Pride WA have revealed the details of this year’s official after party with a stellar roster of local talent. The main event will feature entertainment from the extraordinary folks at Corroboree For Life, soul sensation Queency, Flewnt MC with Tani Walker & Optamus and local queerlectro legends Alter Boy. Metro City will be pumping until […]
Pride WA have published an open letter to the WA Business Community calling on them to show real support for LGBTIQA+ people and communities. The letter calls on businesses to move beyond token gestures and focus on making a genuine culture shift within their organisations. Delivered on the 19th anniversary of the last round of […]
Pride WA and PFLAG Perth are teaming up for a special fundraiser, an advance screening of the Mark Wahlberg film Joe Bell. The advance screening will be happening on 21st September at 6:30pm at Luna Leederville, and tickets are on sale now. The biographical film will begin publicly screening at Luna from Thursday 7th October. The film is based […]
After taking a break in 2020 due to Covid-19, Perth’s Pride Parade is moving to a new home in 2021, and will take place in Gloucester Park. In a move similar to that used by Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, who moved their event from it’s traditional home of Oxford Street to the Sydney […]
Pride WA’s Senior Vice President Gerry Matera published an open letter to the LGBTIQ+ community as part of NAIDOC Week calling for LGBTIQ+ organisations in Western Australia to work together. Kaya and Happy NAIDOC Week. This week, PRIDE WA announced the appointment of a CEO, a first step in facilitating PRIDE’s expansion and to give […]
Pride WA have announced the dates and themes for this year’s festival and parade, alongside the appointment of their first CEO and proposed sweeping changes for the organisation’s core mission. Key Dates The 2021 PrideFEST will run from 6th November through to the closing parade through the streets of Northbridge on 27th November. Fairday will […]
Pride WA are teaming up with Dementia Training Australia (DTA) for a special advance screening of the highly anticipated queer love story, Supernova. OUTinPerth‘s film reviewer Lezly Herbert describes the film as a heartfelt drama with great chemistry between the leads. “Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) are central to this heart-felt drama. Partners for […]
Protest group Rainbow Rebellion have staged a protest in Perth’s city centre on the day which would have hosted the city’s annual Pride parade. The group say that Pride WA the community group which organises the annual PrideFEST should focus on political action and spend more time honoring the Pride movement’s origins in protest, saying the […]
The annual Baking Competition made a return to this year’s PrideFEST and a fabulous display of cakes, tarts, pies, biscuits, scrolls and babkas were delivered for judgement. The Sunday afternoon event had a massive turn out and judges had the enviable task of tasting 32 different creations. On hand to dig their forks into the […]
Celebrate with LBTQ+ women this PrideFEST with this weekend’s I Am Woman party. I Am Woman is taking over Tiki Bar at Fremantle’s Newport Hotel this weekend, with a party thrown by queer women, for queer women. The celebration promises a safe space to dance, laugh, and connect with community; as well as a Helen […]
