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Love Defeats Hate Light Defeats the Darkness

STYLEAID have announced ‘Tarot’ as the theme for their 2016 event. Western Australia’s most highly anticipated fashion fundraiser promises a mystical night of transcendence. Presented by the WA AIDS Council, STYLEAID will be held on Friday 5 August 2016 at Crown Perth. Tickets to the event are available by contacting Mark Reid on (08) 9482 0014.

Pony Express is a collaborative body led by playwright and performance maker Ian Sinclair and transdisciplinary artist Loren Kronekyer. This duo got a lot of acclaim for their work ‘Ecosexual Bathhouse’ which was recently presented in Melbourne. Now as part of PICA’s Salon exhibition ‘Radical Ecologies’ they’re delivering ‘Ecosexual Sauna’. The work focuses on the secret life of plants and the even more secret life of ecosexuals - people who take the biosphere as a lover. The exhibition runs from 31 July – 4 September. Find out more at pica.org.au

1971 July 10: Austria decriminalizes homosexuality 1972 July 1: First gay pride in Britain takes place 1981 July 31: Tennis star Martina Navratilova reveals she is gay in a newspaper interview 1983 July 27: Madonna releases her debut album 1993 July 12: Journalist Dan Eldon is killed in Somalia 2005 July 3: Marriage Equality achieved in Spain 2008 July 22: Golden Girl Estelle Getty passed away, three days before her 85th birthday, the actress was an outspoken campaigner for HIV awareness 2010 July 21: Marriage equality achieved in Argentina 2014 July 31: Homosexuality is decriminalised in Palau.

This year’s Disruptive Festival of Ideas focusses on the power of change agents and the festival is operating under the thematic title of ‘Subject to Change’. Festival Executive Producer Georgia Malone said when she was putting the festival’s program together she was thinking about how individuals can initiate collective change. “Often we assume change happens from the top down, but sometimes it’s the explorers, unknown neighbours and grass roots activists who cause the biggest ripples.” Malone said. Among the many seminars and discussions is ‘Dismantling Gender Politics’ featuring Sally Goldner, Dr Susan Carland, Dani Wright Toussaint. Also speaking is at the festival is Waleed Aly, Terri-ann White, Craig Hollywood, William Yeoman, Kelli McCluskey and many others. The festival runs from July 30-31, find out more at slwa.wa.gov.au/disrupted

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“When something bad happens we have three choices: we let it define us, we let it destroy us or we let it strengthen us.”

Actor Frank Langella commented on the Orlando shooting while accepting his Tony award.

“They are more than a list of names. They are people who loved and who were loved.”

Journalist Anderson Cooper discussing the Orlando shooting on CNN

“Never stop holding hands, never stop kissing the lips of those you love. Never let anyone take that away from us. So if you love someone, tell them you love them and give them a rose.” Singer Jimmy Somerville in a video response to the Orlando shooting.

“This kind of denial, this cowardice, it’s got to stop. Blindness it literally killing us, we have be warned for years about militant Islam and Islam’s intolerance of gays.” SKY News’ Andrew Bolt criticises the gay organisations for not speaking out against ISIS prior to the Orlando shooting.

“Leadership comes from the top of society and carries with it an obligation to protect and serve all of us but especially those with the least power.” Singer Darren Hayes wrote an open letter To Malcolm Turnbull opposing the marriage plebiscite.

“If you can decide what forty people you put on the spacecraft that would save humanity, how many of those would be same sex couples?” US Congressman Larry Gohmert outlines his concerns about queers getting a place on the spaceship in during Armageddon.

Hung Out To Dry...

Almost a week since the federal election has passed and Australia is still waiting to discover which major party will secure enough seats to form government. Waiting with bated breath, the LGBTIQ community are eager to learn whether we will hold a divisive national plebiscite or continue funding the Safe Schools Coalition anti-bullying program.. The prospect of a hung parliament will keep us in suspense even longer, with the five seats already awarded to minor parties and independents keeping either of the major parties from clinching a win. If the Coalition is returned to government, a $160+ million plebiscite may be delivered to the nation – asking whether or not marriage should be restricted to a man and a woman. Well, actually, that question is up to Malcolm Turnbull. Voting on a bill will actually be up to the MPs as well, because as we know, a plebiscite is not binding and Mr Turnbull has explicitly said his MPs – including Cory Bernardi and Eric Abetz - will be able to vote with their conscience. Senator Bernardi has already called for the potential plebiscite to be pushed back, calling for his party to focus on ‘mainstream issues’.

Rocky Horror Grind Why don’t you come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab. Monthly party GRIND is taking a trip to Transylvania this month with a Rocky Horror inspired night. Dress up as your favourite character whether it be Riff Raff, Magenta, Frank n Furter, The Professor, Brad, Janet or Rocky. OUTinPerth has two double passes to giveaway to giveaway. Worth the Wait The Avalanches have finally released ‘Wildflower’ their follow-up their debut record ‘Since I Left You’ which was made all the way back in 2000. It was worth the long wait though, it’s a cracker album. We’ve got five copies up for grabs. Head to the giveaway section at www.outinperth.com

The public will be presented with the question early, encouraging a national conversation on whether or not the LGBTIQ community deserve to be recognised as equal under the law. A process that could have been settled at no cost in Parliament, as it has been in dozens of other countries across the globe. The process will be open fare for bigots, transphobes, homophobes and elected officials themselves to lay bare their prejudices and express government-mandated discrimination. There are myriad arguments against holding a plebiscite, but I don’t need to repeat them to you. After one of the longest election campaigns in our nation’s history – you’ve heard it all. There’s never been a more exhausting time to be an Australian, and we can’t rest yet. Leigh Hill

Photographer Alice Chapman captured local couple Max Boylan and Isaac Heremaia embracing for cover this month. In the wake of the Orlando shooting tragedy thousands of pictures of two men kissing quickly spread across social media.

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July 2016

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Would a plebiscite lead to more homophobia? For months concern has been raised that the proposed plebiscite might lead to increased homophobic comments and encounters for the LGBTIQ community. Graeme Watson shared his recent experiences at OUTinPerth.com and asked what other people were experiencing. Cinnamon said: Completely agree that we are unleashing a nasty beast by allowing these people a voice on what should essentially be a human rights issue. I must say I have experienced much support as well during this period. My non-political family attended their first ever political rally in support of gay marriage. I’ve had messages from people asking me who the best party to vote for to support it and even an engaged heterosexual person tell me at Connections she wasn’t wearing her ring because she was so appalled. Kyle said: I’ve not experienced this much homophobia in a very long time actually. It’s a renaissance for homophobia. Rik said: Definitely noticing more intolerance and ‘red-neck-ism’. My issue with the plebiscite is that it is so expensive for something that many anti-marriage-equality ministers have stated they will ignore. Several have commented that regardless of its outcome they will not support it, ever. So why pay 160 million to have it, if it will not be listened to. As for Turnbull stating he expects an intelligent open discussion on the topic is just plain naive. Look at the Safe Schools program and the hate speech it generated.

This month we chat to comedian Alan Carr about his upcoming Australian tour. You can read the interview on Page 18, but if you’d like to hear the whole conversation as it happened just head to our website. Listen in on the whole conversation at www.outinperth.com . It’s our feature podcast for July. Just search for ‘Alan Carr On the Line’. OUTinPerth is currently in relaunch mode. You can help us get back to our full level of service by contributing to our GoFundMe campaign. So far just over $10,000 has been raised to help OUTinPerth buy new equipment including computers, cameras and publishing software. Huge thanks to everyone who has continued so far!

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The practice of modifying one’s body through piercing or tattooing is one of humanity’s oldest forms of self-expression. While body modifications take on historically different meanings among various cultures, the contemporary practice has grown as a popular way to forge one’s own aesthetic - a particular draw card for the proud LGBTIQ community. Despite the masses of queer clientele, body piercer and mod artist in training Benjamin Bones noticed a lack of LGBTIQ practitioners, seizing the opportunity to open his own LGBTIQ-friendly piercing and body modification business, Modern Metal Body Piercing, in Fremantle. Bones tells us the industry is continuously evolving, explaining there are far more options today than your standard ear stud. “Body mod is about altering the physical appearance or the structure of a particular area of your body through a number of different methods. You can look at things like scarification (removing parts or scarring the skin to create a design), tongue/ear splitting, sub-dermal implanting, eyeball tattooing – all of those things,” Bones says. “I think the motivation behind it a majority of the time is to improve a person’s self-esteem or to make their body feel the way that they identify it should feel or look to match their personality. I think the main point is a reclamation or liberation of a person’s own body.” Bones notes that still many people scoff at the heavily modified but for many of his clients the results are much more than sensational, they are about taking control of one’s own body. “We live in a society where a lot of people are pressured to feel as if their body’s aren’t necessarily theirs, or there are things about the way that their body looks that are dictated by an upper echelon that dictates what you should or shouldn’t be doing. Body mods are a rejection of those standards and deciding who and what you will be. “ Bones recently took part in training for more advanced procedures such as scarification and inserting sub-dermal implants. A long-time dream for the artist, Bones says he had once feared his sexuality would stop him from advancing in the piercing industry. “I was lucky enough to be offered training by someone who has revolutionised this industry whose name is Luna Cobra. Over time as I started piercing more I told myself that I was probably not going to be able to play in the big

kids sand pit for a number of reasons. Mainly my sexuality was a big concern because this is a very heteronormative industry and quite male dominated. I have faced a lot of scepticism being gay and in an industry like this… I don’t want to call it luck, but I got lucky.” Due to the nature of the procedures, Bones says there are a lot of misconceptions about the risks of body modifications, advocating that clients conduct some research before visiting any studio. “With body modification, there are different risks for different jobs. With scarring for example, one thing to be careful for is of course infection but a professional will show you exactly how to care for it and prevent that. There’s always a risk that if you don’t look after it properly there can be complications, but most of the time they are easy to resolve. “Australia’s body piercing industry is a little watereddown because there is a lot of body piercers who are very inexperienced who are working with inferior materials and have a lot more focus on the coin than the reputation.” Bones notes that while piercings and mods are infused with a rebellious vibe and even a stigma, the reasoning and process of the act is not dissimilar from elective plastic surgery.

