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SAT has dropped orders for Cr Thomas Brough, inset, to complete inclusivity training after making controversial comments in 2024.

sat decisionPremiumCouncillor’s appeal against inclusivity training successful

The State Administrative Tribunal has dropped orders for an Albany councillor and former Liberal candidate to complete training after he asked if the LGBTQIA+ community welcomed “minor-attracted persons”.

Melissa Sheil

The flyers have been placed in dozens of letterboxes across several suburbs — including Victoria Park, West Perth, Highgate and Maylands — for over a year, and feature photographs of different members of Perth’s LGBTIQA+ community.

LGBTQIAQueerphobic flyers around Perth spark calls for new laws

‘I felt angry, alarmed and disgusted, but almost in disbelief at what I’m seeing.’

Jessica Evensen

Front: Tiger Bird, Donna Cameron, Tegan O’Neil. Back: Eden Shephard, Karen Timmins, Jasmine Heslop and James BL Hollands are excited for the Pride Festival this weekend.

Pride Tenth annual Albany Pride Festival set to kick off on Friday

Albany is set to burst into colour from February 20, with a milestone anniversary of Pride Festival returning for a month of celebration, creativity and community connection.

Amy Towers

WA is desperately behind the rest of Australia in inclusive anti-hate laws, writes Brian Greig.

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Brian Greig
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WA desperately behind Australia in inclusive anti-hate laws

It’s not just WA. The rising tide of hate speech and assaults on LGBTIQA+ people around Australia is alarming, and WA needs to catch up to prevent it.

Brian Greig

Founded in 1975, Connections has been a pioneer of inclusive nightlife culture and this year’s 50th is going to be one huge party. Venue manager Scott Telfer and Drag queen Barbie pictured at Connections Nightclub.

PerthConnections celebrates 50 years of pride & dance floor magic

Founded in 1975, Connections has been a pioneer of inclusive nightlife culture and this year’s 50th is going to be one huge party.

Kellie Balaam

Perth Rainbow Swans president Daniel Boland won’t let homophobic abuse get in the way of the club’s Pride event.

‘Death threats’Perth LGBTQIA+ community faces rising wave of homophobia

Prominent members of Perth’s LGBTQIA+ community have called out ‘vile’ and ‘putrid’ abuse they are exposed to daily amid rising homophobia that has people increasingly on edge.

Caitlin Vinci

Detective Superintendent Ricky Chadwick (centre) at Maylands Police Complex with investigators from the Hate Crimes Unit.

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Inside the unit formed to tackle vile hate crimes in WA

Officers from WA’s new hate crimes unit say they are ‘committed’ to tackling any offences against people feeling vulnerable, including those from the LGBTQI+ community, gay men or victims of anti-Semitism.

Caleb Runciman

The Main Roads WA sign welcoming visitors to the Great Southern was found defaced on Thursday, May 8. Supplied

ALL WELCOME‘Deport Queers’: Tourist sign vandalised with hate speech

A shocking piece of anti-LGBTQIA+ graffiti defacing a sign welcoming tourists into the Great Southern has been slammed as “deeply disappointing” and “repulsive” by the Albany mayor and Pride representatives.

Melissa Sheil

Albany Town Hall lit up for the Albany Pride Festival.

ALBANY PRIDE 2025LGBTQIA+ awash in support as Albany Pride wraps up

Organisers of Albany Pride 2025 said this year’s festival was “better than we ever could have imagined” with the LGBTQIA+ community experiencing an outpouring of support during the two-week event.

Melissa Sheil

Albany Pride Festival Dog Show most stylish entrant Hermes.

Good PupsAlbany Pride pooch parade draws a crowd

Albany’s canines stole the show on Saturday as they strutted their stuff on the dogwalk for the annual Albany Pride Dog Parade.

Georgia Campion

Natalie Jarvis and Lowanna Singleton.

Pride DayPremiumIN PICS: Colour fills town square for Albany Pride Fair Day

Hundreds flocked to Albany Pride Fair Day on Saturday to celebrate the local LGBTQIA+ community and their beloved pooches with the annual dog show returning in style.

Georgia Campion

Will and Garrett Huxley have been “forcibly adopted” by the Albany Pride community.

PRIDE 2025PremiumThe Huxleys bring sequinned “magic” to Albany Pride 2025

The opening weekend of Albany Pride was filled with “magic and a stunning sense of community” according to organisers, thanks to the exhibit launch of the world-renowned performance art duo, the Huxleys.

