Open Letter from the LGBTQIA+ Community Regarding Police at Melbourne Pride

Pride in Protest
33 min readMay 16, 2021

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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 cut ties with police?

Police pose a risk to the safety of many LGBTQIA+ community members, particularly First Nations people, African-Australians, people of colour, poor people, sex workers, people with disability and trans and gender diverse people. The #BlackLivesMatter movement has shown that Black people are disproportionately policed, subject to violence and over-incarcerated, leading to the crisis of Black Deaths in Custody in Australia.

Police continue to have unfettered power to use violence against the community with zero accountability. To expect people who have survived police violence to march with their oppressors, denies their right to justice and safety at Melbourne Pride. Inviting police to march actively excludes the most marginalised in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Furthermore, there is a long history of police violence against LGBTQIA+ people. Just last year, they breached a trans woman’s privacy by leaking her mugshot to the press and Victoria Police’s toxic culture has driven gay officers to suicide. During COVID-19 and previously, there has been clear evidence of discriminatory racial profiling of African-Australians in Melbourne by police.

As the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the ongoing campaign to Stop Black Deaths in Custody has illustrated, policing is rooted in colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In Victoria, 24 Aboriginal people have died in custody since 1991 but no-one has ever been held criminally responsible.

In fact, in 233 years of colonial occupation of this land, there has never been a conviction of any police or correctional officer for the murder of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person in custody, let alone accountability or justice for families and communities affected by these deaths. Midsumma cannot continue to collaborate with such a violent institution if it wants to truly celebrate equality, diversity and Queer Pride.

What can we do?

We reject the idea that we should invite corrective services and police into our spaces. Police participation in Pride has more to do with exploiting our community for good PR than any change to the systemic racism, queerphobia and transphobia embedded in the criminal legal system. We may not be able to control police intervention into our events and communities, but we can refuse to collaborate with them.

We must publicly speak out against the violence of policing and stand in solidarity with family members and communities harmed by police brutality and deaths in custody. We must actively ban police from our events and prioritise the physical and emotional safety of communities most impacted by the prison-industrial complex.

There is growing consensus, from Auckland to New York City, that police are no longer welcome to pinkwash their violence with rainbows and glitter. Cutting ties with police will significantly improve the Melbourne Pride March and Midsumma Festival by prioritising the safety of First Nations people, standing in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and putting political pressure on police regarding racism, Black Deaths in Custody and police brutality.

Pride should be a community-focused event

We believe that Melbourne Pride, and Midsumma Festival more broadly, should be about community and not the interests of police or the state government. It is a disgrace to the tradition of queer liberation that grassroots groups, trade unions, community services and LGBTQIA+ organisations who are the backbone of Queer liberation, have been pushed out of Pride by violent institutions like the police.

We no longer want to march surrounded by our oppressors, including exploitative corporations like AGL that destroy our planet, for-profit businesses and banks like NAB and AML Risk Management, and political parties and politicians who have repeatedly passed legislation to limit our access to gender-affirming healthcare and Safe Schools. This corporatisation and pink-washing reduces Pride to a PR campaign to make money off our struggle.

We are sending you this letter to show you how the LGBTQIA+ community feels and to start a conversation. That is why we call on the Midsumma board and management to:

  • Ban police, the Sheriff’s Department and any corrective services from the Melbourne Pride March and all future Marches
  • Cease all collaboration with police officers policing all Midsumma events
  • Call an open meeting with the LGBTQIA+ community and the Midsumma Board to discuss the future relationship of Midsumma and the police
  • Provide a response to our open letter no later than May 21, 2021

SIGN THE OPEN LETTER!