“There’s an interesting conversation in the industry comparing body modification to plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is a non-essential aesthetic modification that can change the way you feel about your body or yourself without any kind of physiological benefit or need. Body modification is similar in the sense that you are changing parts of your body that you don’t necessarily like to make yourself feel good. There’s very little difference between having breast implants done and having your tongue split.” “People who are not in the industry see body mods and ask ‘Why would you do that?’ or there’s an attitude of ‘Oh, I get it, you’re quirky but you’re never gonna get a job’. I think there are way too many people now who are too concerned with what other people are doing.” Visit Benjamin Bones at Modern Metal Body Piercing and Modern Ink, 28a Queen St, Fremantle. Check out his work at facebook.com/benjaminbonespiercing or Instagram @benjaminbonespiercing Leigh Hill

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The confronting documentary Chemsex is screening in Perth this month. The film dives deep into the largely underground gay subculture that pursues the hedonistic, often unsafe thrills of drug driven sex. GHB and crystal meth are the drugs of choice. Tackling the health challenge is David Stuart, the substance abuse lead at London’s 56 Dean St Clinic, a ground breaking service that tackles drug use and sexual health concurrently. Stuart spoke to OUTinPerth about his organisation’s approach to changing behaviours. Many of the medical professionals I watched the documentary with were impressed that you’ve developed a program that allows people to access mental health, drug services and other counselling at that same time. Tell us more about that model and why it works. ChemSex is such an odd and challenging public health issue, because so many different disciplines of care are required to address it; it is also associated with some unique behavioral and cultural idiosyncrasies that require a pooling of experience and skill to respond effectively. My own, immediate response to ChemSex twelve or so years ago, was to skill up those working in substance use services; it seemed like an obvious place to start. But the most common harms were so dissimilar to those associated with heroin, crack cocaine or alcohol, and were more associated with sexual health and HIV – and uniquely, gay sexual health. Staff in drug services were often unaware of PEP, undetectable viral loads or ARV adherence; or how to coach chem users in gay HIV/STI prevention. So it then seemed obvious to shift that care to sexual health clinics, where gay men would naturally go to discuss gay sex, and where STI/HIV epidemiology, care and prevention was built in.

What reaction have you had to the documentary since it first came out? This film is a challenging watch. It’s difficult. My international colleagues from the health sector find it to be helpful in regard to contextualising ChemSex; they are able to watch it objectively, see it as a film about a health syndemic affecting a vulnerable population navigating their way through some complicated cultural changes. A lot of documentary film buffs have responded favorably to the film too, at international film festivals. I think it’s more challenging for gay men to experience though; many of us remember the damaging headlines of the 1980’s, and many of us remember the stigma caused by fear-mongering health campaigns, and misery-laden films about AIDS. These were traumatic times, and many of us need, rather urgently, to see ourselves portrayed on the big screen in a positive light. Some have charged this film with the responsibility of communicating gay sexual liberation favorably, or of being a safer drug use campaign, or of balancing the story with tales of non-problematic drug use. Some watching this film feel a defensive and protective urgency to defend gay men and communities from how heterosexuals might perceive gay men, and gay culture, as a result of this film; almost as if 1985 will happen all over again. These are heavy burdens for an 80 minute film. It’s no more than a story of the struggles some gay men in London are having negotiating their sex lives and wellbeing in a city with a high ChemSex prevalence.

But although the sexual health care was appropriate in sexual health settings, staff there were sometimes less skilled at supporting people to identify and manage cravings, at relapse prevention techniques, creating Care Plans to support people with drug use. So we needed to gather a multi-disciplinary team that included both these skill sets. But that wasn’t enough either; there were so many uniquely gay cultural and historical factors that were contributing to ChemSex, that neither of these teams had built in. Staff didn’t necessarily understand what looking for a shag on Grindr on a lonely Saturday night could be like; or the rejections that a gay man has to deal with online; the slut shaming, the camp-shaming, the rejections based on race or body fascism. To address ChemSex competently, staff also needed a cultural understanding of what it’s like to have one’s sex and romantic life endemically associated with risk and danger due to 30 years of HIV epidemic. They needed to know how to navigate the abbreviations, code words and chem-availability that exists on sexual networking apps. The model of care I’ve created at 56 Dean Street gathers a multi-disciplinary team that includes mental health, sexual health, and substance use expertise and support workers/peers from the gay community.

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But this film does ask us, quite unapologetically, to look at the role sex plays in our lives, cultures and scenes. It asks us to examine how we have defined gay sexual liberation, putting that into context with the struggles we have fought through the last 40 years, and how it may need to be interpreted for a different generation; how it may need to be interpreted to accommodate new technologies like Grindr and online communication, modern HIV stigmas and challenges, new easily-available drugs, and how we

understand and pursue sex, relationships and intimacy in modern times. This is an uncomfortable ask. So the response has been polarizing. Personally... I acknowledge heavily, that the film is upsetting, but I feel that these issues need to be placed, not only on public health agendas, but firmly within the dialogue of our own communities. I hope the film has initiated that dialogue, and despite the attention it’s focused on our sex lives, I feel that we are resilient, extraordinary gay men and communities, and we will see ourselves through this difficult time. How do you suggest we might get to point where we can openly talk about sex and drug use? Even in 2016 they’re still topics we hold back on talking about.

What advice would you give to someone who is concerned about their sexual activity and drug taking activity? I’d ask myself some questions firstly; when did I last have sober sex? What do I want my sex life to be like? How do I want my future sex/romantic life to be? Am I enjoying the sex I’m having? What are the joys of chems, what are the consequences; I’d weigh those two against each other to help me decide how concerned to be. My advice then would be to firstly discuss it with a friend. I like to believe that it’s our own, unnecessary shame that makes us keep it to ourselves, and that is so unhelpful. There’s no shame in it, we all “get it”, as gay men. If you can’t or don’t have that friend, discuss it in a sexual health setting, or a gay setting.

So true. ChemSex will inevitably go hand in hand with moral judgments, personal beliefs about problematic drug use vs nonproblematic use, personal beliefs about what safe sex is, about the politics of sex-positivity etc etc. Some of this discussion will unravel some of the concepts we hold about gay life, gay sex and health promotion; and we may not be ready to be unraveled. In London where we have a more urgent need to discuss ChemSex, and where there is a consensus that we have an issue, the community has responded culturally, with ChemSex-focused open-mic nights, many West End theatre productions addressing ChemSex... there’s even a Naked Boys Reading event where ChemSex has been the theme. I attended a ChemSex photography exhibition a few weeks ago, that invited us to explore the role sex and drugs plays in our lives. We’ve been re-designing our gay scenes, which can sometimes be very bar/club/sauna/sex focused, to be scenes with more cultural options for our recreation. Scenes imbued with a discourse about issues that affect our lives and wellbeing. If there is a need for this in Perth... I hope the community responds similarly. We, gay men, have a long tradition of community activism in crises.

Report shows more Perth men getting tested for HIV. The results of the 10th Perth gay men periodic health survey have been delivered. The study has shown that non-HIV-positive men in Perth are getting tested for HIV for more often. Eighty four percent of the 900 men surveyed reported that they had been tested for HIV, 72% reported that they had been tested in the last year. Seventeen percent of the people surveyed and been tested three or more times in the last year. The use of mobile phone dating apps has also continued to rise with 49% of those surveyed reporting that they regularly use apps like Grindr, Scruff and Tinder. There had also been a significant increase in the number of people accessing the M-Clinic for sexual health tests.

World AIDS 2016 You can’t separate the gay sex from the ChemSex, so it’s likely to be more effective to discuss it with a health professional who gets what gay sex in a big city is like in 2016. It’s unlikely that anyone will force an intervention on you; make it clear you just want to discuss it, in a nonjudgmental setting - and make your own mind up if you want to make any changes. But it’s always, always better to be informed, and not to do it in a shroud of shameful secrecy. Chemsex is screening at the Revelation International Film Festival on Sunday 10 February at 8:45pm at Cinema Paradiso, and Wednesday 13 July at 6:45pm at Luna Leederville. Find out all the details at www.revelationfilmfest.org Graeme Watson

The 2016 World AIDS Conference will be held in Durban, South Africa. The 21st gathering of leading health experts from around the globe will be conducted from July 18-22. The theme to this year’s event is ‘Access Equity Rights Now’. It is a call to action to work together and reach the people who still lack access to comprehensive treatment, prevention, care and support services.

HIV Infection Rates Rise in Singapore Singapore has reported a rise in new HIV diagnosis among gay men. In 2015 232 gay men were diagnosed with HIV, an increase of 27% on the previous year’s figures according to the New Straits Times. 7,140 residents of the Island nation are HIV positive and considerable stigma still exists in relation to the infection.

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Baker calls for historical convictions apology A new human rights focused organization is forming in Western Australia to fill the gap left by the disbandment of Gay and Lesbian Equality, and Pride WA’s strategic decision to have a cultural focus. Rainbow Rights is quickly working to become a new voice for human rights in WA. Spokesperson Misty Farquhar said there was definitely still a need for advocacy in 2016. “It is events such as Orlando that justify to us and the world that advocacy organisations such as the one we hope to build are still very much necessary within our community.” Farquhar said.

True Colours faces uncertain future True Colours, an LGBTIQ youth support group based in WA’s South West, will no longer receive funding from its governing body – Uniting Care West. The group, which is understood to have received no direct government funding, worked with schools and the wider community to raise awareness of issues LGBTIQ youth are facing and cultivate safe and inclusive environments. They hosted their first Pride events in Bunbury last year, with a great turn out and a number of local artists. True Colours won a number of accolades for its community service, placing as a finalist in the Mental Health Good Outcomes Awards and Community & Support Tribute Awards. The organisation was commended in the 2015

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Mental Health Services Awards. Earlier this month staff at the program emailed supporters warning that the program was in risk of closing down. Two part-time staff on the program finished work at the end of June, and the Uniting Care West Community Engagement Officer’s position will not continue in 2017. Staff associated with the program have reached out to supporters and asked for help in identifying alternative funding sources for the program. United Care West’s CEO Sue Ash was not able to provide any official comment on the program’s future. Leigh Hill

Labor MP Lisa Baker has raised the issue of the state parliament apologising and removing historical convictions for homosexuality. The recent Victorian apology was a great success, but the Barnett Liberal government has said there is no need for similar moves in WA. Baker said there has been little interest from the WA state government in regards to LGBTI issues over its two terms of government. “There has been a general disinterest, certainly over the last eight years, for doing anything in this space at all.” Baker said. The Maylands MP recommends that an amnesty period should be granted that allows for people who have historical convictions for being homosexual to have the convictions removed from their records. “I think there are many people for whom it’s unfinished business. I think if we have the right legislative change, an amnesty and advertised it widely and encouraged men who have been affected by this to come forward anonymously and have their records expunged, I think it would good thing.” WA’s Attorney General Michael Mischin has previously told OUTinPerth that there is no need the government to address the issue as individuals can apply to have a spent conviction through existing legislation.

Pride WA shows stability built on success Pride WA have announced their committee of management following their annual AGM. Unlike previous years which have seen a high turnover of volunteers from one year to the next, there are few changes in the group’s line-up. Andrew Barker remains as President, Michelle Rodgers is the Senior Vice President, Graham Lovelock is Vice President, Marcus Remta is the Secretary, and Colin McDonald is the Treasurer. Rounding out the committee is Maryanne Wilsdon, Danny Tan, Karron Swinn, Fiona Maguire. Amy Henderson and Nicole Corbett have stepped down.

