After taking a break in 2020 due to Covid-19, Perth’s Pride Parade is moving to a new home in 2021, and will take place in Gloucester Park. In a move similar to that used by Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, who moved their event from it’s traditional home of Oxford Street to the Sydney […]
Pride WA’s latest members update outlines the organisation’s plans for community engagement, introduces the team’s latest Management Committee member and announces a tentative date for an as-yet-unknown PrideFEST event. In an email to Pride WA members, new Pride WA President Curtis Ward began by thanking those who attended the organisation’s Town Hall Meeting on 11th […]
TransFolk of WA have shared their thanks to local community members who have offered up space in this year’s Pride Parade. The donations of wristbands come after many learned this week that Pride WA would be restricting numbers during this year’s march, citing health and safety concerns. Alyce Schotte, TransFolk of WA Chair, sent out […]
Girl Guides members in Western Australia will march in this year’s Pride Parade. Girl Guides WA State Commissioner Linda Elezovich said the theme of this year’s PrideFEST is one that encapsulates the Guides philosophy. “The theme for the 2018 Parade is ‘Together,’ and that’s what Girl Guides is all about,” Elezovich said. “We work with […]
Pride WA have revealed the route for this year’s Pride Parade with only a slight change from last year. The parade will commence on Francis Streets and travel across to Lake Street, before heading along James Street and turning into Williams Street. The parade will conclude on the Horseshoe Bridge where participants will be able […]
A new committee has been elected at Pride WA and the team has quickly gotten to work organising the annual PrideFEST. Michael Della Maddalena, Leslie Fisher, Matthew Marino, Hugh O’Keffe, Anja Ravine and Andrew Skinner are the new faces on the committee. Pride WA is now led by Jeremy Wray who served as Vice President […]
Pride WA’s biggest ever procession through the streets of Northbridge lit up a new route over the weekend, celebrating the west coast’s LGBTIQ+ community. 84 fabulous floats moved up Beaufort, Francis, Lake, James and William streets on Saturday evening, as thousands of onlookers and supporters cheered and applauded. This year was full of firsts, not […]
Premier Mark McGowan will take the title of first WA Premier to march in the Pride Parade when he takes to the streets this year. McGowan also joined in the celebrations as Opposition Leader, marching with Rainbow Labor WA last year. The Premier says he is honoured to walk in unity with the LGBTIQ community. […]
This year will be the biggest Pride Parade ever, with a record 84 floats joining the march through the streets of Northbridge. At Wednesday’s Parade participant meeting, Pride WA announced that the parade had never had over 70 floats before this year. The 2017 parade will take the celebrations along a new route, starting outside […]
On Saturday 23 September, Bi Visibility Day will be celebrated all over the world. First observed in 1999, it is an international call for the bisexual+ community, their friends, and supporters to recognise and celebrate bisexual+ history, community, and culture. Is a dedicated day still necessary? We asked the Perth Bisexual+ Community, and they answered […]
