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Health Minister Roger Cook has told Triple J’s Hack program that he will review Western Australia’s laws to see if there is a need for legislation to protect people from so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’. Gay conversion therapy, or reparative therapy, is courses or counselling methodologies that claim they can alter a person’s sexuality, usually involving a desire […]
Tags: ACL, ACT, Andrew Barr, asexual, Australian Capital, Australian Christian Lobby, Australian Medical Association, Bisexual, discrimination, doctors, Dr Margaret Mayman, gay, gay conversion therapy, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Lyle Shelton, medical, Pansy Lai, queer, Roger Cook, Rozangela Justino, trans*, transgender, WA, Waldemar de Carvalho, Western Australia
24 Sep 2017 |
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A new Galaxy poll shows that almost 60% of Western Australians want marriage equality to be a reality. The poll which was commissioned by The Sunday Times asked respondents how they would vote if a plebiscite was held today and 59% said they would be in favour of same-sex couples being allowed to marry. Thirty […]
Tags: AME, Australian Marriage Equality, Bisexual, equality, galaxy, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Marriage, marriage equality, plebsicite, poll, queer, ReachTel, Same Sex Marriage, Teirnan Brady, traditional marriage, trans*, transgender, Western Australia, yes
30 Jul 2017 |
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The Western Australian Liberal due to replace outgoing Senator Chris Back has said he would vote against marriage equality in parliament, despite whatever result a plebiscite may yield. Slade Brockman, former chief of staff to Finance Minister Matias Cormann, was endorsed by the Liberal party’s state council over the weekend, and is likely to be […]
Tags: AusPol, Australia, Chris Back, Liberal, marriage equality, plebiscite, Politics, slade brockman, WA, Western Australia
26 Jul 2017 |
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Liberal MP Joe Francis has conceded defeat after failing to secure enough votes to keep in parliament. The Minister for Emergency Services, Veterans, Fisheries and Corrective Services had hoped to scrape over the line but as counting of the votes progressed his opponent Labor’s Yaz Mubarakai surged ahead. On election night there had been speculation that […]
Tags: Election, Jandakot, Joe Francis, Liberal, safe schools, Western Australia
14 Mar 2017 |
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Joe Francis voices opposition to Safe Schools Liberal MP Joe Francis appeared on Perth radio station 6PR earlier this week saying politicians should always tell the truth, but advocates for the Safe Schools anti-bullying program say Francis and other Liberal MP’s are not being honest when they describe the program. Labor and The Greens have […]
Tags: 6PR, Andrew Burry, Colin Barnett, Election, four year old, Jandakot, Jo Hirst, Joe Francis, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Peter Abetz, queer, safe schools, Save Safe Schools WA, Southern River, State Election, The Gender Fairy, Two virginities, WA AIDS Council, Western Australia
9 Mar 2017 |
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Labor’s Mark McGowan has voiced his support for the introduction of civil unions in Western Australia and Premier Colin Barnett has said his party would allow a conscience vote on the issue if it was brought before the parliament. Members of the LGBTIQ community have called on whoever forms the next Western Australian government to […]
Tags: AusPol, Brian Greig, Civil Unions, Colin Barnett, Damian Douglas-Meyer, Election, Graham Douglas-Meyer, Mark McGowan, Marriage, marriage equality, Western Australia
3 Mar 2017 |
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OUTinPerth is enjoying a rapidly growing audience with 34,920 session logged on the publication’s website last week. Our story on Michelle Meyers the One Nation candidate who expressed a view about the gay community having Nazi styled covert mind control powers was one of the big stories of the week. The report was covered news […]
Tags: Advertising, Audience, gay, Lesbian, LGBT, OUTinPerth, Western Australia
21 Feb 2017 |
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It seems like everyday there’s another story about a One Nation candidate expressing racist and homophobic views. In recent days OUTinPerth revealed Bateman candidate Michelle Meyers had concerns about a Nazi styled mind control program. The Australian reported on Ross Slater in Murray-Wellington‘s belief that marriage equality would lead to brothers and sisters wanting to […]
Tags: AusPol, Election, election 2017, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Lynn MacLaren, Michelle Meyers, One Nation, queer, Richard Eldridge, Ross Slater, The Greens, trans*, transgender, WA, Western Australia
17 Feb 2017 |
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Earlier this year we published an interview with Perth Abetz MLA, the member for Southern River, who outlined his opposition to marriage equality and his concerns about the Safe Schools program. In our December issue we hear from one of the aspiring politicians who hopes to unseat Abetz at the 2017 state election. Terry Healy wants […]
Tags: Dennis Liddlelow, Election2017, Labor, Marriage, marriage equality, Peter Abetz, safe schools, Southern River, State Election, Stephen Dawson, Terry Healy, Western Australia
18 Dec 2016 |
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Local Perth musical duo Mosquito Coast have just finished their debut EP Television Love and it’s out this Friday via their website and online stores. Naomi Robinson and Conor Barton were just 17-years-old when they caught the attention of fans, tastemakers and the music biz after winning triple j’s Unearthed High 2015 and placing #101 in […]
Tags: Conor Barton, Mosquito Coast, music, Naomi Robinson, Television Love, Western Australia
13 Dec 2016 |
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