City of Vincent Youth Laneway Party
The City of Vincent’s LAneway Party was a new edition to the Pridefest calendar this year. Photos by Jana Topler
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Young People Podcast Their Pride
Pride London has moved further into the digital media space providing regular podcasts on the lead-up to the two-week festival and parade. The podcasts, recorded and produced by young people as part of the youth section of Pride London, aim to help others understand their identity. The first podcast visits the 21st London Lesbian and […]
Queer Collaborations 07: Alphabet Soup in the Apple Isle
Since its inception in 1991, students from around the nation have travelled each year to various universities to stage the conference Queer Collaborations (QC). This year the Tasmania University Union in Hobart will play host to the 17th annual LGBTIQ conference under the theme ‘Alphabet Soup: The A-Z of Queer Diversity in the 21st Century’. […]
Australian Artists Rockin’ For Rights
Rockin’ For Rights is a family-friendly concert with a political conscience and a lineup of some of Australia’s best musical talent, including: Beasts of Bourbon, Dallas Crane, Hoodoo Gurus, The Whitlams, The Screaming Jets, Youth Group, Something for Kate, Kev Carmody, You Am I, The Herd, Mark Seymour, Magic Dirt and Deni Hines. The concert […]
Youth: Cannabis is totally uncool
According to a new survey undertaken by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) cannabis is regarded as socially unacceptable by a third of young people. The majority of the 1500 young people who participated in the survey labelled the illegal drug dangerous. The results found that half the people under 30 had friends […]
NUS Demands A Better Future
The National Union of Students (NUS) is Australia’s peak body that represents the interests and concerns of approximately 600,000 students in higher education. With a Federal election looming some time this year, NUS has been gearing up to mobilise tertiary students under the theme “Demand A Better Future’. Hayley Conway is the newly appointed NUS […]
Back to School, Back to Homophobia?
On February the 1st approximately 250,000 young West Australians between the ages of 5 and 17 will return to the 800 primary and secondary schools throughout the state to begin term one of 2007. As many of these students, both gay and straight, will in some way or another experience or witness homophobia this year, […]
Gravity Games H20 in Review
For the third consecutive year, the Gravity Games H20 brought together thousands of predominantly young West Aussies to enjoy what is billed as the world’s premier action sports, lifestyle and music festival on the banks of the Swan River. Held between December 7th and 10th at McCallum Park, in Vic Park, spectators enjoyed the all […]
Access to Uni for Queer West Australians
It is recognised and known that homophobia has a profound impact on people’s overall health. Compounding this problem, people of diverse sexualities and genders often face learning disruptions which can affect their opportunity to gain entrance into higher education. Murdoch University has a programme in place which affords such individuals with academic potential the possibility […]
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