Remembering Isabelle Lake Isabelle Lake is remembered for her passionate advocacy for the rights of transgender people in Western Australia. Following her death at the age of just 21 she became the first transgender woman to be inducted in the WA Women’s Hall of Fame. Lake, an LGBT activist, passed away on 28th February 2012 […]
As part of the celebrations for the Centenary of Internationals Women’s Day and UN Women Perth, launched the WA Women’s Hall of Fame in 2011. The Perth UN Women’s Chapter closed in 2012 however the Hall of Fame continued under the stewardship of the Collaboration of International Women’s Day until 2017, when the WA Women’s […]
Author Craig Silvey will deliver the 2021 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture. Silvey’s most recent book Honeybee, which is picking up awards and critical praise, focuses on a transgender character. Silvey will speak about his novel Honeybee and the real life events that inspired it in a lecture that also examines the ethics of representation, the importance of visibility and […]
Tony Briffa, one of the most prominent intersex Australians will deliver the 2018 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture on May 17th The lecture will take place at the University of Western Australia’s Ross Lecture Theatre on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The annual lecture is named after transgender rights advocate Isabelle Lake who passed […]
International Women’s Day as a global event began in 1997, and ever since March 8th has marked the achievements of women around the globe. While the United Nation’s locked the date in place in the late ’70s, the origins of International Women’s Day can be traced back to the work Clara Zetkin in 1910. Zetkin, […]
March 2015 Soulful chanteuse Neneh Cherry performed for the first time in Australia, and Rufus Wainwright slew audiences at the Perth Concert Hall. ‘The L Word’ star Sandra Bernhard brought her one woman show ‘Sandyland’ to the Regal Theatre. SBS2 and SBS On Demand ran a week of LGBTIQ themed movies to celebrate the Sydney Gay & […]
As 2015 comes to an end, we here at OUTinPerth are taking stock of all that has passed these last few months. Here, we break down our top 20 most read stories from this past year as we sail towards 2016. 20. Isabelle Lake inducted to WA Women’s Hall of Fame Isabelle Lake was posthumously […]
Isabelle Lake has been honoured with an induction into the WA’s Women’s Hall of Fame. International Women’s Day is celebrated on Sunday and twelve amazing women have been added to the Hall of Fame. Isabelle, who passed away in 2012, continues to be an inspiration to […]
Last night marked the launch of the Isabelle Lake Memorial Fund, an initiative to provide financial assistance to young trans* people in Western Australia. The evening was also a celebration of the life of the late Isabelle Electra Lake, who was a passionate LGBTI community advocate who passed away from leukaemia on the 28th of […]
The Freedom Centre are launching the Isabelle Lake Memorial Fund in memory of the late Isabelle Electra Lake (pictured above), a passionate LGBTI activist who passed away from leukaemia in 2012. The Fund will provide opportunity for young trans* people to apply for the funds to go towards activities, services and goods that advance the […]