Perth’s most recent rally for marriage equality drew Twenty five year old Laura, who attended the rally, told a significant crowd in the lead up to the federal OUTinPerth that she’d never attended a marriage equality before but had wanted to show support for her sister. election. Speaking to the crowd Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren said Duncan, 35, said he’d been coming to the rallies for five despite the having to repetitively protest for the right to years and it was time the government took notice of the marry, supporters should remain confident that change will sustained support. eventually come. Xavier, 21, said Australians deserve equal marriage rights MacLaren said the federal government’s proposed and while he was in a heterosexual relationship he was plebiscite was a waste of money that could be better passionate about the issue. invested in areas like young Australians, education or mental health programs.

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Instanbul Pride cancelled amid security fears Pride celebrations in Turkey’s capital were cancelled due to a government ban citing security concerns following the mass shooting in Orlando in June. Organisers of the annual parade released a statement announcing the 14th Pride March would not be allowed this year. The statement reveals frustration at the Government for restricting the community’s democratic rights. “The Governor’s Office has chosen to violate the ‘Law on Meetings and Demonstration Marches’ guaranteed by the Constitution as a democratic right,” the statement read. Last year, Turkey’s major Pride event was dispersed aggressively by police armed with rubber bullets and tear gas – leading to the rise in security concerns and the ban on the parade. Pride Organiser Omer Akpinar said this is a continuation of last year’s police attack on gay activists. “The LGBT community in Turkey is a little divided about whether people should march or not.” He told the Independent. “People are afraid it might be an occasion for IS or another terrorist group to kill thousands of people.” .

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Pope says church should apoligise to homosexuals The Pope has told media he believes the Catholic Church should apologise to gay people after a recent trip to Armenia. Responding to a question on the Church’s teachings on homosexuality, Pope Francis said they would not waver from “what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says.” On homosexuality, the Catechism states that “tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’” The pontiff continued to say that people “should not be discriminated against, that they have to be respected, pastorally accompanied.” “The Church must say it is sorry for not having behaved as it should many times, many times – when I say ‘the Church’, I mean we Christians

because the Church is holy; we are the sinners.” Many LGBTI activists and proponents have dismissed the Pope’s statement, as last month the Catholic leader announced Catholic government officials should have the freedom to discriminate against married LGBTI people. “Once a [marriage] law has been adopted, the state must also respect people’s consciences,” he said. “The right to conscientious objection must be recognised within each legal structure because it is a human right. Including for a government official, who is a human person.” The Pope also released a report on family in April which reasserted the Church’s stance against LGBTI rights and same-sex marriage. The report also states there are “absolutely no grounds” to consider recognising same-sex marriages, and that gay people should have “assistance to bring them back to normality.”

ISRAEL Life in prison for Jerusalem Pride attacker A man who stabbed and killed a 16-year-old girl at Jerusalem’s Pride parade last year has been sentenced to life in prison with an additional 31 years. A Jerusalem court has found Yishai Schlissel guilty of the murder of Shira Banki and the attempted murder of seven other people at the Pride event in 2015. Schlissel, who has been described as an ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jew, was noted by the judges to have shown no remorse for the attacks. “We have before us a man who doesn’t see a fellow human before his eyes,” the judges wrote. “This dangerous man cannot be allowed to walk any longer on the streets of Jerusalem, or anywhere else.” Schlissel has served time before for an attack on the 2005 parade in the same city, being released just weeks before the 2015 event. Schlissel spoke out against the parade in the days following his release. This year, more than 200,000 people attended Israel’s largest Pride event in Tel Aviv, where a minute’s silence was held in honour of the late Shira Banki.

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Liberal senator Cory Bernardi has denied the Prime Minister has spoken to him about homophobia despite the PM telling the ABC’s ‘Q&A’ program that they had had “firm conversations”. In his online newsletter the South Australian senator said he’d been smeared by the ABC and an audience member who asked why the PM had not condemned homophobic comments made by Liberal politicians including Bernardi and Queensland MP George Christensen. Bernardi chastised the Prime Minister for “giving implicit support” to the suggestion that the senator had made homophobic comments in the past. “By saying he’d had ‘firm discussions’ with ‘a number of colleagues’, Turnbull gave implicit support to the claim that myself and other Coalition MPs are ‘homophobic’ and implied that he’d had a conversation with me about ‘homophobia’. For the record I have never had such a conversation with any of my colleagues because they know that any such claims cannot be backed with facts.” Bernardi wrote. Bernardi said the Prime Minister should have taken the opportunity to correct the record and should have told the ‘Q&A’ audience that the senator is not homophobic. The senator said the audience member who asked the question, Nick Carr, had deliberately misrepresented his previous statements. The senator also took to Twitter arguing that the assertion that he’s homophobic is “built around falsehoods”. Bernardi said the PM and host Tony Jones should not have challenged the question.

One of the challenges the comedian sometimes faces is taking to the stage shortly after tragedy has struck the airline industry. “You have to address the elephant in the room, but you have to get the tone right.” Pam Ann said noting that every room she played was different and sometimes you could bring up certain topics, while in other locations some issues were best left unspoken.

Comedian Pam Ann’s flight itinerary has booked in for a trip to Perth later this year. The popular comedian has been jetting around the globe celebrating a big anniversary. Looking back on her twenty years of performing to adoring crowds Pam Ann said she was grateful for her career longevity. “It feels very good actually, it’s an achievement I guess. I never thought I’d get to twenty years, so it’s an accomplishment. The way this industry is, people come and go, so I feel very grateful that people are still interested.” Pam Ann said. While musicians celebrating milestones can head off the road and play their greatest hits, Pam Ann said comedy audiences were a mixed bag. While she’s always adding new topical material to her show Pam Ann said there are many audience members who request well know stories from her previous shows. “There are certain things that resonated on YouTube

that people want to see.” Pam Ann said citing serval “I was in New York when the US airways flight memorable routines from past shows. landed on the Hudson.” Pam Ann said, “That night I went on stage and I was talking about it, I asked if While the majority of her routines poke fun at the there were any US Airways crew in the audience and airline industry the comedian said she didn’t need to there was, so said ‘would you like me to take your don dark glasses and head scarf to catch a plane. As clothes and dry them off in the dryer for you?’ anyone who has been to one of her shows will have witnessed cabin crew love the comedian to bits. “Sometimes it can be a blessing, nobody died in that flight. It was a miracle on the Hudson and it was “They love me and I love them back,” Pam Ann said, perfect timing that I was playing in Manhattan that “If the crew recognise me, I don’t go out of my way night and the place was still in the Hudson.” Pam to tell them I’m onboard – that’s not my style, but Ann said. if they do recognise me and invite me to the galley for a drink I’ll be there in a heartbeat. They probably Pam Ann’s ‘Touch Trolley Run the Galley’ show regret it afterwards!” will be at The Regal Theatre in Subiaco on Monday 5th September, tickets available from Pam Ann attributed her long lasting career to www.ticketek.com.au allowing herself to change over time and bring new elements into her show. Graeme Watson “I guess one of the reasons I’ve lasted twenty years is that I’ve evolved as an artist and performer. Pam’s world can be anything. You can talk about anything, I’ve never been restricted in any way.” Last time she was in Perth Pam Ann eschewed the theatres she normally appears in and opted for a series of club shows, including an appearance at Connections Nightclub. “I’d never really done clubs. I mean I started in clubs, but most of my shows have been in theatres.” Pam Ann said noting that she enjoyed the experience of a very intimate show. “It was really great, I loved it. It was such a different way to perform, you had to be really fast. You couldn’t really interact in the same way that you do in a theatre because people were moving around. It’s much harder.”

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‘Love Wins’ by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell is published by Affirm Press at $29.99, available now

At the end of June 2015 the US Supreme Court made a landmark decision. History was made when their highest court ruled in favour of the plaintiffs in Obergefell v Hodges, a decision that granted everyone the right to marry a partner of the same gender. A short time later President Obama called Jim Obergefell, and as the world listened in, as President Obama thanked Jim for fighting for his right to have his marriage recognised. Jim Obergefell has been described as an accidental activist. More than 20 years ago Jim fell in love with John Arthur. The couple lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, a place where LGBT people were regularly picked up by the police or fired from their jobs because of their sexuality. In 2013 Jim and John traveled to Maryland where same sex marriage was legal and exchanged vows. John was dying from the crippling neurodegenerative disease Amyotophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). They exchanged their vows on the private plane they had chartered for the journey. But back in Ohio they union was not recognised. John’s death certificate would describe him as a single man, and Jim would not only have mourn the passing of his husband but would also be denied acknowledgement of the life they had shared. The couple met Al Gerhardstein, a lawyer who had spent more than thirty years fighting civil rights cases. Together they began a long and gruelling battle which was a David and Goliath challenge. Jim and John’s marriage sadly was cut short when John died just five days after they exchanged vows. Jim kept fighting for recognition of their union. By the time the battle reached the Supreme Court they’d teamed up with many other couples fighting their own experiences of injustice. Jim Obergefell became the lead plaintiff in the case, his name at the top of the court documents. Now a year on from the ground breaking decision he’s written a book about that journey.

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Teaming up with Pulitzer prize winning journalist Debbie Cenziper, ‘Love Wins’ is not only the story of Jim and John’s loving relationship and that epic legal journey that followed after John’s death. The book also captures the perspectives of other key players on both sides of the fight for marriage equality in the USA. Jim Obergefell spoke to OUTinPerth about his book, and the fight for marriage equality in the USA. As we reach a year since the Supreme Court’s historic decision how do you reflect on the last 12 months? It’s been quite the ride, my life has turned into something I could never have expected,

something I never could have dreamed of – honestly. As we come up on the year, in some ways it seems like it was only a few weeks ago, in other ways it feels like it was a decade ago. It’s a really weird dichotomy and feeling about the anniversary. As you headed into the Supreme Court to hear the judge’s decision, what were your feelings at the time? On that day, being the 26th of June, that morning we were all more optimistic about the ruling. It was Friday June 26th, and June 26th has been an important date for the community in the US. We were all more positive that morning.