To sign this open letter and have your organisation or individual name listed, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/9yqzpt3cvDyZAoz27

SIGNATORIES

ORGANISATIONS

Tamil Refugee Council, Community organisation

NSW Community Advocates for People in Prisons, Community organisation

Class Whorefare, Sex-worker collective

Ygender, Community organisation

The Food Angels, LGBTQIA+ community group

Department of Homo Affairs, Community organisation

Trans Action Narrm, Trans and Gender Diverse activist group

Renters And Housing Union (RAHU), Allied organisation

Decolonise Sex Work, Community organisation

Anticolonial Asian Alliance (Naarm), Community organisation

Shop Bao Ngoc, Community organisation, ally

Fight Together for Justice, Community organisation

Jews Against Fascism, Community organisation

Students for Refugee Justice, Community organisation

Bi Alliance Victoria, Community organisation, march participant

Australian Communist Party, Community organisation

Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU)

Speak Australia, LGBTIQA+ community member and organisation

National Union of Students — Queer/LGBTI Portfolio, Community organisation

Migrante Melbourne, Community organisation

Anakbayan Melbourne, Community organisation

Community Union Defence League (CUDL), Community organisation

Mallee Pride, Community group

No Pride In Invasion

Melbourne in Motion, LGBTQIA+ and POC centric organisation

Gabriela Australia, Community organisation

Advanced League of Peoples’ Artists (ALPA), Community organisation

Hue, Racial & Social Justice organisation

Victorian Pride Lobby, LGBTQIA+ community organisation

Vixen Collective — Victoria’s peer only sex worker organisation, Community organisation

3CR Community Radio, Local community organisation

Safe Mates, Event safety and inclusivity organisation and LGBTQIA+ community members

Feminist Action Collective (University of Melbourne Student Union), Community Organisation

Queer Political Action Collective (University of Melbourne Student Union), Queer rights organisation

Anti-Racist Arts, Community arts group

Urban Sound Corp, Community organisation

Spilling the T Collective, Trans and Gender Diverse writers group, TGD Writer’s Showcase 2021 (Midsumma Festival 2021)

CRASH Mixed Gender Roller Derby, Community group

Alice Springs Pride Carnivale, Festival in Mparntwe Alice Springs

Allsorts Queer Collective, Queer student organisation

Feminists United Australia, Community organisation

Socialist Alliance Melbourne, Activist organisation

Melbourne Trans Fam, LGBTQIA+ community group

BONEZ Alternative Queer Party, LGBTQIA+ event

Pride in Protest

INDIVIDUALS

Tarneen Onus Williams, Writer and Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) member

Aretha Brown, Artist and community member

Imbar Nassi (imbi the girl), Performer

Allday, Rapper

Kee’ahn, Artist

June Jones, Artist

Laura Du Vé, Artist

Starley, Recording artist, previous performer at Sydney Mardi Gras and LGBTQIA+ community member

Cerulean, Artist, Miss First Nations 2021

Rohan Leppert, Melbourne City Councillor

Adam Pulford, Greens Counciller

Frances Cannon, Artist and LGBTQIA+ community member

Vetta Borne, Artist

Velvet Bloom, Performer

TextaQueen, Artist and previous participant

Patrick Lenton, Writer, Editor

Matthew Wade, Queer writer and Advocate, Former Editor-in-Chief of Star Observer

Alexander Powers, LGBTQIA+ community service organiser, DJ and performer

Sam Elkin, Producer of Let Me Get Something Off My Chest and TGD Writers’ Showcase (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Gemma Cafarella, Host, Let Me Get Something Off My Chest (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Joshua Badge, Let Me Get Something Off My Chest (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Yvees Rees, Writer and speaker at TGD Writers’ Showcase (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Nevo Zisin, Artist and workshop facilitator of Becoming Us Talk (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Miss Cairo, Lemon Comedy and The People of Cabaret (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Aysha Buffet, Host of Midsumma Festival Live at the Bowl (Midsumma Festval 2021)

Huntly, Artists / Midsumma performers, community members (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Jules Wilkinson, LGBTQIA+ community member and ex-board member of Midsumma

Roz Bellamy, Writer and editor involved in past Midsumma events

Witt Gorrie, Queer & trans community member

Shane Bazzi, Community member

Sophie Forrest, DJ

Nic Holas, Writer, Activist

David Meija-Canales, Lawyer, Writer

Bumpy Favell, ex-Board member of Midsumma, march participant with King Victoria Drag Kings, producer and performer of many shows for Midsumma over 25 years, Queer community member

