The Westside Observer was for many years the source of news and information for Perth’s LGBTIQ+ communities. When it was launched in 1988 the A5 sized magazine cost $2 a copy, but the cover price was abandoned not long after.

Back in the late 1980s, when homosexuality was still officially illegal in Western Australia, you could only pick up queer press in venues like Connections, The Red Lion and a few adult shops.

To pay for the magazine, readers were asked to put their $2 into a cash jar that sat alongside each stack of the latest issue.

On the 11th May 1989 there was an incident at Arpi’s Theatre Bar at the Perth Concert Hall, the bar was a popular haunt for the LGBTIQ+ community.

Staff noticed the cash tin for the magazine had suddenly disappeared, suspicion turned to a woman and her male companion who had been sitting nearby.

Staff confronted the woman in the venue’s bathroom where she was found with the missing cash tin. She threatened them with a syringe claiming it was infected with HIV.

Police arrived and arrested the pair, they later pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the offence. A week later the cash tin at Connections Nightclub was also stolen, but on this occasion the culprit got away.

In the pages of the June edition of the Westside Observer the incident was reported, in the article the author laments “This sort of conduct should be frowned on by the gay community, it’s not only stealing, but stealing from ‘family’.”

The author also asserted that more needed to be done to stop reinforcing negative images of the community in the eyes of the police and the general public.

Shortly after these incidents the business model for LGBTIQ+ publishing changed, the magazine dropped its cover charge and became free for anyone who wanted a copy.

A value that has continued to this day through the Westside Observer, shOUT, and now OUTinPerth – where there are still no paywalls.

You can always drop some money in our digital cash box though, by signing up to Patreon or giving to our GoFundMe.

Australian actor Frank Thring was born on this day in 1926

Frank Thring was born in Melbourne in 1926, while he was known as Frank Thring Jr in his youth, he was actually Francis William Thring IV, his father, grandfather and great grandfather all having carried the same name.

His father was a film producer in the 1920s, notably producing the silent feature The Sentimental Bloke, and the younger Thring appeared in the film. Sadly Frank Thring III passed away in 1936, when his son was just 10 years old. The family operated Melbourne radio station 3XY, and as a fifteen year old young Frank began working at the station as a thespian and an announcer.

After serving in the airforce during World War II, in 1945 Frank began acting on stage, and within a decade he was staring in shows in London’s West End. He then made the move to Hollywood and some of his most memorable roles including playing Pontius Pilate in the 1959 film Ben Hur, and as Al Kadir, Emir of Valencia in El Cid. 

He acted in films, theatre and television over the next several decades including appearing in Against the Wind, Bodyline, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

He was known for his flamboyant persona, and was a regular guest on chat shows, where he regaled audiences with his storytelling skills. He also wrote a regular column in TV Week. He almost always dressed in black, his collar upturned, and a large medallion around his neck.

He married actress Joan Cunliffe in the 1950s but it ended in divorce. She would go on to be the manager of both Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn. Frank Thring died from oesophagal cancer in 1994, he was 68 years old.

Take a look at Frank Thring proving to be a challenging guest for Craig McLaughlin, who was filling on for Steve Vizard, on an edition of Tonight Live in the early 1990’s. The language and comedy is of its time.  

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New website

We’ve worked with the amazing web developer Miles Burke to develop a site that is designed for sharing engaging news in today’s busy environment.    

The new website is optimised for web, smartphone, and tablet, ensuring even more articles on the latest LGBTIQA+ news, politics, culture, community and health are on the front page and at your fingertips.

Though we’ve got a new look, our mission remains to shine a spotlight on the brilliance of our community. Stories about the myriad local sporting clubs, hobby groups and support organisations have a dedicated home on the new front page.

If you have a story to tell, achievement to celebrate or opinion to share, you can contact us any time at editor@outinperth.com

Support for local community groups

To celebrate the launch – we’re excited to reveal that unfunded community groups are now eligible for FREE community listings.

Premium content coming soon

In the coming weeks we’ll also launch a premium content section which will feature access to competitions, special events, deeper-dive articles, and more video content.

We’ve always been committed to providing news and community info without paywalls and will remain true to this goal. We did however want to give something extra to readers who can help support OUTinPerth financially. 

Our new look

A big part of our redevelopment was giving a refresh to our logo and branding.

We were pleased to work with the brilliant Scott Cain at MonkeyFern to come up with a new logo that features a spectrum of colour; a nod to the diversity found in gender and sexuality, with a wink to our old logo.

