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| Glam Night of Nights |
| Perth’s LGBT community gathered at Novotel Langley’s Riverside Ballroom on Saturday, August 28 to celebrate the second annual Pride Ball and Glammy awards. The MASKerade theme encouraged some fantastic costumes, with Kitty Hawkins of Gay and Lesbian Equality (WA) taking home the prize for best mask. The Glammy awards recognise ... |
| Thousands Rally for Marriage Equality |
| ‘Vote with your genitals’ was the flamboyant message from Perth icon Patti Chong heard by over 1,000 people at the Equal Love marriage equality rally on August 14 at Forest Place. Chong, a high-profile lawyer in Perth announced this mandate during the rally, met by a cry of laughter and ... |
| Regional Services Lacking |
| Rural LGBT communities still lack adequate health services and face limited access to the same level of help offered in urban areas of Australia, a health services executive has said. Country Awareness Network (CAN) Executive Officer Adam Wright said it depended on location and circumstances as ‘some regions may be blessed ... |
| Australia Urged to Act Now on Human Rights |
| Australia’s leading human rights organisation has pushed for same-sex marriage and federal LGBTI anti-discrimination laws in a comprehensive review compiled for the United Nations. The Australian Human Rights Commission released the report last month and has lodged it with the UN Human Rights Council for review in January 2011. This will be ... |
| Local News Briefs - September |
| FC Gearing up For Pride In the lead-up to Pride, the Freedom Centre will change some of their key monthly events to prepare for an exhibition expected in late October. The monthly Guyspace and Girlspace nights have gone to make way for the CREATE evenings in September to generate pieces ... |
| National News Briefs - September |
| Killer Convicted after 19 Years A man who brutally bashed a gay man almost two decades ago was jailed for at least 11-and-a-half years. 47-year-old Paul Darcy Armstrong was sentenced on Thursday August 12 in the NSW Supreme Court after a jury found him guilty, AAP reported. In September 1991, ... |
| Family First Candidate Calls Homosexuals ‘Diseased’ |
| 11 August A Family First candidate in Western Australia has angered the gay community, having said the minority were a ‘diseased group’. Family First candidate for Hasluck Jim McCourt expressed his views at a community forum held at Woodlupine Family Centre on August 9 for residents to meet their potential representative members. McCourt’s ... |
| Aged Care Facilities Urged to Adopt GLBTI Guidelines |
| Community members and professionals gathered on July 12 for the launch of a groundbreaking report by the GLBTI Retirement Association Inc (GRAI). The report titled We Don’t Have Any Of Those People Here: Retirement Accommodation & Aged Care Issues for Non-Heterosexual Populations is the result of many years planning and ... |
| Out in The Cold- Homeless Doing it Tough this Winter |
| This July has been one of the coldest on record, making the streets a rougher place to sleep, but a combination of strategies have raised community awareness in recent weeks, potentially making the winter easier for thousands of homeless people. The recent Vinnies CEO Sleepout, which invited company executives to ... |
| Marriage Ban Stands Six Years On |
| Candy is meant to be one of the traditional gifts to celebrate an anniversary of six years, however there’s nothing sweet about the sixth anniversary of the same-sex marriage ban this month. On August 13 six years ago, the Australian Parliament introduced legislation that would cement the inequities of LGBT relationships ... |
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