Loton Park Party

Tennis club Loton Park is having a NYE party.

The Court Hotel

The Court Hotel is being turned into a beach for their Ibiza themed party.

Connections Nightclub

Superstar DJ Lee Dagger, one half of remixing outfit Bimbo Jones, is at Connections tonight. Connections is open from 8pm.

Sweetdog Soiree at Mojos

Get a super serve of local music at Mojos – on the bill is FOAM, Red Engine Caves, Hideous Sun Demon, Mt Mountain, Flower Drums, SpaceManAntics, Moana, Childsaint, Whails and Solar Barge. Spread over two stages this is an event where the music doesn’t stop all night.

Fiesta at The Rosemount

Another great line up of local music is at The Rosemount. Abbe May headlines with The Kill Devil Hills, Split Seconds, Simone and Girlfunkle, The Floors, Huge Magnet, Patient Little Sisters and  DJ Shannon Fox.

The Armani Consort

Things are all geek and sci-fi themed at The Railway Hotel in Fremantle. The Armani Consort are playing alongside Dillip and the Davs and The Crux.

Whatever you spend your night doing we wish you a happy and safe New Year’s Eve!

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Photographers: Claire Alexander, Graeme Watson, Alex Maltby, Nadine Walker.

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Just highlight the one’s you want to make your personal list for 2014.

Eat Less, Go to bed before 10pm, Go out after 10pm, Find True Love, Have less sex, Have more sex, Play safe, Drink less, Smoke less, Finish University, Be nicer to mother, Be nicer to partner, Find new friends, Get a puppet, Dump current friends, Go to the beach, Go to gym, Eat more superfoods,  Learn how to play chess, Learn how to DJ, Spend less time on Facebook, Delete Dating App, Join a political party, Form a political party, Take more holidays, Stop being late, Stop speeding, Learn to cook, Eat out more, Confess love to secret crush, Wear less make up, Go see more theatre, Read more, Floss, Go to the movies more, Become a life model, Become famous, Stop singing Mariah Carey tunes out loud, Collect all the pokemon, Stop wearing onesies, Be nicer to koalas, Stop listening to gossip, Stop making up rumours, Save money, Save the wales.

Have a great 2014!

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The annual report compiled by iSentia compared how often each issue has been mentioned in the past twelve months whether it be in print, on radio, television or online.

Same sex marriage was the tenth most talked about issue with 6056 mentions in the press, 56,245 mentions on radio, 42,830 mentions on television and 38,909 mentions online.

The other dominant issues were disability insurance, Gillard vs Rudd, automotive manufacturing, the carbon tax, drugs in sport, school funding reforms, asylum seekers and bush fires. The most mentioned issue was the 2013 federal election which scored a total of over 597,000 mentions.

Patrick Baume, Group Communications Manager for the media intelligence company has told OUTinPerth that last year same sex marriage didn’t event make the Top 20. This year is also distinctive because no international issues are included in the top 10 list. In 2012 significant coverage was given to the Syrian conflict, the London Olympics and the US presidential election.

OIP Staff

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Matt Smith, who just handed over the lead role in the series, and Karen Gillan, who played popular companion Amy Pond, are both heading to Perth for ‘Whoniverse’.

The fan convention will tour Australia in March beginning in Sydney on March 1st, then heading to Perth on March 2nd before visiting Adelaide and Melbourne the following weekend.

To find out more about this tour head to Hub Productions website.

Also scheduled to make a stop in Perth in the new year is another Doctor Who actress, Billie Piper. Piper will be appearing  at Oz Comic Con from March 29-30th at the Perth convention centre.

Also appearing at Comic Con is Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) , Nana Visitor (Star Trek Deep Space Nine), Shannon Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210, Heathers, Charmed) Holly Marie Combs (Charmed) and a host of other sci-fi stars. Find out more at the Oz Comic Con website.

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Brandon was born December 12^th, 1972 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Although born a girl and named by parents Patrick and JoAnn as Teena Renae Brandon, Brandon identified as a boy from early childhood. The 1999 film ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ was based on Brandon’s life story.

Brandon’s father died eight months before he was born.  Brandon lived with a grandmother until he was three and thereafter he lived with his mother. As an adolescent, Brandon began identifying as being male, and by 18 he was cross dressing regularly and dating girls. At 19, Brendan had counseling for the sexual abuse he suffered as a young child from an uncle.

In 1992, a psychiatric evaluation described Brandon as suffering from a “sexual identity crisis” and Brandon attended a Lancaster Crisis Centre because it was feared he was suicidal.  In 1993, Brandon fled Lincoln for the Falls City Region of Richardson County, Nebraska.  He lived with Lisa Lambert and dated her friend Lana Tisdel.  He met the two men who would murder him, Lotter and Nissen.