Then when we were standing outside of the court house in the public line where a police officer was handing out the tickets for the court room. Instead of being the colour they had been every other time – bright orange – the ticket that morning was lavender. So that was just this additional hint, this additional possibility that yeah, we might be getting really good news. Once I got to the courtroom, I was feeling pretty optimistic. As you’ve travelled along this journey, how do you persevere and keep on fighting to get where you need to go? Honestly that was fairly easy, because for me, from the start when John and I decided to file suit, we decided to do this because it was how we could live up to our promises and commitments to each other. Then after John died I had to keep going because I needed to know that he really could rest in peace. I needed to know that his final record as a person, his death certificate, would always be accurate. I also had a group of thirty something other plaintiffs involved who were all just as courageous, and just as brave, and just as – anything you want to say. They were fighting for the right things as well and that was a great amount of support and comfort. We became like a family – that really made it easier. What was the biggest challenge, what was the hardest part? I would say the hardest part, the hardest moment, was when the sixth circuit court of appeals ruled against us. That’s when they had consolidated six cases from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Michigan,

and that court in a 2-1 ruling, ruled against us in November of 2014. That really was the low point. It was a painful decision, I think it was an offensive decision, the way that it was written. That was the low point, but it also the point where we could look at that ruling, that loss and the potential silver lining that it would get us to the Supreme Court. It was the low point, but it came with that silver lining. What’s it like putting this all together in a book, what’s that process like? For me the best possible thing was, when this happened Debbie called me out of the blue in April 2104. We have a family connection, John and I were at Debbie’s first wedding, so I’ve known Debbie for over 25 years.

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It gave me an immediate sense of comfort and security because I knew her - that was great. The fact that she’s an investigative journalist meant that she had this great way of pulling memories out of my head, things that I thought I’d lost completely. It was also part of my therapy for my grieving process, that was really helpful, but it was an incredibly short time frame. Each week we were writing one chapter while doing research for the next chapter. The book includes not only your story and perspective, but also the point of view of lots of other people. What was it like for you to find out more about their experiences? That was one of the things Debbie proposed almost from the start. I’m glad that we did that because I’ve always said this case is not just about me, about me and John – even though it has my name on it. There was more than thirty other plaintiffs and I learned more about them, but really for me, it was learning more about our attorney Al Gerhardstein, and learning more about the judges, it was incredibly interesting to get those stories and make this a much bigger picture. The other thing we decided we really needed to do was to make the city of Cincinnati itself a character in the book, and show how a city has changed over the past 20 years. I look at Cincinnati today in comparison to when I first moved there in 1984, and when John and I became as couple in 1992, and there is very little I recognise from 20 years ago. It’s been an amazing transformation.

outside the Supreme Court? It must have been a surreal experience. I’d just been speaking to the press and I’d just completed an interview and someone hands me a cell-phone with it on speakerphone. Here I am trying to listen, hear and speak in the middle of thousands and thousands of people. It was amazing because here’s the president calling to say “Jim – thank you. Because of you and your husband our country’s a better place today.” That’s a really amazing thing to be told by the president. Even though, after I hung up, I couldn’t remember a single thing he’d said, or a single thing I’d said. The title of your book is ‘Love Wins’, they’ve just announced the theme for our Pride festival in Perth this year is going to be ‘#lovewins’, what do those words mean to you? For me it just reinforces that fact that it is all about love, that’s what we fought for, that was the whole goal of what we did, and why we did it. It was because we loved each other, and we wanted to live up to our promises and our commitments. It is all about love, and love can do amazing things. Graeme Watson, image: Glen Hartong – Cincinnati Enquirer

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Hundreds of people came together last month to honour the victims of the tragic shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Community leaders spoke, trying to make sense of the tragedy and the large crowd joined hands singing ‘We Shall Overcome’ in a tribute that honoured the victims and showed solidarity with LGBTIQ people around the world

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Henry On 8th - Maylands

After months of anticipation Maylands latest café/bar Henry on 8ighth has opened. The café offers breakfast up until 3pm and has everything from buckwheat pancakes to on-trend smoothie bowls. We sampled the brioche egg in a hole, which was tasty, and we can testify that they also make a decent cup of coffee. Henry on 8ighth is at 49 Eighth Ave Maylands

We gave Connections’ DJ Cinnamon a challenge, could she identify five classic tracks from past decades while a stopwatch was running?

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The Garden Cafe - Guildford

The Garden Café on Guildford is a fairly new café that delivers great food and coffee. A great spot for a catchup with a friend for a gossip session. They offer a variety of breakfast and lunch option and some great daily specials. We sampled their Minestrone soup which had restorative properties on a cold winter day. The Garden Cage on Guildford is at 317 Guildford Rd

RESULT Score 3 out of 5 Time 49 seconds Head down to Connections for Decadance: Electric Dreams as they celebrate the music of 1985 - 1995. The party is on Friday 22 July.

Chi – Victoria Park Sure there’s heaps of Chinese restaurants to choose from, but this one nails the balance of great food, friendly service and a decent price. The Ma Po Tofu is delicious, the Crispy Skin Chicken comes with a great vinegar sauce and the Chef’s special was a sweet beef stir fry. Make a reservation because the secret is out and this place is packed with customers.

Australian singer Luke Antony has just released his new tune ‘Separate Ways’. The video for the catchy tune features a same sex couple on a romantic adventure, while Antony acts as the stories narrator. Antony’s headlining the Munich Pride Festival, his new song is also the theme for this year’s celebrations.

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events Your show ‘Chatty Man’ has been a huge success, we get it here in Australia, but sometime we don’t know who the British celebrities are, which makes in even more interesting. What’s the secret to being a good chat show host? Listen love, there’s been some guest on ‘Chatty Man’ that even I don’t know who they are. Sometimes you have one of those weeks where the actually is no one interesting. I don’t know what the secret is, this sounds weird but I worked in a call centre for five years and I spoke to people all the time. It’s just acting interested and looking like you give a monkeys really. You know what I mean. You spent your formative years in Manchester. A place famous for its music, and you studied drama. What Manchester like as a young gay guy? Well what happened was I studied near Middlesex down near London. It wasn’t drama, I wasn’t talented enough to be in the drama course. So I got into Theatre Studies which is basically - you come on in a black body stocking and move the furniture around when the lights change. Then you sit there wondering why you can’t get an agent. I grew up in Northampton that had no gay scene. There was like a poetry night on a Wednesday that you sort of turned up at. Lots of people wearing berets. The thing about Northampton was that there was no gay scene. I thought there must be gays and lesbians here, so what I did was I used to follow hair dressers home after their shift. Where they were going? Are they going to a club? When I went to Manchester, of course you’ve got ‘Queer as Folk’ up there and you’ve got Canal Street, this whole street full of gay bars. What do you make of Australia when you come here? Comedian Alan Carr is heading down under with his new stand-up show. The host of TV’s ‘Chatty Man’ spoke to OUTinPerth about how he started his career in experimental theatre and found the gay world in Manchester and Sydney’s Darlinghurst. Your new stand up show is called ‘Yap, Yap, Yap’, are you the kid who was always in trouble for talking too much in class? Yeah, always being sent out. I’m a giggler, that’s the thing. I was always giggling. Things would just tickle me, and then it would be “Get out Alan!’ I’d be standing outside with the yobs, you know – the trouble makers, but only because of giggling, and giggling’s not a crime is it? Now you make a living out of it. I know, isn’t it funny! All the things I used to hate about myself at school, like my voice, my glasses, fat with teeth – they’ve become like my trademarks. It’s very weird how life pans out. To think I was going to get cosmetic surgery.

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Well I’ve been there twice. I lived in Sydney for six months, and then I’ve been back to Melbourne just for one day to do a stand up show. So I was just there and back, I didn’t really get a chance to see it. Sydney was a revelation for me, we lived in Darlinghurst and we had gay bingo on a Monday. It was so funny, I just loved the drag queen scene there. I mean, is it Oxford Street? I remember coming out of a club at about five in the morning and there was a Drag Queen beating a policeman over the head with a baguette, and nobody seemed surprised or shocked. I love all that, the bingo – two fat lesbians 88, and the prizes would be dildos, cock rings and porn. I’d never seen anything like it! Listen in on our whole conversation with Alan Carr at www.outinperth.com . It’s our feature podcast for July. Just search for ‘Alan Carr On the Line’. Alan Carr’s ‘Yap,Yap,Yap’ is at The Riverside Theatre on August 28th. Tickets are onsale now from Ticketek. Graeme Watson

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CLUBS

PUBS

POOF DOOF GAYLIEN

Drag Factory

Poof Doof returns to Perth direct from the outer ring with GAYLIEN, an extra-terrestrial evening featuring DJ Jason Conti from Uranus. Prizes for the most out of this world costume!

Throw on a frock, slip on a wig, pick out a tune and give drag a go. Wannabe drag queens, kings and performers can lip-sync the house down and compete for cash prizes!

Friday July 8th from 10pm, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Every Wednesday from 9pm, The Court Hotel, 50 Beaufort St, Perth

Outer Body Connections are hosting another Outer Body experience with Untzz Records DJs, Babicka and Adelaide’s Mac Mills, with unmissable art installations and drag performances by Gendermess Productions. Friday July 15th from 8pm, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Decadance: Electric Dreams Connections are bringing their much loved 40th anniversary event, Decadance! Relive 1985 – 1995 through Cher, Phil Collins, Kate Bush, Prince, Madonna and more on the dancefloor. Friday July 22nd from 8pm, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Kim Chi & Naomi Smalls RuPaul’s Drag Race season 8 runners up Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls are bringing the realness to Connections Nightclub this July. Don’t miss these two titans of drag brought to you by In The Dark. Friday July 29th from 8pm, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Lesbian Mud Wrestling For over ten years Lesbian Mud Wrestling has been the biggest event on a Wednesday night, it’s people wrestling in mud! Although not always lesbians, sometimes there are dirty boys too. Every Wednesday from 8pm, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Dragathon Head down to Connections on a Thursday night and catch the drag stars competing to see who is the Queen of the night. The drag queens face off around 10:30pm. Every Thursday @ 10pm - Late, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Pop! Nothing but bright, bubbly, sugar coated pop tunes at this popular mid-week get together hosted by our very own Barbie Q. Drag shows at 1am. Every Thursday @ 10pm - Late, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Showpony Connections regular Saturday night party is always a mountain of fun. This month there will be encore performances of the drag show on July 23rd and 30th. Every Saturday @ 10pm - 5am, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

Must Be the Music Each week Connections DJ’s play with you and tease you and they lead you through a journey through disco, house, progressive and even a touch of techno. Every Friday @ 10pm - 5am, Connections Nightclub, 81 James St, Northbridge

GRIND LGBTQIAS event – an all gender – no dickhead strip club / cabaret club / night club with male & female strippers. Full stage shows every 30 minutes and drink specials. This month’s theme is Rocky Horror! Friday 15th July from 9:30pm, The Rocket Room, 174 James St, Northbridge

Bump & Grind

It’s that time again! R&B is taking over the Beer Garden at The Court - DJs Dannyboi and Skooby with be teaming up with Selina Murby to take you on a booty bouncing journey. Free entry before 10pm.

COMMUNITY Wednesday July 20th from 6pm – 8pm, Brisbane Hotel, Cnr Beaufort & Brisbane St, Perth

NAIDOC Week

Celebrate NAIDOC week with a free family event in the James Street Ampitheatre. Performances by Jake and the Cowboys and a live broadcast by Noongar Radio and a State Library of WA exhibition following the history of Australia’s First People.