Alex Morris, Midsumma artist and producer 2018–2021, DJ, Queer performance artist, host on JOY 94.9, advocate and educator

Shin Azuma, Community member and performer at Blanke Pop (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Maddox Gifford, Performer at TGD writer’s showcase (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Dazza and Keif, Performers at Get Bent Fest and Kong’s Drag Kings (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Nunzio Madden, Midsumma Artist, Midsumma Art Prize Finalist

Ainslie Templeton, Midsumma Artist, Embittered Swish Member (Incinerator Gallery Jan-March 2021)

Nevena Spirovska, Campaigner, march participant, LGBTQIA+ community member

Adam Traves, Tattoo artist Disinhibition

Niveen Hoe, DJ Hip Hop Hoe

Christopher Bryant, Playwright

Patrick Durnan Silva, Performer

Jay Davies, Artist

Tenielle Thompson, Performer in Love You Bitch (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Indra Liusuari, Artist for O UT (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Jobi Petty, Community organiser for Casey Rainbow Community event (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Tom Backhaus, Producer and Midsumma Futures participant 2018–19

Ash Pike, Community member, activist, event organiser, previous march participant

Jody Wales, Director of the Red Rattler Theatre and LGBTQIA+ artist and community member

Eden Urriola (Moxie Delite), Performer in The People of Cabaret: We Are Here (Midsumma Festival 2021) and several other Midsumma events

Michelle Keating, Performer in Midsumma Queer Playwriting Award, Participant in Midsumma’s Feral Queer Camp, Midsumma Pride March Volunteer Marshal

Simple The Drag Queen, Artist at JIZZ (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Ruq, Performer in a Midsumma event, community member, march participant

Matt C, Midsumma event creator and march participant

Artemis Muñoz, Queer artist and performer in Unsorted for Midsumma 2021

Azja Kulpinska, Participant on a Midsumma panel in previous years

Zamara Zamara, Exhibition installer, worker at partnership organisation, attendee (Midsumma Festival 2021), Queer non-binary community member

Cliff, Performer involved in Midsumma event

darcy t. gunk, Community artist and activist, previous Midsumma contractor

Brooke Murray, Speaker at TGD Writers’ Showcase (Midsumma Festival 2021)

Ebony Rattle Sound Engineer to Midsumma events, LGBTQIA+ community member

Yasemin Sabuncu, Artist involved with midsumma

Briony Galligan, Previous festival artist and LGBTQIA+ community member

Lady Diamond, Artist/Performer

Simona Castricum, Artist

Léuli Eshrāghi, Alumni artist, fa’afafine/non-binary community member

Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Queer Theory academic (Deakin Law School) and LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Emma Russell, Queer activism and police historian, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Elly Scrine, University of Melbourne academic and community member

Dr Jeremy Law, Mental health doctor and LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Patrick Kelly, Academic and LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Stuart Richards, Lecturer and LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Polly Bennett, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Julian Grace, Community member, trans advocate

Dr. Alex Edney-Browne, Researcher and LGBTQIA+ community member

Crystal McKinnon, Academic, member of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR), and LGBTQIA+ community member

Joshie Belle, Midsumma Sunday Sessions artist

Charlie Murphy, Pride in Protest Member and Mardi Gras Board Member

Rian Difuntorum, Artist

Ari Tampubolon, LGBTQIA+ community member

DJ indicia

David Le, Artist

Themme Fatale, Artist & LGBTQIA+ community member

Amy Sargeant, QUTE Convenor, QUT Guild Queer Officer

Phillip Adams BalletLab at Temperance Hall, Presenter and performer

Evie Potter, Co-Convener of the Victorian Pride Lobby, march particiant

Callum McKenzie, Studio Slur, LGBTQIA+ community member, Queer events organiser

Tara Stewart, Queer person who is uncomfortable attending Midsumma events which endorse police involvement and presence and corporations that tokenistically self-declare as queer allies for advertising/marketing purposes

Evie Clayton, Midsumma Pathways Alumni, artist, LGBTQIA+ community member

Amber Johnston, Previous Midsumma volunteer and march participant

Mary Kelly, March participant (Bi + Community of Melbourne)