Serving our community since 2002

These are just the first of many announcements as our publication enters an exciting new era.

OUTinPerth will celebrate 22 years of serving WA’s LGBTIQA+ communities this July.

Since taking over operations in 2017, we have been consistently blown away by the trust, kindness and support afford to us by our community and our readers.

That’s why we made a conscious decision to keep our name for this rebrand. While our national and international audiences continue to grow, we are so proud to create this publication right here on beautiful Whadjuk Noongar Country.

We’re OUTinPerth. We’re something different.

Thank you for your support.

Graeme Watson and Leigh Andrew Hill

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This year OUTinPerth is marking its 20th birthday. Launched as a free street press magazine in July 2002, the publication remained in print until 2019 when it transformed to a fully digital model.

In this series of posts we look back at individual issues of the magazine and see what was happening in our community in years gone by.

In August 2004 Q Fest was on the cover, alongside an advertisement promoting the upcoming launch of Perth’s Pride Festival, that year the theme of the festival was ‘Skin’. Q Fest was a celebration taking part in the town of Cue.

Inside editor Paul Bluett addressed a recent complaint to the magazine. A reader had called up the office and voiced their displeasure that the previous issue had featured several stories about HIV.

The reader argued that if straight people picked up the magazine they would assume that “all gays had AIDS”. Bluett understandably was having none of it, dedicating the editorial to highlighting the importance of HIV education and prevention.

In the news there was an article on University of Sydney researcher Jackie Mikulsky, who was seeking high school aged LGBTIQA+ people to share their experiences of secondary education, with a view to promote better inclusion practices in the future.

Lobby group the Equal Rights Network welcomed the news that Superannuation providers would be required to recognise same-sex partners following a recent change in government legislation.

The Howard government was also attempting to rush through legislation to change the Marriage Act, reframing the legislation to distinctly say the marriage could only between a man and a woman. The legislation would eventually pass and remain in place until 2017.

Western Australia’s state government were preparing to conduct a review into the state’s anti-vilification laws. Brian Greig, who was a federal senator for The Democrats at the time, argued that the legislation should also include vilification against LGBT people.

The local community was getting excited at the prospect of a new LGBT venue opening in Northbridge. A liquor license had just been granted for Eurobar, which would later open on the Lake and Aberdeen Streets in Northbridge.

Community organisation Prime Timers celebrated their first birthday, while Gay and Lesbian Community Services (GLCS) marked their 30th anniversary. Today they are known as Living Proud.

In sad news, people mourned the death of John Kable who had volunteered with many local groups including the WA AIDS Council and Spectrum WA – a social and support group for gay Asian men and their friends. Kable had passed away a few weeks earlier following a battle with cancer.

Comedian Margaret Cho was interviewed, she’d gone on to chat with OUTinPerth many times over the years. Cho was promoting her latest DVD but told fans she hoped to make it back to Australia in 2005.

Connections show of the month was The Anastasia Show featuring Delta, Kandi, Barbie and Titanica.

In the music section we were listening to The Cure’s new album, and also loving Jamie Callum, Buffalo Daughter and Avril Lavigne. Newcomer Katie Melua didn’t impress our reviewers with her songs being described as forgettable before they’ve even finished playing.

There was also a footy tipping competition being run between several local identities, their winnings going to local charities. At Round 17 of the competition Ruth Wykes from Women Out West (WOW) magazine was one point ahead of Trish Langdon, the CEO of the WA AIDS Council. Years later we brought back a footy tipping competition, current co-editor Graeme Watson has described it as the dumbest idea he’s ever had.

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OUTinPerth is one of many small and independent publishers to benefit from new funding from Google via commercial deals negotiated by Andrew Forrest’s philanthropic Minderoo Foundation.

With permission from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Minderoo’s Frontier Technology initiative coordinated negotiations between Google and twenty four independent publishers around Australia. The agreement comes after the introduction of the federal government’s news media bargaining code.

Frontier Technology Senior Policy Adviser Emma McDonald said the agreement is a landmark in independent journalism.

“We’re delighted Google recognises the value these publishers deliver to their communities,” McDonald said.

“This deal has been negotiated in good faith over the past six months, culminating in a landmark agreement for independent journalism.

“These publishers are working hard to produce important public interest journalism, including in rural and outer urban areas, and with multicultural and LGBTQI+ communities.

