Sex workers don’t usually speak to journalists, but asked about the laws that control their working conditions, they had a lot to say.
Out of the shadows
Pride on the field
With headlines about homophobia in the AFL cropping up like weeds, it is worth asking if they have roots in the lower levels of the sport?
Conversion practices still legal in WA
The WA Government has put banning conversion practices on the back burner, despite nearly three years of promises to pass legislation.
Singing with pride
The Perth Pride Choir is preparing to host an international LGBTQIA+ choral festival next year.
The drag race
In conservative Singapore non-conformity is still difficult, yet the drag scene shines out and performers hope change comes fast.
Desperate for doctors
WA country towns are offering big incentives to lure GPs, amid a shortage described as a crisis by the state’s peak body for doctors.
Trans sports ban triggers rights complaint
The Australian Human Rights Commission is investigating a complaint from a Perth transgender woman barred from playing softball.
Sexclusion shockwave
In a landmark ruling, the legal definition of gender has changed in the UK, and the ramifications are being felt everywhere.
Under the covers
A genre of literary fiction growing in popularity pitches itself as a positive form of sexual education. But what exactly is ‘Dark Romance’?
The unkindest cut
Female genital cutting is still practised in Singapore, but there is a growing movement for change.
Parasocial pals?
Are the people we follow online really our friends, do we know them, or do we all just ‘need to calm down’?
Pride in the jumper
Debate over homophobia in the AFL has reignited. Is enough being done at local level to ensure inclusion for all?
Conversion therapy: resisting change
Conversion therapy is still legal in WA almost year after former Premier Mark McGowan pledged to ban it.
Ballroom culture: Houses, 007s, kiki? Come inside.
Meet the creative and colourful new-old culture now blossoming in Perth.
Syphilis: STI on the rise
Despite more than a decade of campaigns the rates of syphilis continue to skyrocket in WA.
Pride and prejudice
Singapore’s LGBTQ+ community says the repeal of a law criminalising sex between men is a vital win in a long, ongoing fight for equality.
Coming out, speaking up
The LGBTQ+ community in Singapore is fighting to find its voice, in a landscape that still censors non-mainstream views.