Saturday July 16th from 8pm, The Court Hotel, 50 Beaufort St, Perth

From Wednesday 6th July, Perth Cultural Centre, 47 James St Mall, Northbridge

Crap Music Rave Party! Mega Perth Raaaaaave!

Lesbian Walking Group

Back for the first time since Fringe World, Tomas Ford’s Crap Music Rave Party is playing all of your guiltiest pleasures like Tina Arena, Savage Garden, 80’s movie themes for an ultimate blue light disco flashback.

This friendly walking group is always open to new members and meets every third Sunday of the month.

Saturday July 16th from 8pm, Rosemount Hotel, 459 Fitzgerald St, North Perth

BARS Sundays at Swallow The food is first rate, the choice of wines is adventurous and on Sundays they have sublime live music. Relax with a Sunday Session at Swallow Bar. Every Sunday from 4pm, Swallow Bar, 198 Whatley Cres, Maylands

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The social men’s walking group for gay guys and their friends meets every third Sunday of the month.

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YOUTH EVENTS

Live Music at Chapels

Freespace

Enjoy live music in a relaxed dining environment and have a drink while you’re there.

A safe social drop-in session for all people under 26 who are same sex attracted, intersex, trans* and/or gender diverse.

Every Friday and Saturday Night, 7pm-9pm, Chapels on Whatley, 196 Whatley Cres, Maylands

THEATRE RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons

Some of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s biggest stars are bringing a full stage show extravaganza to the Astor Theatre. Featuring Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon, Adore Delano and more! Hosted by Michelle Visage. Wednesday July 6th @ 7:30pm, Astor Theatre, 659 Beaufort St, Mount Lawley

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Black Swan State Theatre Company together with the National Theatre of China brings Bertolt Brecht’s classic work The Caucasian Chalk Circle to Perth for the company’s first international collaboration. Saturday July 30th –Saturday 13th August, State Theatre Centre of WA, 174-176 William St, Perth

CULTURE The Exlir of Love

WA Opera present Simon Phillips much-loved production of Donizetti’s opera comes to Western Australia for the first time. Its Australian outback setting is perfect for this ‘absolute corker’ of a story. July 14, 16, 19, 21, 23 His Majesty’s Theatre, 825 Hay St, Perth

Carlotta Live & Intimate

Entertainer, cabaret star, TV celebrity and Queen of the Cross Carlotta is bringing her outrageous live comedy to Perth this July. Don’t miss your chance to see this Australian icon! Hosted by GRAI.

Weekly on Wednesdays 5 - 8pm & Fridays 4pm-8pm, Freedom Centre, 93 Brisbane St, Perth

GenderQ

A free session for anyone who is intersex, transgender, and/or gender diverse and questioning their gender and/or sex assigned at birth. First Thursday of every month, 5 - 8pm, Freedom Centre, 93 Brisbane St, Perth

QCulture

A drop-in session for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth who identify as LGBTIQ. Third Thursday of the month, 5 - 8pm, Freedom Centre, 93 Brisbane St, Perth

Outspace A session for all people under 26 who are LGBTIQ. These sessions are activity-based so come along to try something new, get active and have fun! 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 12 - 5pm, Freedom Centre, 93 Brisbane St, Perth

Junior aGender

A drop in session transgender and gender diverse youth under 18 and their families. Last Monday of the month, 5 - 8pm, Freedom Centre, 93 Brisbane St, Perth

Thursday July 28th, Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWA, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley

Disrupted – Festival of Ideas

Disrupted brings together over 30 change-makers for discussion, workshops, conversations and installations on the theme of small movements gathering momentum to seed with big changes. Guests include Waleed Aly and the Freedom Centre’s Dani WrightToussaint. Saturday July 30th – Sunday July 31st, State Library of WA, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge

COMMUNITY 3rd Wednesdays

A casual gathering of LGBTI friends and supporters for drinks, nibbles and meeting new people.

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Black Swan State Theatre Company are bringing the epic theatre classic ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ to the State Theatre Centre. Devotees will be familiar with the revolutionary works of its author, Bertolt Brecht, while casual theatre-goers will probably have heard his name – so who exactly was Brecht and what is ‘epic theatre’? Let’s break it down.

Born in 1898, Brecht was an influential German playwright and poet. His early works of poetry focused on politics and his plays pivoted on the social issues of the time, eliciting his expulsion from school for his writings against the war and his passion for Marx and Socialism.

His budding Marxism became the essence of each of his works, writing critically of capitalism and marking the growing economic and social inequalities of the time with the rise of the machine and changing power structures of the time. He developed his brand of ‘Epic Theatre’ as a reaction to a time when Realism, Naturalism and Melodrama were at their peak as popular genres of the stage. Realism aimed to recreate life and fool the audience into believing the action was happening and provide an escape from the world. Brecht hated this passive style, wanting to challenge people and question their beliefs. Brecht developed a set of alienation effects, or Verfremdungseffekt, to jar the audience into considering the themes of the work rather than just absorbing them. These effects were used to draw attention by doing something unexpected and breaking rhythm. – forcing audiences to remember they are watching a play. Such effects include keeping the theatre lights on, alternating between song and speech, showing written signs to the audience and characters without costume. Sets may be obviously artificial or entirely absent from the stage. Brecht felt the actor’s job was to plainly show what happens, not become embroiled as their character. He encouraged robotic movements, speaking the stage directions aloud and swapping roles with other actors during the performance. Brecht’s influence can still be seen in contemporary theatre and cinema, notably in Lars Von Trier’s ‘Dogville’, where the set is replaced with chalk outlines of houses and objects. A true icon of the theatre, Brecht passed in 1956. His final request was to be buried in a lead lined coffin with a stiletto through his heart – his final work of art. The Black Swan production is a collaboration with preeminent theatre director Dr Wang Xiaoying, Director, Deputy President of the National Theatre of China, who will direct ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ with surtitles in Mandarin. Pictured: National Theatre of China director Dr Wang Xiaoying (centre). L-R Tao Chen (Asst Dtr), Felix Ching Ching Ho (Asst Dtr), Dr Wang, Kate Cherry (Artistic Dtr BSTC), Zhao Yan (Costumes), Zhang Huaxiang (Masks & Props). Photographed by Philip Gostelow. Black Swan State Theatre’s production of ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ is at the State Theatre Centre from 3 August 2016. Book tickets at www.bsstc.com.au

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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the life and music of David Bowie later this year, and a troupe of great Australian artists are coming to sing some of Bowie’s biggest hits and little known gems. The show was recently performed in Sydney and performer iOTA was one of the featured artists. The performer who has had success as both a singer and actor spoke to OUTinPerth about Bowie, growing up in Pinjarra and why he jumped at the chance to sing in front of an orchestra. What was it about this Bowie tribute that made you want to be a part of it? There were a lot of tributes popping up and it seemed like this one was a little more auspicious. It was with an orchestra and that was a big attraction for me. I’d never sung with an orchestra before and I’d never met or worked with any of the other singers.

How did you choose which Bowie tunes to perform? We were given a choice of songs and asked what we liked, but there was also some songs that were chosen for us, it was a bit of a mixture of decisions there. Any song would have been fine for me, but I really loved getting to sing ‘Life on Mars’. Which version of David Bowie did you first encounter when you were growing up? I remember the red headed Spider from Mars guy, I remember thinking he was interesting, and that stuck with me, I liked his look. It was really ‘80s Bowie that really got my attention because I was a teenager then and ‘Let’s Dance’ and ‘China Girl’ were on the radio. He was part of what I ‘sucking in’ as a teenager. Later though around 2000 I really discover all of his work, and that’s when I realized what a great singer he was with so many interesting songs and melodies.

What’s the difference between performing with an orchestra as opposed to a regular band?

You’re originally from Pinjarra, what was it like growing up there as a creative kid?

It’s not too different for me as a singer, but it’s challenging to get an orchestra and a band to combine together because the volume levels are not what either are used to. They need to come up or down in volume to be able to come together.

It was OK until I discovered sex or sexuality, and then it became a kind of torture. It was a very homophobic environment. You know, you work out that you’re gay and decide not to tell anyone and it - it just informs the next few years, which was pretty dark for me.

I have great memories as a kid of lots of foggy mornings, grassy fields and cows, going out and looking for mushrooms (not magic ones!) and being in that rural environment and liking that. The older years were a lot of mischief, a lot of unhappiness and trouble. There were good times, I did a lot of jamming and playing and rock n roll, but I couldn’t wait to get out of there and spread my wings. David Bowie – Nothing Has Changed is being performed by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with iOTA, Deborah Conway, Steve Kilbey, Adalita and Tim Rogers at The Riverside Theatre on Friday 11 November 2016. Tickets available from tickets.waso.com.au

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For singer Roisin Murphy the creative process has always encompassed everything from the music, to the accompanying videos, and the photographs that go with each release. When ‘Ten Miles High’, the lead single from her new album ‘Take Her Up to Monto’, was released Murphy created the video herself. It showed her darting around London in hi-vis gear. Decked out in neon yellow Murphy made workwear high fashion. Chatting on the phone from London we joke that she’d fit right in at Perth airport which is often filled with day-go yellow workwear. “Everyone there looks like me! Excellent – I’m going to have to get down there.” Murphy said. The avant-garde singer has another connection to Perth. Last year on her European tour Murphy wore a costume created by local performance artist Ginava. Murphy had nothing but praise for the local drag performer. “He’s amazing,” Murphy proclaimed. “It was absolutely incredible – what a piece. It’s got to go into a museum, it’s a piece of art.” The singer ended up wearing the shaggy tinsel creation after local photographer Claire Alexander captured Ginava performing to one of Murphy’s tracks at The Court Hotel. When she expressed how much she loved the costume - Ginava sent the outfit to her. In 2015 the singer toured with her album ‘Hairless Toys’. It was the third solo album for the former Moloko member and followed a period where she’d eschewed albums in favour of a series of singles and short EPs. Now just over a year later Murphy’s returned with another record. ‘Take Her Up to Monto’ features songs written at the same time as those featured on her last album. Murphy and collaborator Eddie Stevens benefiting from a prolific creative output during their writing sessions. Murphy said finishing off the songs from the earlier session had been a different process for each tune. Revisiting the compositions after a long break saw some of them dramatically changed from their original form. “Some of them have been really heavily reworked, and some of them haven’t been touched.” Murphy said. “’Mastermind’ and ‘Thoughts Wasted’ were really complicated things to finish, even ‘Ten Miles High’ has a total epic arrangement. The vocal arrangements on tracks like ‘Whatever’ are really complicated.”