“Without them, the news they publish would often not be reported, and the Australian public would lose an important service.”

The agreement comes after the introduction of the Australian government’s news media bargaining code. Google’s Head of ANZ News Partnerships Shilpa Jhunjhunwala said the company had worked with the Minderoo Foundation to “identify a broad set of solutions for a diverse group of publishers.”

Alongside OUTinPerth the new agreement also covers Australia’s other leading LGBTIQA+ publishers Star Observer and QNews, as well as many other valuable news services including Australian Jewish News, Perth is OK, Time Out, Arts Hub, Cosmos Magazine, The Music and ProBono Australia.

OUTinPerth co-editor and co-owner Graeme Watson said the publication was looking forward to working with Google to take LGBTIQA+ publishing in Australia to the next level.

“This is a significant milestone in queer publishing in Australia and it’s been great to work with our colleagues at QNews and Star Observer, as well as the outstanding team at Minderoo Foundation,” Watson said.

“As OUTinPerth enters its third decade, we look forward to collaborating with Google to transform and show innovation in public interest journalism and community building within the LGBTIQA+ communities.”

Fellow co-editor and co-owner Leigh Andrew Hill adds that the recent election headlines showed just how important it is to make sure queer voices are heard when our lives are the focus of legislation and political campaigns.

“There’s no doubt LGBTQIA+ rights have improved since OUTinPerth kicked off in 2002, but there’s still so much work to be done and it’s fantastic that Google are helping keep platforms like QNews, Star Observer and ourselves up and running.”

“We can’t wait to get to get to work and find new ways to uplift and amplify LGBTQIA+ voices, and make sure the west coast as well as rural and regional WA have a seat at the table!”

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Five years ago today, OUTinPerth came back to life after a 10-day hiatus, when the news stopped being reported and the website fell silent.

Just over a week earlier the OUTinPerth team were hard at work preparing the magazine’s June edition, and updating the website and social media channels, when they received an unexpected call.

It was a liquidator. The company that owned the publication had gone under, the liquidator was calling to break the news that we were all immediately unemployed. Soon after representatives from the management arrived and we had just minutes to leave the premises, potentially for the last time.

We did what most people do when you lose your job and discover there’s not even a final pay check – we went to the pub, and ordered several rounds of drinks. Thankfully Bree Maddox paid for them all, cause we were both wondering how we’d pay our rent or mortgages the next week.

That was Tuesday, Wednesday was a blur. Frustratingly there was important news for the community, but we couldn’t share it. On Thursday editor Graeme Watson called then-journalist Leigh Andrew Hill and suggested a crazy idea, “What if we ask if we can buy OUTinPerth?”

We went and asked the liquidator if that was a possibility, On Monday they got back to us and told us there had been quite a few publishers interested in the magazine. If we were interested in putting in a bid, it needed to be submitted by 5pm Tuesday, it had to be a five figure bid, and you had to be able to transfer the cash by the following day.

As we were wondering how to pay the rent and our bills, it’s clear that neither of us had the required $10,000+ bid. We worried about the servers being switched off, years of work disappearing, we worried about someone else taking over the publication we’d put our heart and souls into for many years, and changing it into something else.

We asked friends and family if they had any money to spare, “This could be classed as the rainy day you’ve always worried about?”. In 24 hours we’d raised just enough to put slightly more than the minimum a bid, we sent it in. Then we realised it also had to include GST, and we had to go searching for a little more.

“Tuesday night was unbearable. I couldn’t do anything constructive.” Graeme recalls. “On Wednesday at 11am the liquidator called and broke the news, there had been several bids, but we were the top bid. We now owned OUTinPerth’s intellectual property.”

“Within 7 days we’d gone from the news of sudden unemployment, to owning the magazine and website we had been working for,” Leigh adds.

“It had been a rollercoaster ride. We stopped and looked at each other and thought… what have we done! ”

Our first task of business was create a new company to manage OUTinPerth. It’s really hard to come up with a company name. You want something meaningful, but you also want to be able to buy the web domain for $9.90 if possible. After a lot of brainstorming we named our new entity Speirins Media.

The word ‘spierins’ is Gaelic. It means News or Information. Not so much in the formal journalism sense, more in the chat you have with your neighbour over the fence. We chose a Gaelic word to note our shared Scottish ancestry, and the support of our individual families who encouraged us to embark on this journey.

