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Swing Out Loud with GALSWA

Swing Out Loud with GALSWA

LOUDThe Gay and Lesbian Singers of Western Australia (GALSWA) are putting on an evening of jazz and swing classics to celebrate 25 years of PrideWA with a special performance at the WA Italian Club. GALSWA have been operating since 1993 and has since grown into a well-established and respected group within Perth’s LGBTIQ+ scene. Jackie, […]

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Pride Memories: Don’t rain on my parade

Pride Memories: Don’t rain on my parade

Western Australia’s LGBTIQ community organisation Pride WA is celebrating their 25th anniversary. The ‘Silver City’ themed PrideFEST began last night and there’s a stack of event running over the next sixteen days. The highlight will be the Pride Parade through the streets of Northbridge in a fortnight. We asked a bunch of people for their […]

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Rainbow families enjoy Pride picnic

Rainbow families, friends and couples gathered in Taylor Square in Northbridge this morning for the PrideFEST Picnic. The dog friendly event was a relaxed and friendly affair with people making their own fun in park, while socialising and making new friends. Check out the photos from the picnic.

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Pride Memories: Working with a great bunch of people

To celebrate 25 years of PrideWA, we asked members of our community to share their favourite memories of Pride here in Western Australia which we will share throughout the three week celebrations. Tonight marks the launch of PrideWA’s Silver City celebrations – kicking off with Happy Pride at the Perth Cultural Centre and the TransTastic […]

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Perfect Picnic for Pride in the park

Perfect Picnic for Pride in the park

Creating a perfect picnic is easy, the challenge is to create some dishes that can be easily transported and don’t need a lot of work to create. Here’s some tasty ideas to jazz up your picnic baskets for the exciting Pride events over the coming weeks. Create salads in a jar by layering ingredients. Put the […]

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Perth’s Roller Derby ready to rumble

Perth’s Roller Derby ready to rumble

Perth’s queer Roller Derby league the Vagine Regime is ready to rumble tonight as part of the 2015 PrideFEST. Paige Womble from the Vagine Regime explains how Roller derby works. “Roller derby is a fast paced, hard hitting game. We wear quad roller skates and skate clockwise on a track. “Each team has 4 blockers […]

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Mark your diary: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Mark your diary: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Trans Day of Remembrance is approaching, the annual event is held on November 20th each year. Transgender Day of Remembrance grew out of a memorial for Rita Hester. Hester was murdered in Alston, Massachusetts on November 28th 1998. The following Friday 250 people attended a candlelight vigil called ‘Remembering Our Dead. Since then the movement […]

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Dancers fill the floor at OUTdance

Fremantle’s town hall had a capacity crowd as almost 40 couples took to the floor to show off their jives, waltzes and cha chas. Among the competitors was drag personality Scarlett Adams, who showed that she could deliver some impressive moves on the dance floor. The event was hosted by the exuberant Famous Sharron who […]

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TransTastic Talent Showcase opens Pride with a bang

The TransTastic Talent Showcase is set to make its debut this Pride with a stellar line-up of local trans and gender diverse talent to launch this year’s celebrations. Local personality Isla Rose will be hosting the event, which brings art, comedy, music and performance together for a massive evening of entertainment. The event will open […]

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PrideWA PARADE submissions now open

PrideWA PARADE submissions now open

Submissions are now open for the 2015 Pride Parade, celebrating Pride WA’s 25th year of celebrating LGBTIQ culture in Western Australia. The trademark event of Perth’s PrideFEST is the glorious PARADE. The 2015 PARADE will round off 16 days of Pride celebrations including arts, entertainment and community events. Pride WA President Andrew Barker is excited […]

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