On Sunday, 9 June 1996 at 3:00:00 pm UTC+8, John Bongiovanni wrote:

<har...@geo.princeton.edu> writes:

I am trying to find out as much as possible about gay life in Perth, >Western Australia. (I am considering taking a job there.)
I know that there are a couple of gay/lesbian bars and clubs,
but I am more interested in knowing the "feel" of the gay community
there.
Is it friendly, cliquish, political, oppressive, laid-back, club-
oriented, outdoorsy??? Enquiring minds want to know.

Like the city itself, the best word to describe Perth's gay life is "isolated". It's a small town, it doesn't take long to know everyone
else, and new faces show up very rarely.
While there are a number of prominent persons in the community who could
not be called "pro-gay", they aren't really "anti-gay" either. Gay bashing
is almost unheard of, but that's perhaps because gays are somewhat low-profile in Perth. Not low-numbers, low-profile.
Once you make contact with the gay community, it's pretty much what you
make of it. Just like anywhere else.
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FINGER for PGP public key - John T Bongiovanni <bo...@alumni.caltech.edu>

coming from Melbourne, i have nothing bad to say about the Perth gay culture. it is quite small in a way that it wont take long to have a mutual friend with any other homo you meet.
I'm south of river in Mandurah and i haven't felt any feelings of fear from homophobia here whatsoever, I kind of think some people just don't care, everyone is pretty chilled out here :)
good luck with the job hunt. what's you field of interest?

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