Across the nine new songs Murphy tackles a variety of styles. Fans have already shown an outpouring of love for the heavy disco sounds of ‘Mastermind’ which was shared with fans ahead of the albums released. Another stand out tune is ‘Lip Service’ which features bossa nova styled beats. “It’s a love song,” Murphy said, “It’s a nice simple and pretty tune and it probably does come as a bit of a surprise on the album.” Murphy said she’d spent a lot of time deciding which order to put the tracks on the album so it took the listener of a journey from its intro of thumping disco through many different musical landscapes.Murphy said living with her partner Italian music producer Sebastiano Properzi had affected her musical tastes. Murphy said she’s constantly surrounded by Italian music. So much so that she recorded an EP of Italian tunes. “It taught me a lot about singing.” Murphy said of her ‘Mi Senti’ EP, “I learned a great deal from that Italian project. I think it’s a good thing for singers to do cover versions now and again. It’s a bit of a learning curve. If you write your own songs, you tend to write for what your voice can do. When you have to take someone else’s song on you have to push yourself outside your range, and that’s good for you.” Murphy said she liked setting herself challenges, which is why she’s begun to make the video clips that accompany her songs herself. “It’s quite a modern thing, being able to take control across a range of disciplines. It’s easier now to get hold of the technology. The video for ‘Ten Miles High’ was made with a brand new type of camera that’s so tiny you can hardly see it. It looks like your just holding a phone. “It meant I could shoot on the tube, shoot in the stations and just run around Canary Wharf and nobody tried to stop me because we were so surreptitious. It’s much easier than it ever was to do these things and I just really enjoying doing them.” Murphy said most people didn’t bat an eyelid as she ran around the city making the video. “There’s a women on the bus, I sat down next to her singing and she just looked out the window.” Murphy proclaimed, “It really looks like I paid everyone to pretend I’m not there. I’m there in my hi-vis and nobody notices.” The concept of ‘realness’ something Murphy was inspired by after watching the documentary ‘Paris is Burning’. The singer said the idea of taking an archetype like an executive or a college girl and playing it straight had led to her hi-vis excursion. “I like the idea of doing it a little bit better than the reality, then it becomes real.” Murphy said. Roisin Murphy’s ‘Take Her Up to Monto’ is released on July 8th.

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From her big ‘90s hits like ‘This is Your Night’ and ‘Sexual (Li Da Di)’, to the uplifting ‘If You Could Read My Mind’, Amber’s music has always gotten a lot of spins in gay venues. Now the pop star is heading to Perth to perform at ‘90s Dance Mania’ at Metro City in September. Chatting to OUTinPerth Amber said it not surprising that we’ve reached a point where people are going crazy for ‘90s music. “There are people who go crazy about ‘70s music, there are people who go crazy for ‘80s music.” The singer said it’s not surprising that now that people are little older and settled they look back with fondness for the music of a time when their life was at its greatest intensity. As ‘Starz on 54’, Amber teamed up with Jocelyn Enriquez and Ultra Nate to create a disco version of the tune ‘If You Could Read My Mind’ for the movie ‘54’. “It’s a well-known song, originally written and sung by Gordon Lightfoot”, Amber said, crediting the fact the song was already well known as part of the success. “Miramax approached the record company and asked if they were up for delivering the soundtrack to the movie. So the Vice President came up with this idea of teaming us all up.” “Jocelyn was also on the label, and Ultra Nate was with Strictly Rhythm, and I said ‘sure, why not’. We got together in the studio and did the song and it came out so good that Miramax re-shot the ending of the movie and put us in it. “The three of us have performed that song together only three or four times in our lifetimes. Afterward everyone went their own ways. I’ve met Ultra Nate maybe two times where we’ve done the song together.

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“That tune lives on and it’s just a blessing.” Amber said. Amber will be appearing alongside Haddaway, La Bouche, Jenny Berggren from Ace of Base and Katrin from Black Box at 90s Dance Mania. Tickets available from OzTix.

“We were meant to be within a certain mile radius of the base, I think it was 300 miles, anything more than that you had to be on leave or vacation.” Once the band started climbing up the charts McCray was definitely traveling outside the approved area. “I was in Italy, I was in Albania, and I was in England. I was in a lot of places that shouldn’t have been”. McCray said he’d managed to break the rules by bringing his supervisor back a bottle of the local spirit from wherever the band had travelled to.

In the ‘90s La Bouche scored a run of Tragically Melanie Thornton was killed in a plane hits with their tunes ‘Be My Lover’, crash in 2001. After a succession of singers appearing in the band on a ‘work for hire’ basis but now McCray ‘Sweet Dreams’ and ‘Fallin’ in Love’. The dance act formed when rapper Lane McCray teamed up with singer Melanie Thornton. At first the duo formed a cover band, but soon they were working with some of the top dance music producers in Germany. The early days of the bands success though faced one minor challenge though, McCray was still on active duty in the US air force. “It was pretty trying for me,” McCray told OUTinPerth, “I started recording in the spring of 1994 and I was still on active duty, so it required me going to work all day, I’d get off at 4:30pm and then I would jump in the car and drive three and half hours to Frankfurt, be in the studio all night and then go directly back to work.” McCray said the effort of computing to the studio two or three times a week was certainly worth it, but admits he may have been breaking a few rules.

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has teamed up with Albanian singer Sophie Cairo who is a fully fledged band member. McCray said the duo have been working on new material including some songs he’d created with Thornton that had never been released.

La Bouche will be taking to the stage at ‘90s Dance Mania at Metro City in September.

New shipment has arrived Public Broadcasting Service The Race for Space Remixes

British electronic duo Public Broadcasting Service have released a remix version of their 2016 album. Line up to give the band’s odd tunes extra beats are some of the most intriguing electronic artists making music today. Errors, Pychemagik, Blond:Ish, Field Music, Maps and Petar Dundov all add their flavor to the tunes. An engaging and unique album that balances dancefloor beats while retains the interesting elements of the original compositions.

Magic!

Primary Colours Magic! Sold more than 3million copies of their breakthough hit ‘Rude’, it’s hard to believe its three years since the reggae infused tune was a hit around the world. Now the Canadian band have released their second album. It’s a collection of reggae and Latin infused lightweight sickly sweet sing-a-long pop. There’s real reggae music out there in the world that is so much better than this.

Delta Goodrem Wings of the Wild

Delta’s fifth album is an all grown-up affair filled with slick tunes and it’s fierce. Kicking off with ‘Feline’ which mixes strings and electronica, the very catchy single ‘Wings’ is brilliant, that tune and second single ‘Dear Lie’ are both written with DNA Songs (the team behind Dami Im’s Eurovision hit). Surprisingly a cover of The Darkness hit ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ is actually a stunning rendition of the tune that sees Delta deliver the novelty hit as a serious song – and it works realty well!

DJ Shadow

The Mountain Will Fall Cut up artist DJ Shadow delivers an album that sees him creating more original sounds than ever before, but it’s an interesting mix of sounds that’s uber-cool. Twenty years after the ground-breaking ‘Endtroducing’, DJ Shadow is at the top of his game. These tracks take in a variety of musical influences from hip-hop to surf rock, jazz, and the blues. A quality offering. Olafur Arnalds featuring Arnor Dan – Say My Name The Icelandic musician takes Desiney Child and turns into a thing of great beauty Myami – Cloudstreet slick and smooth vocals with really interesting electronic sounds Bielfield – Boom and Bust two listens and this song will be stuck in your head, the rap in the middle makes it sound very nineties Todd Terje and The Olsons – Do You Want to Bump? golden disco goodness, a deep sex voice and trumpets is always a winning combination Laura Mvula featuring Nile Rodgers – Overcome funky, epic and odd Quantic and Flowering Inferno featuring Christoper Ellis – All I do is think about you classic Stevie Wonder tune delivered with a reggae vibe Disclosure featuring Al Green - Like I do there’s nothing as smooth as Al Green’s voice, check out their other track ‘Boss’ too. Brendan Maclean featuring Amanda Palmer – On the Door it’s just brilliant love love love Cleopold – Down in Flames just love the chorus on this tune Sigur Ros – Oveour did they record this on a space station – possibly maybe Ngaiire – House on a Rock pounding beats and cascading vocals that breaks into crazy dance vibes, brilliant tune The Avalanches – Subway it’s totally a warm ride

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Directed by Ivan Sen

This scary British documentary captures footage of gay men who combine psychoactive drugs and multiple-partner sex on London. It is frightening because health issues of unsafe sex with HIVpositive men are disregarded and social media and hook-up sites make it easy to engage in weekend-long drug-fueled orgies. Honest interviews with participants show the allure but there are also scary admissions of these dark fantasies causing harm to susceptible young (and not so young) men who have lost touch with sobriety. David Stuart, who runs London’s Soho sexual health clinic, speaks about the health crisis and many of those interviewed are his patients who are trying to detox. There are some explicit sexual and drug-related scenes, but the most disturbing parts are interviews with guys having psychotic drug-induced experiences.

Social media was full of speculation that there was ‘lesbian’ content in the latest Pixar animation. Dory the blue tang (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) is a friend of clownfish and box office hit Nemo. She suffers from short-term memory loss and has flashbacks of her previous life. Nemo (Hayden Rolence) and his dad Marlin (Albert Brooks) are Dory’s faux family as she tries to find her parents. Though Disney and diversity don’t usually go in the same sentence, the animation of the film is great, so I went along for the ride. There are some hilarious moments along the way as well as some worthwhile messages that I hope the younger audience don’t miss - about ocean ecology and the destruction caused by humans, the ethics of marine parks and to just keeping on swimming when you find yourself in a dark place. Dory does speak whale with her best friend Destiny but there is no dive into diversity.

In a Turkish village, 13 year-old Lale (Gunes Sensoy) and her four sisters celebrate the end of the school year at the beach with some boys. The spirited girls are orphans raised by grandmother (Nihak Koldas) and authoritarian uncle (Ayberk Pekcan) who have received reports that their behaviour was debauched. Their reaction is to lock them in the house and dress them in ‘shit-coloured’ dresses. School is replaced with cooking classes at home and marriages are arranged. Lale, the youngest and most spirited plans her escape. Shot in Turkey, with Turkish actresses, this powerful film shows the limited alternatives there are for women in today’s Turkey. Erguven has said that the film reminds her of her childhood and she laments how things have been influenced by Muslim fundamentalism. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Oscars, Mustang is sometimes confronting but it a story that needs to be told.

Three years after Mystery Road opened the Sydney Film Festival, the powerful sequel Goldstone opened the festival. Indigenous detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pederson) returns to the outback to investigate a missing person. After the death of his daughter, he is a broken man and is arrested for drunk driving by the local policeman Alex Russell (Josh) before he even arrives in Goldstone. Jay has a strong physical presence but he doesn’t say much as he listens to the mayor (Jackie Weaver) and mining boss (David Wenham) cajole and elder Johnny (David Gulpilil) show him the secrets of the land. As the mining company blows up the land, Jay is warned not to challenge the complex network of corruption. Ivan Sen wrote, shot, edited and scored this brilliant western thriller and while the cinematography is enthralling, it is the multiple connections and layers of symbolism that will haunt you.