Brandon was arrested for forging checks on December 19^th, 1993.  He was jailed in the female section of the lock up and so Tisdel discovered he was anatomically female.  After a Christmas Eve party, Lotter and Nissen assaulted and raped Brandon, who escaped.  Brandon was persuaded by Tisdel to go to emergency and report to the police, however the standard rape kit that was assembled in emergency was later lost.  The police questioning was done by Sheriff, Charles Laux who was inappropriate, asking irrelevant questions about Brandon’s transsexuality rather than addressing the need for measures to ensure his subsequent physical safety. Although Nissen and Lotter were questioned three days later, they were not arrested.

And so, horrifically, around 1am on December 31, 1993, Lotter and Nissen broke in to Lambert’s house and shot the three adults there, Brandon, Lambert and DeVine (who was dating Tisdel’s sister). Lambert’s toddler, though unharmed, was witness to the murderers.  By Nissen’s testimony, Lotter received the death penalty.  Nissen was sentenced to life in prison.

At this time, twenty years after the atrocity, I guess we can reflect on how far we have come as a society protecting the rights of GLBTQ people. We have come from a time when the basic privacy and essential physical safety of a trans man were not protected.

Today, we can still complain that GLBTIQ people are not understood and unhelpful and incorrect concepts and language are prevalent.  Any such offenders, should do what Aram Hosie suggested in an OIP interview in 2008: “Google sex-change fish for a beginner’s education into the diversity and complexity of sex and gender in nature”.

And to everyone who does care, don’t ever forget the story of Brandon Teena, a man who only forged checks to buy expensive presents for his girlfriend and paid with his death through a societal system that has much to answer for.

Belinda Waycott

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Roberts posted a note to her Facebook page thanking her fans, colleagues and family for their support during the last year as she recovered from breast cancer and a bone marrow transplant. In the note the TV presenter also acknowledged her girlfriend Amber Laign.

“I am grateful to God, my doctors and nurses for my restored good health. I am grateful for my sister, Sally-Ann, for being my donor and giving me the gift of life. I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together. I am grateful for the many prayers and well wishes for my recovery. I return every one of them to you 100 fold.’ the TV presenter wrote.

Roberts hosts the breakfast ABC (USA) TV show ‘Good Morning America’ alongside George Stephanopoulos. Since the two have been at the helm of the show it has become the most popular breakfast news program in America beating NBC’s ‘Today’ show in the ratings wars.

In 2007 the presenter was treated for breast cancer. Last year she documented her treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder.  On the day that Roberts went public with her illness bone marrow registry organsiation ‘Be The Match’ recorded a 1800% increase in donor applications. In February 2013 Roberts returned to GMA after receiving life saving treatment.

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1. Maria Bello

Actress Maria Bello announced she was in a same sex relationship in November. The actress has stared in TV’s ‘E.R’ and the US version of ‘Prime Suspect’ as well as films like ‘Coyote Ugly’ and ‘A History of Violence’. In coming out Bello shared that she dreaded telling her twelve year old son about her romantic life, but when she told him he was happy for her. The actress shared her news via a self penned piece in the New York Times.

2. Belle Brockhoff

Australian snowboarding star Belle Brockhoff came out in August when speaking to the ABC program ‘Lateline’. Brockhoff is set to complete at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and has been an outspoken critic of Russia’s anti-gay laws. When she announced that she was gay Brockhoff said she was proud of who she was.  The athlete said she was prepared to display a rainbow motif in defiance of Russia’s laws.

3. Jason Collins

Jason Collins became the first professional athlete in an American team sport to declare that they are gay. Collins came out via a ‘Sports Illustrated’ cover interview in May. Collins announcement drew a record 3.1 million people to the Sports Illustrated website on the day the story was released. Collins revealed he chose number 98 as his jersey number in recognition of Matthew Shepard’s death in 1998.

4. Lucas Cruikshank

Cruiskank, the star of Nickelodeon’s ‘Fred’ films declared he was gay in a YouTube video in August.  The teenage actor shared the news in a YouTube video alongside actress Jennifer Veal, who starred in the Disney TV series ‘Jessie’. The two stars of teen entertainment spent the video answering fan questions before asking for a drum roll for the final big question. Veal asks and answers the question, is Lucas gay?

5. Matt Dallas

Actor Matt Dallas is best known for his leading role in the TV series ‘Kyle XY’, in January he started the year by announcing his engagement to indie singer Hamilton Blue. Dallas played the title character in three seasons of ‘Kyle XY’ – which is about a teenage boy who wakes up naked in a forest, without a belly button who is taken in by a local family. Since the series wrapped Dallas has gone on to star in the short lived series Eastwick and picked up a guest spot on ‘Entourage’.

6. Tom Daley

Nineteen year old British diving champion Tom Daley announced he was in a same sex relationship by posting a video to YouTube in early December. It’s since been widely speculated that Daley’s partner is Oscar winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who is twenty years older than Daley. At Christmas Daley’s family wrapped his gifts in rainbow ribbons and gave him a cooking apron that said ‘Gay Idol’.