Emil Canita, Community member

Jesse Mallon (DJ Fruit’n’Nut), LGBTQIA+ community member and artist

Robert Car, May 1 Movement

Charlie Dean, Community member, Committee member for Bi Alliance Victoria and march participant

Kerith Manderson-Galvin, Community member, artist in previous Midsumma festivals

Kin Francis, Independent Producer, Switchboard QTIPOC Advisory Committee, LGBTQIA+ community member

Michele Vescio, Radio producer, artist, march participant, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ben White, Midsumma Performer

Tequila Mockingbird, Artist/Performer

Alex Bouchet, LGBTQIA+ Community member, Mardi Gras board member, Pride in Protest member

Charlie Murphy, LGBTQIA+ Community member, Mardi Gras board member, Pride in Protest member

Andy Rose, Community member

Fuchsia Mallinson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bridget Harilaou, LGBTQIA+ community member

Judith Blanke, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zee Maz, LGBTQIA+ community member (QPOC), activist, CUDL member, PiP member

Hamish McIntosh, Queer artist and researcher

Ryan Stewart, Artist in Midsumma and LGBTQIA+ community member

Tom Wright, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jane Wakefield, Ally

Peter Duggan, Ally

Sean Miles, Artist

Arthur Nyakuengama, Artist in Midsumma event

Cameron McBroom, LGBTQIA+ community member, Aboriginal person (Wongatha Yamatji) and march participant

Liv Bell, Artist involved in Midsumma event

Anya Saravanan, Community lawyer and LGBTQIA+ community member

AM Kanngieser, Trans writer and artist, LGBTQIA+ community member

Belle Beare, Trans Sex Worker & close friend of the late Mayang Prasetyo

Nikki Santos, Performer (Real Hot Bitches) and LGBTQIA+ Community member

Monique Hameed, ex-Board member Switchboard Victoria

Dejan Jotanovic, Writer

Ronnie Coffey, Community member

Brandy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lou Franklin, LGBTQIA+ community member

James Sherriff, Ally

Hannah Davies, Australian LGBTQIA+ member

Tom Sandercock, LGBTQIA+ community member

Saskia Doherty, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily Hamann, LGBTQIA+ community member

FERN Collective, LGBTQIA+ community member

slumberkitty, Genderqueer artist, writer and musician

Netz Gurr, Artist and LGBTQIA+ community member

James Mewett, Gay/queer cis man, Queer DJ and event promoter

Joshua Baxter, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lucy Hurley, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Joel, LGBTQIA+ community member

Charli, Community member

Lauren Clair, Owner and operator of Nikki Darling (local queer small business) and community member

Bec, Lesbian, member of LGBTQIA+ community

Danielle Divola, Bisexual community member

Michael Cooley, Community member

Jill Pope, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ani, LGBTQIA+ community member

Larra Juab, Queer Artist

Caitlin, Community member

Aisha Khalif, Black Gay woman

John Brooks, LGBTQIA+ community member

Briar Timms, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kai Brach, Ally, Publisher

Elyce Phillips, Writer and illustrator

Shannon Woodcock, LGBTQIA+ community member

Faerlie Burton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jesie Avramovska, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hannah, Lesbian

Michael Howard, Community member

Phillippa Naime, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alyx Shaw, Gay

Chloe, LGBTQIA+ community member

Daisy Drake, Lesbian

Tilda Barrie, Member of Queer community

Diimpa, Artist

August, Community member

Matisse Laida, Queer

Leah Cirillo, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anne El Sokkary, March participant

Samantha Villafuerte, Community member

Hayden Matthews, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lindsay Davis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nathalie Farah, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Paddy Ryan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mahyar Pourzand, Community member

Merryn Byrne, LGBTIQ+ community member

Niamh Crosbie, Ally

Jessica, Queer

Dannye Radakovich, Artist and community member

Jes, Artist involved in event

Ellie, March participant

Mahmoud Eideh, Participant

Flynn de Vries, LGBTQIA+ community member

Amy Neale, Queer community member

Brigitte Gemma, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cassie Sercia, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mahalia, Ally