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Chemsex screens as part of Revelations Film Festival on Sunday 10 July (Cinema Paradiso) and Wednesday 13 July (Luna Cinema).

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“In this show it’s never a question of are you going to die, it’s how are you going to die? If you missed our online interview with actor Eugene Simon from ‘Game of Thrones’ in the lead up to the stunning conclusion of Season Six of the popular show track it down online. We chatted to the actor better known as Lancel Lannister to find out more about the making of the world’s most popular TV program. The season finale broke rating records for Foxtel as GOT mania reached a fervor. Now we’ve just got to wait 42 weeks to find out what happens next.

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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (R) Directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey

Robert Mapplethorpe was a known homosexual who died of AIDS and spent the last years of his life promoting homosexuality, at least according to conservative US Senator Jesse Helms who was trying to ban an exhibition of Mapplethorpe’s photographs. Although it was 1989, Helms was horrified by the graphic sexual depictions and confronting S&M images. “Look at the pictures!” he cried to Congress. That’s exactly what Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey do in their documentary – they look at Mapplethorpe’s subversive, sexually explicit and evocative pictures. Although time has slightly blunted their provocative edges, the beautifully composed photographs have gone from disgusting to iconic, with auction prices to match. The filmmakers weave personal and cultural histories to expose the life and vision of this ground-breaking artist. The filmmakers interview family, friends, models and lovers who remember Mapplethorpe’s charismatic charm and good looks. They speak with curators arranging two retrospective exhibitions in Los Angeles and they have unearthed archival interviews where Mapplethorpe speaks about loving to provoke but also hoping that people will see the sense of humour in his works. Robert Mapplethorpe was born in 1946, into a white middle-class Roman Catholic family living in Queens. He grew up with the extreme conservatism of 1950s America. As a teenager, he was hugely influenced by the 1960s protests for liberation and started challenging boundaries at art school. Connecting art with arousal early on, he made collages by using forbidden images from gay pornographic magazines.

During this time, portraits of high-paying celebrities and flowers showed off his competence in producing beautifully lit black and white imagery. Mapplethorpe was entranced by beautiful bodies. Portraits of body builder Lisa Lyon added a female slant to his portfolio and he became obsessed with the physique of African American males. Mapplethorpe says in the film that his biggest turn-on is seeing the devil in everyone as he saw Satan as a “convivial playmate”. Certainly one of his most famous photographs is a self-portrait depicting himself as the devil with a bullwhip tail emerging from his rectum. The 1989 exhibition was cancelled and, although he had already died at the age of 42, Mapplethorpe became the pinup boy for free expression and gay rights. Anti-censorship protesters projected images of Mapplethorpe’s work onto the façade of the Washington gallery.

After dropping out of art school, he experimented with drugs and explored New York’s promiscuous gay scene. He was able to indulge in the reckless hedonism of sadomasochistic gay sex and produce homoerotic photographs to challenge both the sexual morals of the time and the concept of art.

As the photographs often played on the edge of pornography, there are still places that consider Mapplethorpe’s photographs too transgressive. But the fact remains that he is one of the most remarkable photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. His works of art retain their power and provocativeness today … so let’s look at the pictures.

In 1972, Mapplethorpe met and became lover to Samuel Wagstaff who bought him an expensive camera, gave him a studio and used his social connections to promote his work. Mapplethorpe was able to hire printers, including his younger brother Edward who was also a photographer and with whom there was some rivalry.

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This month the ABC bring the novel ‘Barracuda’ by Christos Tsiolkas to the screen. The Australian author’s has a long history of his works being adapted for the screen, his novel ‘Loaded’ became the feature film ‘Head On’, while ‘The Slap’ was adapted for TV both in Australia and in the U.S.A. Actor Elias Anton takes on his first major role as the central character Danny, a high school swimming champion who wins a scholarship to a prestigious private school. The

story follows Danny as he takes on a series of challenges that bring up issues of class, values and belonging.

on, sometimes we were spending three to six hours in the pool each day and it was quite draining.”

“He’s a very driven character,” Anton said of his role, “When I read the book, and I read it a few times, I discovered that he’s very passionate and he won’t let anything get in the way of that, including his family.”

Aside from the hectic schedule of learning lines, a strenuous performance requirement and trying to get enough sleep each day during the shoot, Anton said he found it difficult to shake off the character he inhabited.

“Being a public school kid jumping to being a private school scholarship boy where a lot of the students are wealthier than him is a big journey and he really stands out, and that leads to him being bullied quite a bit.”

“The most challenging part was that I found a lot of similarities between myself and Danny. I was living, sleeping and eating like Danny Kelly for the whole shoot.” Anton said. “Being able to put myself into his situation it actually affected my life a lot.”

Starring in a series which is largely set in a swimming pool created a lot of extra challenges for the actor who said he wasn’t a regular swimmer before the shoot. “I’m not a swimmer, but I was going to the gym prior to getting the part.” Anton said, “Working out has always been a passion of mine but they needed to teach me the techniques, so we were training with Olympic athletes so we’d be able to look convincing as champion swimmers.” “We were shooting twelve hour days and it was pretty full

“It made it good for when the director said action and I was on camera, but it was a lot to deal with when they said cut.” The newcomer said one of his biggest challenges was acting opposite Rachel Griffith, an experience Anton describes as a great privilege. Sharing scenes with the Emmy award winning actress is something he said allowed him to see how really experienced actor tackled a script. ‘Barracuda’ is airing on the ABC and is available on iView.

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Apartment living just continues to grow in popularity, and East Perth has once again become a much sought after location. Aside from the stunning Claisebook Cove which is surrounded by cafes and a variety of eating hotspots, and some killer views; there’s also lots of new reasons people are finding East Perth so desirable. The new football stadium will be just a short walk away across a pedestrian footbridge, and the Crown entertainment complex with its stylish bars and restaurants is surprisingly close. Head in the other direction and you can be in the city or Northbridge in just minutes. East Perth is also home to some amazing gyms and the riverside has some of the city’s best open spaces and pathways. It’s not hard to go running every day when outside is so picturesque. The Montage East Perth Village is an appealing apartment development. The building features gourmet kitchens and extra-large balconies - which are great for entertaining. There are customizable floor plans and it also has double car bay options.

Montage is a seven story building with five residential stories above two floors of offices. There’s just 30 luxury apartments in the building. These new apartments are getting snapped up pretty quickly with prices starting from just $399,000. Find out more at www.montageeastperth.com.au or contact Celsius Property 1300 CELSIUS or 08 6144 0700 or email info@celsiusproperty.com.au or call Helen Rewell on 0417926288

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10 queens from across the seasons of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ are set to reunite and battle for the second All Stars crown in drag race herstory. Following the reign of Chad Michaels, these performers know the bar is set high and they are all hungry for the crown that slipped through their fingers on their original seasons. With such a strong cast, it’s almost anyone’s game. We attempted to narrow it down and select three queens to watch for a coveted position in the final 3.

Alaska

Kayta

Phi Phi O’Hara

Since placing as runner-up to Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska has been a clear favourite of Drag Race fans, producers and affiliates, appearing in dozens of YouTube series & videos. Her debut album ‘Anus’ was incredibly well received - showcasing her immense talent as a comedian, singer and drag performer. Constantly topping fan favourite polls, there’s little doubt Alaska will make it far.

Despite being cast alongside a number of runners-up, Season 7’s Miss Congeniality Katya is almost sure to go far. Gathering a humungous fanbase during her time on air, Katya insane gymnastic ability, effervescent personality and outrageous sense of humour is bound to do a slow, sliding splits into the top 3.

After directing Sharon Needles to Party City, Phi Phi has worked hard to turn her public image around since coming off as quite a villain on the fourth season. Getting in touch with her geeky, cosplay roots - Phi Phi has been converting fans with her eclectic, nostalgic and incredible 365 Days of Drag project on Instagram.

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83 Raglan Road, Mount Lawley - 4 Bed 2 Bath Auction: Saturday 6th August @ 11am About every 30 years a home such as this comes up for sale. Originally built in 1905, it was substantially extended in 1936 when 2 rooms and an extra hallway were added to the front of the home. It was again extended by the current owners in 1992 when they added a full height extension to the rear of the property. Recent improvements have included a new contemporary kitchen and 2 new bathrooms. This 4 bedroom home sits proudly on a 575sqm duplex size block with access to the rear via a right of way. Whilst the current owners love their garden – and it shows – there is an opportunity here for a new owner to subdivide now or in the future. The home has a beautiful dining room with the original pressed metal ceilings. The dining room leads to the more recent family room extension which opens to the peaceful landscaped gardens. A side patio/courtyard provides an undercover area for quiet, cosy events. An ideal family home in a wonderful location just a few minutes’ walk to the Beaufort and Angove Street shopping precincts, Hyde Park, public transport and the city. Contact: Pam Herron, Beaufort Realty

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community group listings ALCOHOL and DRUG INFORMATION SERVICE to ALCOHOL and DRUG SUPPORT LINE— ADIS is a 24 hour confidential telephone counselling, information and referral service. If you’re concerned about your own or somebody else’s drug or alcohol use call ADIS on 08 9442 5000 or Country Callers 1800 198 024 (toll free) — www.dao.health.wa.gov.au; email: ADIS@health. wa.gov.au ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS RAINBOW GROUP meets every Tuesday 7-8pm, in the hall next to St Lukes church, cnr George and Rowland Sts, Maylands. If alcohol is costing you more than the price of the drink, please join us for sharing and recovery in a 12 Step Program with proven results. The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking. For more information www.aaperthwa.org BEARS PERTH — BEARS PERTH - A Friendly men only social club for men with body and / or facial hair and their admirers. The dress code is masculine, and men of all shapes, sizes and amount of hairiness are welcome. Licensed Den Nights are on the 2nd Saturday and 4th Friday of each month 9pm till Late @ Loton Park Bulwer St (near Lord St) East Perth. There are also different events on the 2nd Sunday of each month, often at a members residence or alternative events as advised. Visitors welcome. Contact us via phone 0487 595 672, email: info@bearsperth.org, http://bearsperth.org or http://bit.ly/bpi-www CATHOLIC GLBT AND PARENT SUPPORT — This service provides pastoral support to all members of the Catholic GLBT community, including parents of GLBT children; giving an understanding & an opportunity for processing & healing feelings of confusion, hurt, anger exclusion or being marginalised. Individual consultation is provided as well as communal gatherings of the Catholic GLBT community for mutual & spiritual support. For more information, please call 6336-8602 (leave a message if unattended) or email cathgaysupport@gmail.com COLOURFUL DAVE — A long standing member of the GLBT community, has written a book about his struggles with mental illness & accepting his faith in god with his sexuality. It’s titled ‘From Desperation to Finding Destiny’. Perfect for other Christians and those with faith who may be in a similar situation. Only $25, for orders please contact and address it to: Mr Colourful Dave, PO BOX X2222, Perth, WA, 6847 DYKES ON BIKES — A diverse, loosely-knit social group, occasional organised rides & gatherings plus annual appearance as the traditional lead float in the Pride Parade. If you are a female who rides a motorbike and loves women, then come along and check out dykes on bikes. General enquiries see our public group on facebook... Dykes on bikes WA or email dykesonbikeswa@hotmail.com FREEDOM CENTRE — Freedom Centre provides a safe space, peer support, information, and referrals for LGBTTIQ and Questioning young people (under 26).FC provides a range of services including an online Forum, trainings, workshops and our drop-in centre sessions which are open for: Freespace – every Wednesday 5-8pm & Friday 4-8pm, Outspace – 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month 12pm-5pm, GenderQ – 1st Thurs of the month 5-8pm, 1st People’s Qspace – 3rd Thursday of the month 5-8pm, Junior aGender - last Monday of even months 5-8pm, QMovie – last Tuesday of odd months 5-8pm. 93 Brisbane St, Perth WA 6000 Ph: 9228 0354 Email: info@ freedom.org.au Web: www.freedom.org.au www. fcyeah.tumblr.com GAY AND LESBIAN SINGERS OF WA (GALS WA) — No auditions, singers of all abilities welcome. Rehearsals Thursdays 7 to 9 pm at North Perth Town Hall- Lesser Hall, Cnr View and Leake St. Contact Cherie Crimp 0422 503 648 for more information or just turn up! Email: info@galswa.