OUTinPerth was out of action for 10 days in 2016. We only missed one edition of the printed magazine, returning to production in July 2016 and we brought out an edition every four weeks up until its retirement in January 2019.

Since relaunching 3.5 million unique sessions have been logged on the website, and we’ve published thousands of stories about news, culture, arts, the local communities, and a wide array of other topics from a queer, West Australian perspective.

Surviving the last five years has come with a mountain of help from our readers who have contributed to GoFundMe campaigns and signed up to Patreon to provide financial support. Local businesses have chosen us to help promote their services and brought much needed funds to allow us to operate. We’re still going strong today thanks to your generous support and donations. We can’t thank you enough.

Along the way, we’ve broken some major news stories that have gone on to be covered by the mainstream media both in Australia and internationally. We’ve covered Australia’s historic fight for marriage equality, and provided much needed balance to national discourse surrounding transgender rights, which is too often led by conservative publications who willfully ignore medical experts and the lived experience of trans and gender diverse Australians.

We made the transformation to being digital only in the beginning of 2019. At the time our cloud-based, digital nomad, work-from-home model seemed unusual to many people. Twelve months later as the world went into lockdown, everyone was asking us for tips!

Over the last five years we’ve won awards for our reporting, spoken at major events, lectured at universities, and been called on to provide comment on important issues to the LGBTQIA+ communities on radio and television.

Our greatest reward, however, has been the individual stories people have told us, whether through interviews, collaborations, or just readers individual experiences they’ve shared with us about coming out, finding family and community, or finding their voice.

Today we celebrate 5 years. The truth is, in the midst of COVID-19 and post-JobKeeper, it’s never been harder to secure advertising in a queer publication, and while large media companies are signing deals with search engines and social media companies, small independent media companies are still doing it tough.

Today Speirins Media is five, and next year OUTinPerth will mark its 20th anniversary of serving LGBTQIA+ communities in Perth, WA and across Australia. Onwards we go!

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Rights advocates say Labor’s national conference has improved its LGBTIQ platform but failed to include key reforms, relegating them to the status of resolutions.

The draft national platform submitted to Labor’s national conference at the end of March erased many of the LGBTIQ commitments from previous platforms.

After lobbying from just.equal and Rainbow Labor it is understood some LGBTIQ commitments were re-instituted, including vilification protections, improvements to the Fair Work Act, references to HIV, and recognition of LGBTIQ homelessness and mental health issues.

But key reforms such as banning coercive intersex surgeries, improved access to health care for trans folk, and better discrimination protections for LGBTIQ school students were not included. Instead, it appears they were included in conference resolutions that have less clout.

Just.equal spokesperson, Rodney Croome, said it’s disappointing that the party had stripped so many issues from their official document.

“So many commitments were stripped from Labor’s platform and so few have been put back in, that it feels like the LGBTIQ community has been short changed.”

“I congratulate Rainbow Labor for getting as much as it could from the ALP national conference, but there is clearly resistance within some sections of the Labor Party to full-throated support for LGBTIQ equality.”

“Labor is yet to stand clearly and firmly against the resurgent prejudice experienced by LGBTIQ Australians ever since the marriage postal survey, and the longer it delays the more vulnerable LGBTIQ people will suffer.”

Croome said the next opportunity for Labor to show its allyship was in its election policies.

“Labor has another chance before the election to show LGBTIQ Australians its support for inclusion and equality when it issues its election policies.”

“We will be watching closely to see if it issues LGBTIQ election policies that address the full range of community concerns.”

In a 2019 interview with OUTinPerth, shortly after he became the Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese outlined his desire to dramatically reduce Policy Statement saying the party had more chance of electoral success if it had a much simpler and straight forward policy agenda.

“At the moment the ALP platform is about 340 pages long. Nobody is reading 340 pages. You’ve got to go online to find it.” Albanese said as the party looked over it’s unexpected election defeat.

The Labor leader said removing large chunks of the policy platform was a regular process.

“It happened after the ’96 election, it happened after the ’04 election – it happens every 10 years, people add things in, nothing gets taken out, it gets bigger and bigger.” he told OUTinPerth.

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In 2020 over 500,000 page views were clocked on OUTinPerth.com and 1,418 stories were published, but some stood out from the crowd.

Here’s the 10 most read stories of the last year.

