Australian soap opera Home and Away has apologised after fans noticed that kisses between a same-sex couple on the show were being cut from the Australian broadcast. Perth raised actor Zoe Ventoura joined the long running show last year playing new doctor in town Alex Neilson, her character quickly developed a close friendship with Summer Bay resident […]
Prison drama Wentworth returns to TV screens this month and fans of the show have waited a whole twelve months desperately waiting to find out what happens next. OUTinPerth caught up with actor Bernard Curry, who plays the thoroughly unlikable prison guard Jake Stewart, and pressed him for some insight into what Season 6 of […]
Actor Darius Williams has been keeping a secret but he’s finally able to tell the world, he’s playing Home and Away‘s long awaited new gay character Ty. The soap opera has been criticised for having a lack of gay characters over their 30 year history. Williams, who is a student at the West Australian Academy […]
Australian soap opera Home and Away will be celebrating it’s 30th anniversary in 2018 and there are suggestions that the show might be getting it’s first out and proud character. While gay characters have appeared in every other soap opera around the world the Australian show has had a notable lack of LGBTI people over its […]
Andrew Purchas (pictured, third from left), the founder of Sydney’s gay rugby club The Convicts, is among those named in today’s Australia Day honours. Purchas was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the general division. The award recognises his service to rugby union and the social inclusion of LGBTI people. Purchas told the ABC that […]