org.au , website: www.galswa.org.au GAY & LESBIAN ARCHIVES OF WA — Located in the Murdoch University Library on the South Street Campus. For opening hours and access details, please contact the Library on 9360 2563. GRAI (GLBTI RIGHTS IN AGEING INC.) — works to improve the quality of life for older LGBTI people, both in care and in the community. Providing visibility and a voice for LGBTI elders is key to this. Through research and advocacy we have achieved law reform to end discrimination for older LGBTI people. We work with the aged care sector, delivering training to achieve safe and inclusive aged care services. We hold community events to build better community supports and friendships. New members welcome. Interested? Contact June on 08 9383 7753. PO Box 514 North Perth WA 6906 or 54 Bickley Cres, Manning 6152. E: info@ grai.org.au or visit www.grai.org.au GOLF BAGS — Golf club play every Sat morning at a variety of courses north and south of the river. We are a group of friendly gals who love our golf and good company. New players are always welcome. For details contact us at golfbagswa@ gmail.com HEADSPACE MIDLAND — headspace can help – headspace provides FREE information, confidential support and services for all young people 12-25 years and their families. Our experienced team includes LGBTIQ friendly Social Workers, GPs, Psychologists, Drug and alcohol workers and more. No referral is required and you can bring a friend for support. Drop in at 64 Morrison Rd, Midland (upstairs from the market) or call 08 9274 8860. www.headspace.org.au/midland HEPATITIS WA — providing information and support to people affected by hepatitis. If you would like to know more on hepatitis A, B or C, contact us on 9328 8538 (Metro) or 1800 800 070 (Country). 134 Aberdeen St Northbridge WA 6003 — www.hepatitiswa.com.au LIVING PROUD LGBTI COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WA — (formerly Gay & Lesbian Community Services of WA). Information, support, referrals and professional training. City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth WA 6005. Qlife counselling and referral Line: 1800 184 527 Admin/Fax: (08) 9486 9855 Email: admin@glcs.org.au Web: www.glcs.org.au LOTON PARK TENNIS CLUB — Diversity is our advantage. Come on down and try something new at Perth’s Other Gay & Lesbian venue. It’s not just about tennis. Open to all levels of players – social and competitive – with an emphasis on enjoyment for everyone. With the city skyline as our backdrop, sit back on the embankment or balcony and enjoy a drink in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. A full social calendar ahead ensures a summer of fun for everyone. Enquiries@lotonpark.com.au Ph: (08) 9328 5065 — www.lotonpark.com.au M CLINIC – FREE STI/HIV SCREENING CLINIC — For Men who have sex with men. Free, confidential, non-judgemental STI testing & Treatment. Please call (08) 9227 0734 for appointments. Central location. After hours options available. For more information email info@mclinic.org.au or visit mclinic.org.au OPEN ARMS FELLOWSHIP — Perth’s Only Welcoming & Affirming Pentecostal Church. “This is Church for those who’ve been told they don’t belong in church!” It doesn’t matter whether your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans or Intersex, Young, Old, Or somewhere in-between Including their Family friends and supporters. Everyone is Welcome Meeting in the Northbridge Piazza Community Room, In behind the Big screen on the Corner of Lake and James Street Northbridge, Sunday’s 6pm. For further information email: info@openarmsaustralia.org; or go to the website: www.openarmsaustralia.org; or call Pastor Graham on ph: 0405 285 233

FEES include GST Annual (Unfunded) $110 Annual (Funded) $200

OUTdance — Same Sex Partner Ballroom & Latin American Dance Classes - Group Classes & Social Nights for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Dancers. Private Lessons by appointment. Group Class - 6.30pm Tuesday Mt Hawthorn Community Centre. Class Enquiries: Judy 0417 911 214 or Warwick 0450 041 023. OUTdance Studio Principals: Darryl Davenport & Tania McGuinness. P: 0414 666 034 F: 08 9403 2220 E: info@outdance.com.au

Ph 9420 7226 / Fx 9420 7229. e: admin@ secca.org.au — www.secca.org.au

PFLAG PERTH (PARENTS, FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF LESBIANS & GAYS — is a community group offering support and understanding for families and friends with loved ones who are GLBTI. Meetings are held every second month in Perth city (please call to register) Visit website for more information, news, events and meeting dates: www.pflagwa.org.au Email: info@pflagwa. org.au. Information Line: 0404 594 699. Facebook:www.facebook.com/pflagperth

TRANSMEN OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA — A peer support network for FTM female assigned gender diverse people and their loved ones in Western Australia. P: Nick 0450 448 871 E:TransmenofWA@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/TransmenofWA W: www.transmenofwa.org

PRIDE WA INC. — To lead by example in creating a world where inclusion and diversity are embraced and celebrated. Pride WA encourages the cultural expression, celebration and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and all people of diverse sexuality and gender living in Western Australia. We recognise that our collective strength lies in our diversity and willingness to embrace and respect the differences that exist both within our Pride community and the broader communities in which we live, work, love and celebrate. PRIDE WA stages events through the year, including their annual Arts and Culture festival PrideFEST, Pride PARADE and FAIRDY. Information can be found on www.pridewa.com.au or contact us; E: pride@pridewa.com.au, P: 9427 0836 PRIMETIMERS WA — If you are a mature gay or bisexual man, we are keen to welcome you to Prime Timers. The group meets at 2pm on the second Sunday of each month, at Lotteries House: 2 Delhi St, West Perth. PO Box 829, Mt. Lawley 6929. For more info go to www. primetimerswa.com or email: primetimers@ primtimerswa.com. QLIFE – COUNSELLING & REFERRAL — QLife is Australia’s first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for people of diverse sex, genders and sexualities. QLife provides nation-wide, early intervention, peer supported telephone and web based services to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people of all ages. Freecall: 1800 184 527 Time: 3pm to 12pm Web: www.qlife.org.au RAINBOW LABOR — New members welcome to join this GLBTIQ focussed branch of the ALP. Branch meetings occur every month and we have a direct link to State Executive, and our own delegates to State Conference. Being involved in Rainbow Labor gives members the opportunity to have direct influence on the policies of the Australian Labor Party at a State and National Level. For further information please contact Nicole McKimmie, Secretary, Rainbow Labor on 0404391821. Go to e: rainbowlabor.branch@ walabor.org.au - www.groups.yahoo.com/ group/rainbow_labor_wa/

SEX WORKERS — Magenta offers support, education, info & referral services for F, M & T/G sex workers (private, escort, parlours, street). Peer-based, worker-friendly staff for confidential & anonymous phone, inhouse & outreach help/advice. Free clinic for STI screenings. Stock at reduced price to workers. Mon–Thu 9am–4pm. 9328 1387. e: sexworker@fpwa.org.au

TRUE COLOURS — directly supports young LGBTI people in the South West, and also works with schools and the broader community to raise awareness and break down the barriers to safe and inclusive communities. Safe Spaces for young people run in Bunbury (weekly 5.30pm Tuesdays) and Kwinana (fortnightly 5.30pm Wednesdays). For more information visit www. unitingcarewest.org.au/services/youth/truecolours or contact us on 1300-663-298 or at truecolours@unitingcarewest.org.au. WA AIDS COUNCIL — Strengthening our community’s health and quality of life. Provides a range of services for people living with HIV/AIDS, Counselling ( issues include HIV/AIDS, relationships, sexuality & gender) Needle and Syringe Exchange, Peer Education, workshops & STI screening for men who have sex with men. Other community education, prevention and training services offered. 664 Murray Street, West Perth, Admin: 08 9482 0000 AIDSline 9482 0044, Mensline 9322 8401 (Toll Free 1800 671 130) www.waaids.com email: waac@waaids.com WASUA (WA SUBSTANCE USER’S ASSOCIATION) — WASUA is WA’s state-wide, peer based Drug User Organisation that provides harm reduction, advocacy and peer education services to substance users. Services provided include a 7 day per week fixed site Needle Syringe Exchange Program, Health Clinic for STI/ BBV testing, pre and post test counselling, Hep A/B vaccinations, Hep C/HIV education, alcohol & other drug support and treatment referral, Drug user & Pharmacotherapy advocacy. Contact us Ph 9321-2877, 519 Murray Street Perth 6000, email: info@wasua.com.au WA GAY LEAGUE — Tenpin Bowling. Everyone is welcome. Sun from 11:00am at Warwick Superbowl. 12 Dugdale St, Warwick Grove. e: rayjc@iinet.net.au — www.wagl.org.au WA WANDERERS MENS BUSHWALKING — are a social walking group for gay guys and gay friendly guys who are keen to get outside and enjoy Western Australia’s countryside with an easy going and friendly group. 0415 249 265 www.wawanderers.com.au

SAINT ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH — Open door worship 6pm Sundays. Welcome and affirmation for all GLBTI people. 259 Barker Road, Subiaco. 9381 1130. standrewsubi@ bigpond.com www.siriol.net/StAndrew SECCA (SEXUALITY EDUCATION COUNSELLING CONSULTANCY AGENCY) — Counselling for people with a disability, their partners, carers & family about relationships & sexuality. Professional education & consultancy services available covering sexuality & disability. Fees may apply. Mon-Fri 9-5. City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St West Perth WA 6005.

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