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Living Proud Launch

The Living Proud Suicide Prevention Scheme was launched at The Freedom Centre. Read more about the launch here.

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Are We Moving Fast Enough To Stop Bullying?

Are We Moving Fast Enough To Stop Bullying?

  If someone started bullying you for being queer, where would you go and what would you do? For a question that applies to 350,000 Australian LGBTIQ youth, the answers are hazy at best.  With a state government that has been reluctant to acknowledge that homophobic bullying in our schools exists, it’s no wonder that […]

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Living Proud Launched

Living Proud Launched

The Living Proud project kicked off with a bang late last month, drawing a healthy crowd with guest speakers, an introduction to the Living Proud website, and a video compiled from queer youth of the Freedom Centre. The Living Proud project stands as stage two of the Community Action Plan (CAP), which is working on […]

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Youth award De-Queered

Youth award De-Queered

Freedom Centre Coordinator Dani Wright was announced as joint winner of the prestigious WA Minister for Youth’s Youth Worker of the Year Award  on the 19th April. Wright described winning the award as quite humbling, telling told OUTinPerth, ‘It’s really lovely to be acknowledged and it’s an amazing award to win.’, However, Wright expressed her […]

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Perth Women in Big Gay TV Wedding

Perth Women in Big Gay TV Wedding

The Mass Same-Sex TV Wedding hosted on ABC TV program Adam Hills on Gordon St Tonight saw 45 same sex couples fly in from around Australia to celebrate their commitment to each other and marriage equality last month. Four Perth women were amongst the couples to join the celebrations on Gordon St. Nicky McKimmie, who […]

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Dani Wright Nominated for Award

Dani Wright Nominated for Award

Dani Wright, the Coordinator of the Freedom Centre has been nominated for the Minister’s Award for Most Outstanding Youth Worker in the 2012 Youth Awards. Announcing the nominations for the annual awards the Minister for Youth Robyn McSweeny commented, ‘To see such commitment, skill and compassion reflected throughout the 119 nominations received this year was […]

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