SUMMARY We oppose the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and contingent pieces of legislation being implemented in part or in whole. This bill does nothing to serve religious minorities who it is alleged to protect, and instead only entrenches discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people, women, sex workers, and disabled people. Accordingly we…

To the board of Midsumma and organisers of the Melbourne Pride March, We oppose the inclusion of the Sheriff’s Office and Victoria Police in the Melbourne Pride March. We call on the board to ban police and corrections officers from Pride and other Midsumma events. Why do we need to…

At the 2020 Mardi Gras AGM, there are eight special resolutions and nine ordinary resolutions. There are nine ordinary resolutions, numbers 2–8 are proposed by us and we encourage all members and supporters of Pride in Protest to Vote Yes. The eight special resolutions are changes to the Constitution primarily…

Each year, members of Mardi Gras have the opportunity to vote on motions at the AGM. This year, Pride in Protest has submitted these eight motions 1. Removing Corrective Services and Police float from the parade I move that the NSW Police, the Australian Federal Police, the Police Association, and any other associated organisations, be barred from having floats in…

To the Board of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Amongst the global upheaval of 2020, Black Lives Matter protests, both here in Australia and in the USA, have shone a light on police brutality and deaths in custody. As Mardi Gras season approaches, we the undersigned fervently hope that…

It’s been over 40 years since Mardi Gras began as a riot: our queer rights protest movement has since decriminalised sodomy, allowed for child adoption, put PrEP on the PBS, decriminalised sex work in NSW, washed away the gay and trans panic defence, and in 2017 we won a massive…