Carlson brings new sketch comedy to the ABC

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