10. Drag queen falls asleep on Facebook Live for three hours; Twitter responds

15th April, 2020

Florida drag performer Anahi Santos became globally famous for the most unexpected reason. During a live stream the performer dozed off leaving fans watching on as she snoozed. After performing a song, Santos sat down for a chat with her viewers on Facebook Live, and then quickly drifted off to sleep. Santos remained asleep for the majority of the live stream, which is about 3 hours long.

Read the story.

9. Climate change protesters take to stage at official Fringe World launch

16th January, 2020

Local queer artists crashed the official Fringe World launch urging for action on climate change and protesting the festival’s partnership with Woodside. Performers Ash Traylia, Petro Vouris and Noemie Huttner-Koros took to the stage, calling for those attending to remember that they stood on the land of indigenous peoples.

Read the story. 

8. Cricketer Kane Richardson breaks silence over Marcus Stoinis gay slur

12th January, 2020

Cricketer Kane Richardson broke his silence over an incident which saw fellow Australian cricketer Marcus Stoinis fined for using a gay slur during a game. The pair were playing against each other in different teams as part of the Big Bash League. They are known to have a healthy on-field rivalry, but Richardson said the outburst from Stoinis was unexpected.

Read the story. 

7. Petition for Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas to stand down gains traction

6. Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas: “If you have a penis, you’re a man”

28th and 29th October, 2020

Perth’s new Lord Mayor shared his thoughts on trans, gender diverse and intersex bodies and identities, telling listeners of his radio show “If you’ve got a penis, mate, you’re a bloke. If you’ve got a vagina, you’re a woman.” The comments kicked off weeks of controversy for the newly elected Lord Mayor who repeatedly apologised for his statement.  Read the story.

Within hours of OUTinPerth breaking the story there were calls for the Lord Mayor to step down and the Pride Festival to be relocated to the City of Subiaco. Read the story.

5. Indonesian bill calls for LGBTI people to report for “rehabilitation”

21st February, 2020

LGBTI rights activists have expressed alarm at a bill being considered by the Indonesian parliament. The proposal calls for LGBT people to report to authorities for rehabilitation.

A draft “family resilience” bill has been proposed by members of the House of Representatives of Indonesia. The draft law defines homosexuality as a deviance which poses a threat to families, and requires LGBTQ people to report to authorities for rehabilitation, and their families to report LGBTIQ people to agencies handling “family resilience”.

Read the story.

4. Fans turn on Black Panther’s Letitia Wright for sharing transphobic video

5th December, 2020

Actor Letitia Wright, best known for her involvement in the film Black Panther, faced a backlash from fans after she shared a video on social media that promoted transphobia, COVID-19 conspiracy claims, and anti-vaxer views.  

Read the story.

3. ‘You Can’t Ask That’ explores nudism

23rd March, 2020

One episode of the fifth season of TV show You Can’t Ask That caught everyone’s attention when they focused on nudism. The episode was widely criticised by conservative commentators prior to airing who argued the topic is not suitable for a government funded broadcaster.

Read the story. 

2. Pauline Hanson calls for young transgender children to be removed from parents

19th August , 2020

In an online interview One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said parents of young children who believe their child might be transgender should have their children taken off them.

Senator Hanson appeared on the online political discussion program Pellowe Talk to chat about the Queensland government’s recent passing of a bill that outlawed gay conversion therapy. Senator Hanson said she would never support such a ban, and the calls for outlawing the practice only came from a few people who were gay.

The politician went on to share her views on transgender youth, saying she was sick of the letters that described sexuality and gender, before calling for children who believe they are transgender to be removed from supportive parents.

Read the story. 

1. Australian Christian Lobby says Black Lives Matter is anti-Christ

11th June, 2020

The Australian Christian Lobby voiced its opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement describing it as the opposite of what Christians stand for, while linking the movement to a long list of other issues. In the group’s latest email to its followers, ACL Managing Director Martyn Iles says he’s on a mission to expose the political movement as a front for other political beliefs including “queer-affirmation”.

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OUTinPerth was recognised for our contribution to supporting mental health in Western Australia at the 2020 Mental Health Awards.

Co-editors Leigh Andrew Hill and Graeme Watson were presented with the WA Mental Health News Media Award for outstanding news reporting, contributing to mental health in WA.

The awards were held at a glamorous ceremony at Perth’s Hyatt Regency Hotel and honoured community groups, health professionals and individuals who have demonstrated mental health excellence, innovation, and initiative to improving people’s mental health.

Host Di Darmody said since its inception in 2002, OUTinPerth has kept WA’s LGBTIQ+ community connected as the state’s only dedicated and independent LGBTIQ+ publication.