7. Clive Davis

Music mogul Clive Davis revealed that he is bisexual when he published his autobiography in 2013. Davis is credited with bringing Whitney Houston to prominence and is involved in the careers of artists like Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and many others. The 81 year old went on to Katie Couric’s talk show and said he included the information so there could be a greater understanding about bi-sexuality.

8. Jodie Foster

When taking to the stage at The Golden Globe Awards in January to accept the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime achivement award the the fiercely private actress gave a speech that acknowledged her sexuality, her former partner and two sons. Foster said her coming out happened, ‘a thousand years ago’ and described the process as being a fragile young girl who opened up to trusted friends, family and co-workers.

9. Wentworth Miller

‘Prison Break’ star Wentworth Miller ended years of speculation about his sexuality when he published an open letter turning down an invitation to a Russian film festival because he is gay. Later in the year, just before World Suicide Prevention Day,  the actor opened up about how his struggles with sexuality had lead him to attempt suicide on more than one occasion.

10. Michelle Rodriguez

Back in 2006 Rodriquez said during an interview that she had experimented with both sexes but she’s been critical of magazine articles that described her as bi-sexual. This year the actress from ‘Girlfight’, ‘S.W.A.T’, ‘Avatar’ and TV’s ‘Lost’ opened up in an interview with Entertainment Weekly and said “”I’ve gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too f—ing curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks.”

11. Jim Neighbors

Retired actor and singer Jim Neighbors wed his partner of 38 years Stan Cadwallander in Seattle, Washington, just one month after the US state declared same sex unions legal. Neighbor’s is best known for his leading role in the TV show ‘Gomer Pyle’ that ran from 1964 – 1969. In the 1980’s Neighbors appeared in a series of films with his close friend Burt Reynolds including ‘The Best Little Whore House in Texas’.

12. Robbie Rogers

Soccer player Robbie Rogers came out as gay via a post on his personal blog saying, “Secrets can cause so much internal damage. People love to preach about honesty, how honesty is so plain and simple. Try explaining to your loved ones after 25 years you are gay. I always thought I could hide this secret. Football was my escape, my purpose, my identity. Football hid my secret, gave me more joy than I could have ever imagined”. Later in the year Rogers signed with LA Galaxy.

13. Troye Sivan

Actor and You Tube star Troye Sivan, who lives here in Perth, declared that he was gay back in August. “This is not something that I’m ashamed of, and it’s not something that anyone should have to be ashamed of,” said Sivan in his announcement. Sivan shared his coming out process and said YouTube videos of other people’s coming out experiences and the ‘It Get’s Better Project’ were very helpful to him.

14. Ben Whishaw

British actor Ben Whishaw is one of the hottest actors around having stared in TV shows like ‘Criminal Justice, ‘The Hour’ and feature films including ‘Cloud Atlas’ and his role as tech wizard Q in James Bond. In August the actors representatives confirmed that over a year ago the actor has entered into a civil partnership with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw. Whishaw is currently staring in the play ‘Mojo’ in the West End.

15. Jenny Owen Youngs

Best known for her indie tune ‘F*ck Was I’, the singer announced that she was gay on the website ‘Everyone Is Gay’. The singer said rather than thinking about the fact she is gay she’d rather be climbing a tree, reading a book or writing a song, and noted that she wished being gay was insignificant has the colour of your hair or whether your left or right handed. Owens Young also announced her plans to marry her partner Kristin Russo, one of the creators of the ‘Everyone is Gay’ website.

Readers who require assistance can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or call the Suicide Callback service on 1300 659 467.

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Manchesi who spent many years as the official spokesperson for the Chameleon’s Society often shared her experiences of coming to terms with being transgender, creating the pathway for others to be more comfortable with their gender identity.

In a 2011 interview with The Sunday Times Manchesi shared what it felt like to be born a different gender to the one you identify as;

“It’s an ache, a desire, to really be who you feel you should be,” she explains. “You fool yourself with different tricks all your life to try and make yourself feel comfortable, but you can’t because it’s not right.”

Manchesi shared her experiences of being trans* through stories in many media outlets including appearances on the RTRFM radio program, ‘All Things Queer’ and Channel Nine’s Mornings show with David Campbell and Sonia Kruger. Alongside being an outspoken advocate for better services and recognition for trans* people Manchesi also worked tirelessly behind the scenes providing guidance and support to other trans* people.

Aside from her volunteer work at The Chameleon Society, Manchesi was known to many people from her work as a taxi driver and her involvement in the online karaoke community of SingSnap.

Manchesi passed away on Boxing Day due to complications from two strokes she recently suffered. She is survived by her daughter Nerelle from her first marriage, and two sons and three daughters from her second marriage. A fourth daughter from her second marriage passed away in 2011.

UPDATE: A service will be held on Monday January 6 at 9:30am at The Chappel at Pinnaroo Memorial Park.

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