Jesper, Community member

Ariel M, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jaq Avery, Community member and previous performer at Midsumma

Bella de Jac, Community member & performer

Sheridan Bayley, Producer, performer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Briar Rolfe, LGBTQIA+ artist and community member

Miss Katalyna, Co Founder Trans Pride March, Host of The Bent Spoon cooking show

Nicole, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lucy Harrison-Prentice, Community member and local Queer

Seirian Hart, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zahir, March participant

Peta Malins, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily Locke, Community member

Bridgette Desjardins, Queer community member

Erin Kyan, LGBTIQA+ community member, participant, performer

Stephanie Rickard, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jessica Downing, Queer and HERE

Julie Splatt, Friend

Ciara O’Sullivam, Former Queer Office UMSU

Andie Moore, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zoe McMahon, Lesbian

Tank, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jamie Feeney, March participant

Pyroclast, Artist and LGBTQIA+ community member

Taryn McPherson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rebecca Gardiner, Mum of a Gender Diverse child, Ally

Bridie Shepherd, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kate Hamley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Scott Hetherington, LGBTQIA+ community member

Liam Le Vagueresse, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alison Evans, Queer community member

Shayla, Community member

Jenny Huang, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zachary Pidd, Midsumma patron and LGBTQIA+ community member

Millacent Houghton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Erin Neill, LGBTQIA+ community member

Elise Muller, LGBTQIA+ community member

Wahaj Badri, Community member

Jeska Stephens, Artist involved in event

Melissa Nile, Community member

Jes Layton, Queer community member

Anonymous, Participant

Emily Hudson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Angus Gummow, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jared Hoffmann, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cal Ormston, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alice McDonald, LGBTIQA+ community member and community worker

Mohamed Chamas

Grace Tang, Midsumma volunteer

Christopher Best, LGBTQIA+ community member

Theresa Jolley, Ally

Evelyn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Christopher Teuma, Ally

Jordan Adams, Trade Union member

Dylan Warner, Community member

Nathan Atkinson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lara, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kate Pern, LGBTQIA+ community member

Amar M, Ally

Gwen Tan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cassie Hardy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Will Farnsworth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Leigh Pengelly, Ally

Arabelle Jane, Ally

Anais Zakarias, Community member

Worm, March participant

Adam Williams, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kat, Community member

William Place, Ally

Sophie O’Bryan, Community member

Gennivieve Collier, Artist and participant

Garrett Young, Queer community member

Ayva Loveridge, Community member

Leena van Deventer, Community member

Loma Cuevas-Hewitt, LGBTQIA+ community member

Will M, Community member

Dane Bathie, Community member

Beau Parsons, Community member and march participant

Myra Holani, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kate Coiffures, Community member

Tayeesha Despotellis, Ally

Jennifer S, Community member

Frank Gafa, Community member

Liam Carrigan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily Hogan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cyndal Nelson, Community member

Monica Balaz, LGBTQIA+ community member

Genevieve Duckworth, Ally

Rhys Dale, Community member

Hailey Mckenzie, Member of the Trans community

Sam, LGBTQIA+ community member

Esther, Ally

Chloe Sinclair, LGBTQIA+ community member

Courtney Gale, Community member

Tess Owen, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jono Chrimes, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tammy Foreman, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tyeisha Dalton-Kors, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nathan Dorey, Community member and ally

Breanna Scott, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hala, Community member

Freja Halvarsson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Darcy, Community member

Tenielle Reid, LGBTIQA+ community member

Alysha, LGBTIQA+ community member

Max Errey, Community member

Lucinda Walker, Queer community member

Sarah Cielesh, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lee, Ally, my partner is bisexual and I oppose the police

Te Francesca, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mig Zvirblyte, Community member

Magdalena Kozlowski, Trans bisexual Melbourne resident and poet

Sam McGowan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Daisy Lucas, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lachlan Dufty, LGBTQIA+ community member

Elizabeth Payne, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ted, Ally

Daisy Scully, Queer person

Brent Lockhart, Community member

Sophie Sampson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Luci Nicholson, Ally

Sarah, Ally

Flora Rozenfeld, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alfred Haddon, Community member