“OUTinPerth’s team take careful consideration with any story into mental health ensuring Mindframe guidelines are adhered to, providing balanced opinions when necessary, and not giving hateful or pseudo-scientific views a platform without challenge.

“The publication is dedicated to ensuring that the LGBTIQ+ community have the best possible information at hand to make sure they know where to seek support, how to offer support to their peers who may be struggling, and to encourage the community to consider the experiences of those who may be a greater risk of poorer mental health.” Darmody said announcing the award.

The event was opened by Roger Cook, the Minister for Mental Health, who praised nominees for their work in the field, and said there is no more important task than ensuring people have a pathway to living happy and productive lives.

“Tonight we’re honouring those who dedicate themselves to improving the lives of others, you’re an extraordinary group of people working with finite resources for an infinite problem, and from that perspective I think the whole community owes a debt of gratitude to the work that you do.” Minister Cook said.

Receiving awards and recognition was North Albany Senior High School and Ocean Road Primary School who were co-winners Children and Young People Mentally Healthy Education Award for 2020.

The Lifeline Prevention and Promotion Award winners were The Wellbeing Zone, Virginia Catterall was winner of the Lived Experience Impact and Inspiration Award, while the South West Aboriginal Medical Service were the recipient of the Support Association Diversity Award.

Lorenzo Martinez won the Mental Health Employee Volunteer Excellence Award for his volunteer work with the Royal Perth Hospital Bentley Group, and Sodexo picked up the Mentally Healthy Workplace Award.

Also among the nominees for the award was Bella Broadway, who was a finalist for the Even Keel Bipolar Support Association Diversity Award.

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OUTinPerth has been nominated for the Mental Health News Media Award at the upcoming WA Mental Health Awards.

Announced during WA’s Mental Health Week, the awards celebrated organisations and individuals who make a positive contribution to the field of mental health.

OUTinPerth is nominated alongside radio station ABC Radio Perth. Local LGBTQIA+ community advocate Bella Broadway of Connection and Wellbeing Australia has also been nominated for the Even Keel Bipolar Support Association Diversity Award.

The awards will be announced on Wednesday, 25th November 2020 at a Gala Ceremony featuring comedian Peter Rowsthorn and MC Di Darmody.

Full list of Awards and Nominees

Chamber of Minerals and Energy Mentally Healthy Workplace Award
Fortescue Metals Group
Str John of God Mt Lawley
Sodexo
Northern Star Resources

Mental Health News Media Award
ABC Radio Perth
OUTinPerth

Even Keel Bipolar Support Association Diversity Award
Spectrum Group
Bella Broadway
South West Aboriginal Service
Clough

Commissioner for Children and Young People Mentally Healthy Education Award
SMYL Community College
North Albany Senior High School
Kinross Primary School
Ocean Road Primary School

Act-Belong-Commit Mental Health Employee Volunteer Excellence Award
Ashly Grabski
Juana Terpou
Lorenzo Martinez
Jenny Cramer

Lifeline WA Promotion or Prevention Award
Radiance Network
The Wellbeing Zone
Youth Focus
ALIVE & Kicking Goals

Innovation for Change Award
Headspace Pilbara Hub
Mercy Community Services
Mental Health Homeless Pathway Unit
Ruah Community Services

Mental Illness Fellowship of WA Lived Experience Impact & Inspiration Award
Katherine Houareau
Julian Pace
Ingrid Bentsen
Virginia Catterall

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The Rave Relief Pride night celebration put on by party collective Homopolitan has raised a whopping $19,000 for charity.

The party held at new Northbridge venue Rechabite saw all the DJs and artists donate their time for free to raise money for homeless support group AYLA and indigenous LGBT support organisation Black Rainbow.

As the event raised so much money, DJ’s Pete and Cooper, and all the Homopolitan Crew, are asking people who attended the party to suggest other charitable causes that could benefit from a donation.

T‍‍‍‍‍‍he party saw DJ’s Rok Riley, Lucky Pete and Ben EM supplying the tunes, while a stack of performers including Ash Traylia and Pussywillow and Bonnie Darko performed.

Community radio station RTRFM 92.1 and OUTinPerth helped promote the event, while the venue made a generous donation to the cause on top of providing the space for free.

If you celebrated Pride at Rave Relief and have some ideas on which charities could benefit from some additional funds head here. 

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