In 2017, Bisexual+ Community Perth marched for the first time in the Pride Parade with approximately 40 people – bi, pan and multi-gender attracted individuals, all letting their bi flag fly. This year, in the biggest-ever Pride Parade to take Perth’s streets by storm, close to 100 people marched with the bi banner and the […]
Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the recent 2nd Annual Australian Ally Conference at Curtin University, and to facilitate a workshop about Lateral Hostility within the LGBTIQ+ community. Each conference session that I attended was totally different from the last, and presented a perspective that was specific to the lenses and experiences of that […]
Bi Visibility Day is coming up on September 23. First observed in 1999, Bi Visibility Day is an international call to recognise and celebrate the history, community, and culture of being bisexual+. Hot on the heels of last month’s discussions of biphobia, I talked to Bisexual+ Community Perth members about why bi visibility is important […]
Levels of psychological distress for bi+ people are second only to the transgender community. Perth’s Bisexual+ Community is working to change that. Fighting stigma and bi-invisibility, coordinators of Bisexual+ Community Perth have plans for a Bi Visibility Day event and a memorable float in the Pride Parade. In turn, they need the help of the […]
TransFolk of WA are putting on a fun filled event with lots of entertainment to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Saturday March 31st. Get your dancing shoes on for local band Rokchix who will be playing homage to the original Rock Chicks with their saucy, glam style of Rock and Roll. Australian Slam […]
Researcher and human rights advocate Misty Farquhar joined Graeme Watson and Leigh Hill for the latest installment of our podcast So Loquacious. The discussion covered LGBTIQ rights around the globe including recent developments in Indonesia, bi-erasure by the queer rest of the LGTIQ community, the recent international gay and lesbian conference in Thailand, and the […]
Blizzard Entertainment, the gaming giants behind the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series have revealed they will be including openly LGBT characters in their latest venture, Overwatch. The first-person shooter, released in May this year, has been immensly successful – reporting over 7 million users within a week of its launch. Overwatch’s lead writer Michael Chu says that an upcoming […]