Anna Blair, LGBTQIA+ community member

Katie, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Sophie Hiscock, Ally

Ellie I, Trans community member

Nolan McFarland, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lachlan McCracken, Ally

Alex Boyes, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shannon Sinclair, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joanna, Ally

Emma Summerhayes, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Alex McInnes, Community member

Madeline Torney, Community member

Irit Rozenfeld, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kars Rao, Member

Esther Singer, Community member and former march participant

Claudette Justice, Punter

Clarrie Lock, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kaela, LGBTQIA+ community member

Blake Butler, Ally

Jye, Participant

Travis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anna B, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brianna Bullivant, Community member

Terry Smith, Ally

Asherah Sussmeine, LGBTQIA+ community member

Selena Repanis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zane Friedman, Participant

Thomas Smith, LGBTQIA+ community member

Charle, Community organiser and march participant (Trans*, Nb, bi+)

Mill O’sullivan, Artist and community member

Jordan Gergely, Community member

Ashley McConnell, Community member

Marc, Trans man

Rebecca Turner, LGBTQIA+ community member

Erin Jutronic, Community member

Penny, Ally

Jessica Goodwin, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zane Comarmond, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eamon McNelis, Ally

Katie Green, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alex Tyndall, LGBTIQ+ community member

Lex King, Queer community member and former march participant

Estefania, Ally

Michelle Reeves, LGBTQIA+ community member

Josh Josh, Queer community member

Shantia Symon, LGBTQIA+ community member

Amelia Bright, Queer person

Jan Sercia, Ally

Ashlea Roberts, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jake Duyvestyn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Samantha Callianiotis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sapphire Jeffery, Community member

April Knowles, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rook Davis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sebastian Calderon, Ally

Julia Stretch, Community member

Luke Crossley, Ally

Alicia May, LGBTQIA+ community member

Samuel Shayler, LGBTQIA+ community member

Isabella Doran, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rachel, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zachary Reardon, Ally

Sunny Oxford, Bi, Trans community member

Abbey Battista, Ally

Minerva, Queer person

Callum Foulkes, Community member

Tariq Mouawad, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zoe Crawford, LGBTQIA+ community member

Magdalene Abiuso, Trans and Queer

Teagan Chapman, Ally

Dylan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Blake Coffee, LGBTQIA+ community member

Saira Arias, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ria Kealey, Queer person

Kat Moore, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dorian Wright, LGBTQIA+ community member and previous march participant

Felix Brianton, March participant

Hannah Moores, March participant

Lola Fearn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jesse Scott, LGBTQIA+ community member, youth mental health worker

Nadia, LGBTQIA+ community member

James Mckernan, Community member

Courtney Herrmann, LGBTQIA+ community member

Melanie E, LGBTQIA+ community member

Roe B, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alyssa, LGBTQIA+ community member

Peter, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jamie Willis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sammy Perryman, LGBTQIA+ community members and previous march participant (Community Media Contingent)

Julie Song, LGBTQIA+ community member

Braden Kydd, LGBTQIA+ community member

Serena, LGBTQIA+ community member

Pariss Rees, Community member

Gayatri, Community member

Jaynaya Travis, Bisexual and Socialist activist

Charlie Collins, Community member

Kai Kavan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ambra so I, Queer person

Monique Dennehy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Melinda, Community member

Jean M W, LGBTQIA+ community member

Frankie Baldry, LGBTQIA+ community member

Caitlin Hogan, Bi+ community member and march participant

Noah Hantz, LGBTQIA+ community member

Loki Mccallum, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sara Misk, Ally

Matt, Ally

Lachlan Barker, Community member, previous attendee

Arthur Hadge, Community member

Riley, Queer community member

Jess Erlich, Ally

Grace Brumbaugh, March participant

Aaryn Robinson, Trans community member

Sinead Webster, Volunteer

Jono Rutter, LGBTQIA+ community member

Adelaide Greig, LGBTQIA+ community member

Amber Forsberg, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jessie, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Aashna Pillay, Ally

