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UPDATE: PrideFEST Soiree @ UWA has been postponed due to bad weather. Stay tuned for a new date. Pride WA’s 2020 PrideFEST celebrations are kicking off this weekend, with a selection of events at the University of Western Australia. Join WA’s LGBTQIA+ communities for a series of discussions all day long at the UWA Club […]
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10 Nov 2020 /
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Amnesty International LGBTQIA+ Action Group in Perth have written to WA MPs, urging for the continuation of the Inclusive Education WA (IEWA) program. Earlier this month, OUTinPerth reported that funding for IEWA, WA’s rebranded version of the Safe Schools program, was due to come to an end on October 31st 2020. WA Education Minister Sue Ellery […]
Tags: amnesty wa, IEWA, inclusive education wa, Sue Ellery, WA AIDS Council
22 Oct 2020 |
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Inclusive Education WA (IEWA), Western Australia’s rebranded version of the Safe Schools program, will no longer be funded after October 31st 2020. In 2018, the program announced a new name following criticism from conservative groups after its initial launch, state election campaigns and throughout the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. The WA Department of Education has confirmed that the […]
Tags: Brian Greig, catherine shepard, dave kelly, department of education, inclusive education wa, Lisa Dobrin, Mark McGowan, Sue Ellery, transfolk of wa, WA AIDS Council, WAAC, youth pride network
9 Oct 2020 |
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The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) have announced they have recommitted to their partnership with Perth Steam Works, as the queer men’s venue reopens after months of lockdown. The project is an extension of WAAC’s M Clinic, which provides free, confidential and inclusive STI testing for all LGBTIQ+ people in Western Australia. Perth Steam Works owner […]
Tags: Lisa Dobrin, M Clinic, mike drummond, perth steam works, sex, sexual health, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
13 Aug 2020 |
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The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) has launched a major sexual health online campaign to target the alarming rise in syphilis infections in Perth and elsewhere in Western Australia. The educational digital campaign – Syphilis is Making a Comeback – is aimed at preventing new infections of the sexually transmitted disease, and has been prompted following […]
Tags: Lisa Dobrin, STI, syphilis, WA AIDS Council
7 Aug 2020 |
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LGBTIQ+ venues are finally emerging from lockdown limbo, and Perth Steam Works is ready to return with an all-new look this Saturday. A fixture of Perth’s LGBTIQ+ community for 25 years, Perth Steam Works found a new owner in Michael Drummond earlier this year, and the new team have overseen massive renovations to the space […]
Tags: M Clinic, mike drummond, perth steam works, Steam Works, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
31 Jul 2020 |
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Local LGBTIQ+ support organisations Living Proud and the WA AIDS Council (WAAC) have joined forces on a new LGBTIQA+ youth counselling service, available free of charge. Created in response to COVID-19, the two not-for-profit groups have created the service for young people between the ages of 14 and 26 who are seeking support with issues […]
Tags: counselling, lena van hale, Lisa Dobrin, Living Proud, Mental Health, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
25 Jun 2020 |
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The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) has waived its fees on remote counselling services, improving access to mental health services for LGBTIQ+ folks in a COVID-19 world. WAAC has also launched an online campaign in conjuction with this initiative, targeting LGBTIQ+ people in rural WA, and raising awareness of their counselling services for people living with […]
Tags: Lisa Dobrin, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
14 May 2020 |
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Why are we still lighting candles for people who died of AIDS? Globally UNAIDS reported in July 2019 that approximately 1.7 million acquired HIV and approximately 800,000 people died of AIDS in 2018. Our response to COVID-19 makes sense because we know what happens when we choose not to care and ignore public health threats, […]
Tags: AIDS, AIDS candlelight memorial, HIV, PLHIV, POWA, Sister's of Perpetual Indulgence, WA AIDS Council
11 May 2020 |
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Proposed laws to forcibly test prisoners for HIV have no basis in science, perpetuate stigma, and should be referred to a parliamentary committee, according to the West Australian AIDS Council and National Association for People with HIV Australia. Under laws set to be introduced to the WA Parliament’s Legislative Council on Tuesday, a prisoner who […]
Tags: Fran Logan, Mark McGowan, NAPWHA, WA AIDS Council
11 May 2020 |
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