Melissa Sheil

Railways' Krystal Prunster and Jade Drew during the GSFLW Pride Round.

SPORTS PRIDEPremiumIN PICTURES: GSFLW turns up the rainbow for Pride Round

Rainbow flags were the order of the day at the Great Southern Football League’s Women’s Pride Round at Retravision Stadium on Saturday, as crowds celebrated the third year of the special round.

Melissa Sheil

GSFLW players North Albany's Kirstie Cooper, Railways' Maggie Smit, Albany's Sian Lucas and Royals' Addy Crossing ahead of Pride Round.

Pride Round PremiumGSFLW Pride Round returns for third year with big schedule

Spectators at Retravision Stadium will witness a colourful festival of footy as the third edition of Pride Round in the GSFLW’s competition involves a six-game showcase on Saturday.

Melissa Sheil

Lowanna Singleton and Natalie Jarvis at the launch of Albany Pride.

PRIDE 2025PremiumIN PICTURES: Albany Pride 2025 launch party at Premier Hotel

The ninth iteration of regional WA’s biggest LGBTQIA festival kicked off with a bang on Friday as community members and allies gathered at the Premier Hotel for the launch of Albany Pride 2025.

Melissa Sheil

Member for Albany Rebecca Stephens, front left, with members of Albany Pride Incorporated Kriss Logan, Karen Timmins, Donna Cameron, Eden Shepherd, Millie Reid and Hannah Halls.

PRIDE 2025Albany Pride launch party kicks off biggest festival yet

WA’s biggest regional LGBTQIA event will soon be back bigger than ever as it kicks off festivities with a launch party on Friday.

Melissa Sheil

LGBTI rights activist Brian Greig.

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‘Backwards’ WA has the lowest share of LGBTQIA residents

This highlights a correlation between states with good laws and legal protections for LGBTI+ people, and those with bad or no laws.

Brian Greig

WA Police are urging dating app users to be be mindful of safety after a series of assaults on men.

CRIMEPremiumTwo teens charged over homophobic dating app attacks

Two juveniles have been charged over a series of alleged homophobic attacks in which unsuspecting men were violently robbed and beaten in Perth’s south.

Lauren Price

Cr Thomas Brough has refused orders to undergo training provided by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

COUNCILPremium‘Conversion therapy’: Councillor slams inclusivity training

An Albany councillor has publicly refused to complete his directed inclusivity training, labelling it ‘forced indoctrination’ and ‘conversion therapy’.

Melissa Sheil

Cr Brough will undergo training provided by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

COUNCILPremiumCr Brough to undergo inclusivity training after complaints

An Albany councillor and Liberal candidate will undergo inclusivity training, four months after complaints were filed over comments he made linking paedophilia to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Melissa Sheil

Last week, Premier Roger Cook announced historic reforms to the process for trans people to have their gender recognised in WA, most notably abolishing the gender reassignment board.

OPINIONPremiumLong way to go for WA’s trans law reforms

Last week, Premier Roger Cook announced historic reforms to the process for trans people to have their gender recognised in WA, most notably abolishing the gender reassignment board.

Misty Farquhar, Nat Latter & Thomas Drake-Brockman.

TOP: Albany councillor Thomas Brough said he bore "no ill will" towards Albany Pride at last week's council meeting. BOTTOM: Albany Pride held a silent protest outside the council chambers.

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Letter to the Editor: Cr Brough’s LGBTQIA+ claim “laughable”

Tony Anderson, Lower King, says Thomas Brough’s allegations about Albany’s LGBTQI+ community are “a dog whistle to rednecks and homophobes”.

Tony Anderson

Is JK Rowling shaping up to be a Harry Potter or a Voldemort when it comes to the issue of trans rights?

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KATE EMERY: JK Rowling’s trans comments are needlessly cruel

JK Rowling’s comments about new anti-hate speech law in Scotland are a real bummer for any Harry Potter fan who isn’t threatened by the existence of transwomen.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

Albany city councillor Thomas Brough made the comments during the city's popular pride festival.

PoliticsCouncillor maintains plus in LGBTQI+ includes paedophiles

Albany councillor Thomas Brough has again repeated his concerns that the plus in the LGBTQI+ acronym includes paedophiles at this month’s ordinary meeting, a month on from when he first made the claim.

Stuart McGuckin