Sandra D’Urso, Community member

Patrick Marshall, LGBT+ community member

Jess H, LGBTQIA+ community member

Wunambi Connor, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lucy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nicole Davydova, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rebecca, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mars Reid, Lesbian and Transgender community member

James McPherson, Ally, I have LGBTQIA+ family and friends

Ben Vanderstaak, LGBTQIA+ community member

Arlo Hastie, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

C Woods, LGBTQIA+ community member, longtime Midsumma attendee (10+years)

Tegan Evans, LGBTQIA+ community member

Trevar Alan Skillicorn-Chilver, Community member

Phoebe Thompson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Marcia Lemm, Community member

Benji Doyle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Yanni Jiang, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rashini Suriyaarachchi, LGBTQIA+ community member

Meg C, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rebecka, Ally

Jan Gatica, Ally

Cam Phillips, March participant

Thomas Bradford, March participant

Ariane, Ally

Jesse Hape, QPOC

Matilda Houlihan, Community member

Laura Wilson, Community member

Tam Hovenga, Community member

Samuel Leighton-Dore, Artist

Benjamin Jarick, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kat Smith, Community member

Austen Keating, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mark Binette, Melbourne Queer

Joseph G, Community member

Kiri, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brittney Henderson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mikaela Wood, LGBTQIA+ community member

Marisa, Volunteer at Midsumma, Artist

Lauren Bull, LGBTQIA+ community member

Opal Sternbaum, LGBTQIA+ community member, attended events

Olivia Steel, LGBTQIA+ community member

Isabel Byrne, LGBTQIA+ community member

C Stephens, Group organiser

Maya, Queer community member

Olympia Balopitos, LGBTQIA+ community member

Em Gayfer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rachael M, LGBTQIA+ community member

Samantha Byres, LGBTQIA+ community member

Callum Dickinson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mira Mishra, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tiara Pires, LGBTQIA+ community member

Becky, Community member

Lennox Diamonds, Community member

Ellie Wheatcroft, Ally

Kirstie Irish, Community member

David Murnane, Community member

Gen, Community member

Mac Rhode, Ally

Caitlan Farrell, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alexandra Callinan, Gay

Luke George, Artist

Aiden, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ryan Dodd, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bonnie Baker, March participant

Hannah McCann, Community member

Sarah McCook, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tom Gellert, Community member

Cassandra, Ally

Hal, LGBTQIA+ community member, CUDL member, ACP member

Avery Jamieson, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Ry Sells-Hutchings, LGBTQIA+ community member (lesbian and trans nonbinary)

Paul Muscat, Ally

Alex Young, LGBT community member

Fern Lavender, March participant

Samantha Shannon, LGBTQIA+ community member

James Moore, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rachel Hayden, LGBTQ community member

Robyn Joffe, LGBT community member

Lizzie Kelly, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nikita Sauer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emery Boccanfuso, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Kate Van’t Wout, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Maya Nicolaisen, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kochava Lilit, Queer disabled activist

Nicola, Ally

Zach Lenten, Queer Community Member

Gemma Harben, Ally

Jamie, Community member

Bek Arthurson, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Leni, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sermet, March participant

Brady Robards, Regular marcher and community member

Jenni Wentworth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Audrey McCarthy, Lesbian

Caitlin Woodland, Community Member

Shannon Stevens, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tarsha Jago, Community member

Christie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hayden Brice, LGBTQIA+ community member

Matilda Davis, Community member

Aika Hammond-Onabuta, Community member

Rosie ByersLGBTQIA+ community member

Sienna Toma, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tam Hanson, Queer person

Joey Mann, LGBTQIA+ community member

Michael Furner, LGBTQIA+ community member

Blue Brashaw, Queer community member

Theodosius Ng, LGBTQIA+ community member

Micah, Community member

Aurelia P, LGBTQIA+ community member

Min, Gayby

Scott Day, LGBTQIA+ community member

Max Farra, Community member

Georgia McCourt, LGBTQIA+ community member

Immy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Daniel Clarke, Community member

Chris Rohr, Community member

Grace Sweeney, LGBTQIA+ community member

Naomi Mcfarlane, Community member

Charlotte Johnson, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Siahn Davis, March participant

