About the Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture

Isabelle Lake
The Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture is an initiative of the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia in partnership with the University of Western Australia to honour the work and achievements of Ms Isabelle Lake and raise community awareness about transgender and gender spectrum issues.
Ms Lake was a young transgender woman and trans rights activist. She was also a former employee of the Equal Opportunity Commission and University of Western Australia student.
Isabelle’s work on the Equal Opportunity Commission’s Challenging Gender and Sexuality Based Discrimination and Bullying in Schools project, her volunteer roles at the Freedom Centre and WA Gender Project demonstrated her strong commitment to ensuring equality and inclusion for all.
Guest Speakers
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture 2019
Joey Joleen Mataele
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture 2018
Tony Briffa
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture 2017
AJ Kearn
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture 2016

Debbie Mills, Jenni Perkins Acting Commission for Equal Opportunity, Amanda Greenland, Natalie Morris, Allan Macdonald Equal Opportunity Commission Senior Legal Officer, Adam Wright, Dr Duc Dau
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture 31 March 2015

Tim Wison
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture transcript 2015
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture 26 March 2014