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The Western Australian AIDS Council is welcoming suggestions for a new name for the organisation. More than 30 years after the organisation was formed its operations have grown to encompass a wide range of activities, many of which are not represented by their current name. In a video explaining their desire to rebrand the organisation […]
Tags: AIDS, HIV, WA AIDS Council, WAAC, Western Australia
1 Mar 2020 /
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Perth based musician Philip La Rosa has a brand new track and it’s one filled with romance. Paradise builds on the success his viral single Pride which was released in 2016. After collaborating the Banton Brothers, La Rosa released the single Drowning, which was produced by ARIA winning Taka Perry, to coincide with Mental Health Day 2018, […]
Tags: gay, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, music, Paradise, Perth, Philip La Rosa, queer, Relationship, romance, Same-Sex, Valentines Day, Western Australia
14 Feb 2020 |
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This week marks one year since Australia said YES to marriage equality. In a little over a month’s time, it’ll be a full year since the federal parliament finally passed the laws allowing same-sex couples to wed. While same sex couples have been able to move forward, plan weddings and celebrate their relationships – transgender […]
Tags: divorce, marriage equality, Politics, transgender, WApol, Western Australia
12 Nov 2018 |
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The Sisters’ Song by Louise Allan Allen & Unwin Although she now lives in Perth, Louise Allan grew up in Tasmania and this is where she sets her debut novel. Starting in 1926, when a meal could be made of bread and dripping and baths were a once a week occurrence, it follows the lives […]
Tags: Bibliophile, book, Lezly Herbert, Literature, louise allan, novel, Tasmania, the sisters' song, Western Australia
12 Jan 2018 |
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The Western Australian government has announced it will be providing $120,000 for the development of a LGBTI health strategy. Co-ordinated through the Department of Health, the strategy will provide a framework to raise awareness of the specific health and mental health challenges of LGBTI people. The funding will be used to engage relevant stakeholders and […]
Tags: Alanna Clohesy, Bisexual, fuding, gay, Health, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Mental Health, queer, Roger Cook, trans*, transgender, Western Australia
30 Nov 2017 |
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Update 25-11-17 11:49 : A spokesman for Pride WA has told OUTinPerth they have reversed their decision banning Rainbows for Refugees from participating in the Pride Parade. Update 25-11-17 13:34: Events company ESP have clarified that the decision to ban the Refuge Rights Action Network’s entry ‘Rainbows for Refugees’ from the Pride Parade was made […]
Tags: banned, Manus Island, outrage, Perth, Petrina Harley, Pride, Pride WA, refugees, Western Australia
25 Nov 2017 |
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A 20-year-old Geraldton man’s night celebrating the recent ‘Yes’ result of the marriage postal survey had a violent end when he was assaulted after leaving a nightclub. Geraldton’s popular Vibe Nightclub cancelled its regular ‘Ladies Night’ to host a celebration of the postal survey coming down in favour of marriage equality. Stewart Whiteaker decided to […]
Tags: abuse, assault, gay, Geraldton, police, slur, Stewart Whiteaker, WA, Western Australia
24 Nov 2017 |
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Australians have voiced their support for marriage equality with 61.6 per cent of people taking part in the marriage postal survey on marriage ticking the YES box on their survey forms. Every state has voted in favour of change. Support was strongest in the Australian Capital Territory where 74 per cent of people voted ‘Yes’. […]
Tags: Andrew Hastie, Ian Goodenough, Julie Bishop, Marriage, marriage equality, Same Sex Marriage, Western Australia
15 Nov 2017 |
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Advocates for Western Australia’s LGBT community have launched a campaign to repeal the last piece of anti-homosexual legislation under State law. They are calling on the McGowan Government to close a loophole in the State’s Equal Opportunity Act which allows private schools to sack LGBTI teachers, expel LGBTI students and refuse to enrol children from […]
Tags: Alison Xamon, Bisexual, Brian Greig, discrimination, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Mark McGowan, Maxine Drake, Michelle Davis, queer, schools, trans*, transgender, Western Australia
9 Nov 2017 |
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Premier Mark McGowan entered the auditorium at the WA Labor conference in late August to thunderous applause from the party faithful. At the state election in February McGowan lead the party to a resounding victory, delivering a landslide result that obliterated the longstanding Barnett Liberal government, and this was the party’s moment to celebrate that […]
Tags: Coalition for Marriage, crystal meth, homelessness, It's Time, Labor, Living Proud, Mark McGowan, marriage equality, meth, methamphetamine, Premier, safe schools, Same Sex Marriage, Western Australia
26 Sep 2017 |
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