Busselton Pride Alliance Inc.

30/08/2026

🎬 If you’re heading to CinefestOZ this year, put Sweet Milk Lane on your list. 🏳️‍⚧️

Selected as one of the four finalists for the $100,000 CinefestOZ Film Prize, Sweet Milk Lane was written, directed and stars transmasculine filmmaker Harvey Zielinski, this tender comedy-drama follows Jake, a young trans man who returns to his regional hometown, only for his terminally ill father to mistake him for his cisgender twin brother. Jake decides to go along with the confusion, setting up a story about identity, masculinity, family, belonging and the lengths we sometimes go to be accepted.

Check our the CinefestOZ website to get your ticket to the red carpet premiere on Wednesday 2 September, or the showing on Saturday 5 September - https://cinefestoz.com

Watch the preview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0db2mNJgOg

CinefestOZ 2026 Film Prize Finalist

30/08/2026

Some of the gorgeous paintings from yesterday's workshop with Atlas from Sketch with Grace.

There will be two more free sessions happening next month - come and join the fun!

🎨 Saturday 12 September - Create with Pride

🎨 Saturday 26 September - Create with Pride

28/08/2026

💜 Wear It Purple Day 💜

Today, on Wear It Purple Day, we celebrate and support LGBTQIA+ young people, recognising their strength, resilience, and right to feel safe, supported, and proud of who they are.

For LGBTQIA+ young people living in regional communities, finding connection and belonging can sometimes be more challenging. Smaller communities often mean fewer opportunities to meet other LGBTQIA+ people, limited access to dedicated support services, and concerns about visibility, privacy, or acceptance. These challenges can leave young people feeling isolated, even when they are surrounded by caring family, friends, and allies.

This is why supporting young people has been a key focus for Busselton Pride Alliance. Over the past year, we've made deliberate changes to help create more opportunities for young people to connect with our community. We've shifted many of our events to The People Place, making them more accessible and welcoming for younger attendees. This includes our Pride Perspectives Book & Media Club and half of our Board Games Nights, providing spaces where young people can build friendships, see themselves reflected in our community, and know they are not alone.

We know that visibility matters. Safe spaces matter. Community matters. On Wear It Purple Day, we celebrate the incredible LGBTQIA+ young people in our region and reaffirm our commitment to creating opportunities for connection, inclusion, and belonging.

To every LGBTQIA+ young person in our community: you are valued, you belong, and you deserve to be exactly who you are. 💜

26/08/2026

😢 Saying goodbye to another true q***r icon.

Tim Curry gave the world Dr Frank-N-Furter in the classic Rocky Horror Picture Show and challenged everything we were told about gender, sexuality and how we were supposed to present ourselves. Tim Curry played that character with such confidence and unapologetic theatricality that generations of q***r people saw a place to celebrate being different, strange, fabulous and unapologetically yourself.

That legacy matters. Representation can give people permission to imagine a life beyond the expectations placed on them. Thank you, Tim Curry, for helping make being different something to celebrate. 💕

26/08/2026

Dolly Parton’s legacy is so much bigger than music.

Dolly understood that kindness means doing something. She put books into the hands of children through her Imagination Library, supported communities through mutual aid, and funded medical research. She stood with people living with HIV, championed marriage equality, rejected religious judgment of q***r people, defended transgender rights, and embraced drag culture.

She believed in children, in science, in medicine, and in the fundamental worth of people who are too often pushed to the margins.

An amazing legacy. Rest in peace, Dolly. 💕

22/08/2026

Pride Perspectives - Book & Media Club ✨

Join us at Pride Perspectives this Monday. It's a chill, no-pressure space for the q***r community to talk about whatever you’ve been reading, watching or listening to.

▪️ 6:30pm
▪️ Monday 24th August (fourth Monday of each month)
▪️ @ The People Place
▪️ Free & open to LGBTQIA+ folks & allies

This is a casual, free-to-attend gathering. No registration required.

Thank you to The Freedom Centre and The People Place Busselton.

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21/08/2026

Espresso Yourself 🏳️‍⚧️ ☕️

Join us for a casual coffee catch-up focused on the local transgender and gender diverse community, plus their partners, friends, and allies.

▪️ 10:00am
▪️ TOMORROW Saturday August 22nd (fourth Saturday of each month)
▪️ At Millies
▪️ Free & no registration required – food & drinks available to purchase

All ages are welcome – minors must be accompanied by an adult.

18/08/2026

This Wear It Purple Day, join us in celebrating pride, inclusion, and belonging at our FREE all-ages roller-skating session!! 💜💜💜

Think disco, music, games, prizes and a darn good time.

Whether you're part of the LGBTQIA+ community or an ally, this event is for everyone🥰

Register to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rainbow-roll-wear-it-purple-2026-tickets-1997431978818?aff=oddtdtcreator

18/08/2026

15/08/2026

We invite LGBTQIA+ artists and allies of all ages to submit original works exploring themes of identity, connection, community, acceptance, home, resilience, and belonging.

Join us in celebrating the creativity, diversity, and stories of our community, as part of Busselton’s Pride Wellbeing Festival in October 2026.

All mediums welcome. Email us at [email protected] to register your interest.