bright lights, no city
Stories - Bright Lights, No City
Bright Lights, No City documented the experiences of nine LGBTQIA+ youth that had grown up in regional Western Australia. These oral and written stories touched on love, desire, suffering, pain, and adolescence. Funded by Catalyst.
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- Story Collections:
- All Stories
- Truth Telling in Walyalup
- More Than Our Stories
- Rubibi Yarning
- Colourful Stories
- Against All Odds
- Hear Our Voice
- Backstories 2022
- Game Changers
- My Art, My Armadale
- Death and Dying
- Everyone Deserves a Place to Call Home
- Zooming In
- Side Walks 2021
- Backstories 2021
- Forbidden Love
- Words to Live By
- Untold Stories of Perth
- Out of Touch: COVID Stories from WA
- Journal
- Rule Breakers
- On The Page
- 16 Days, 16 Stories
- Saga Sisterhood
- Food, Faith and Love in WA
- Roaring Nineties
- Special Stories
- Bright Lights, No City
- A Mile in My Shoes
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Jay Anderson
Jay Anderson spent the majority of his life in Kalgoorlie—a red-dirt town full of miners who are seemingly, more often than not, too-pissed-to-piss-straight.Read More -
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Emery Wishart
Emery Wishart is a pre-service primary school teacher with a passion for supporting trans and gender diverse community development.Read More -
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Jordan Fletcher
Jordan Fletcher speaks of growing up gay in the "cultural oasis that is Kalgoorlie".Read More -
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Alex Watson
Alex Watson grew up in the sand and surf of Geraldton and has a passion for stories in all forms.Read More -
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Peehi Blake
For Peehi Blake, coming out to friends and family has been a wild ride.Read More -
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Josie Boland
Josie Boland is a 23-year-old gay woman who grew up in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.Read More -
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Holden Sheppard
When Holden Sheppard realised he was attracted to blokes, he found it impossibly out of sync with every aspect of his identity as a man.Read More -
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Damo
Damo hopes to remind people to embrace their true identity, no matter what, and to treat every life experience as an opportunity for self-growth.Read More -
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Laidley Plackett
After a journey of self-discovery, Laidley Plackett is ready to dust the red dirt off his memories and share a few of them.Read More