Amy Kreitals, March participant

Mike Nguyen, LGBTQIA+ community member and performer

Tyler Gleason, LGBTQIA+ community member

Melina Murphy, Ally

Tetyana Maksymyschyn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Michael J, LGBTQIA+ community member

Julia Thouas, Ally

Bonita Colles, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alyssa Tomkinson, Proud community member

Kieran Kelly, Community member

Paul Burns, Queer person

Arlene, LGBTQIA+ community member

Matthew Siddall, LGBTQIA+ community member

Georgia Nenna, LGBTQIA+ community member

Natasha, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ariel Ries, Queer community member

Luke Schreiber, LGBTQIA+ community member

Andrew, Ally

Morgan, Ally

Kari Lee McInneny-McRae, Artist and LGBTQIA+ community member

Ezra Chapple, LGBTQIA+ community member

Helen, Ally

Sam, Community member

Alyssa Ison, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kannagi, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Frankie Truda, Ally

Billie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jessie Crossman, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ramon Watkins, LGBTQIA+ community member

Casey Tate, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ema Rjepaj, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tyler Hawkins, LGBTQIA+ community member

Somerley Carr, LGBTQIA+ community member

Damien Buckland, LGBTQIA+ community member

Juniper Linski, Community member

Samuel Willoughby, Ally

Amber Ralph, Queer person who marches and attends pride

Anna Lofthouse, Ally

Rain, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emma, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Japheth Blankenship, Ally

Sas, LGBTQIA+ community member

Freya, Ally

Rei de Vries, LGBTQIA+ community member

Priya Kunjan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Benjamin Espinoza, LGBTQIA+ community member

Leon Harper, LGBTQIA+ community member

Adam Price, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mitch Hibbens, LGBTQIA+ community member

Saskia Peachey, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shannon Stevens, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tim Grant, Community member

Freddie Wright, Community member

Gideon Cohen, Community member

Olivia Chung, Queer community member

Jordan Strickland, LGBTIQIA+ community member

Batwing Tensei, LGBTIQIA+ community member

Sonder Peters, LGBTIQIA+ community member

Ethan Crestani, LGBTIQIA+ community member

Wayward Robin, LGBTIQIA+ community member

Zen Lim, Community member

Harper st Clair, Community member

Jacobin Bosman, Community member and march participant

Lori Camarata, Ally

Isaac Lord, Ally

Prani H, Queer community member

Declan Matters, LGBTQIA+ community member

Toby, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brodie James, LGBTQIA+ community member and event attendee

Tiffany, LGBTQIA+ community Member

David James Young, LGBTQIA+ community Member

Violet de Graauw, LGBTQIA+ community Member

Jamie, LGBTQIA+ community Member

Anastasia La Fey, Queer community member and artist

J. Rosenbaum, Artist

Neroli Thomas, Community member

Elliot, Community member

Tom Hume, Ally

Lana, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ben Scott, Queer academic and community member

Sophie Jest, LGBTQIA+ community member

Corey Lionis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sara Aberdeen, LGBTQIA+ community member

Genevieve, LGBTQIA+ community member

Evelyn Robinson-Fletcher, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sana, LGBTQIA+ community member

Scout Andrews, Community member

Micaela Pattison, Ally

Jordzy, Ally

Marianne Koukidis, Community member

Julia Paterson, Community member

Mo Musil, Community member

Ella Barreiro, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ginger, Community member

Nicole Shaw, Community member

Simon Croker, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rhiannon James, Community member and march participant

Matthew Krol, Community member

Serena, Ally

Meltem Sedson, Participant

Adrien Jones, Community member and volunteer

Trelawney Edgar, Community member & prior Midsumma artist

Tom Walpole, Ally

Andi Baciadonne, Ally

Mark Dessaix, Artist, actor, Gay

Lily, March participant

Hayley, Tired queer person

Liz Ross, March participant

Storm Morningstar, Queer

Isaac, Community member

AC Hunter, Queer community member

Lakkari Turnbull, LGBTQIA+ community member

Troy Byrnes, LGBTQIA+ community member

Erli Tisdall, Community member

Karina, LGBTQIA+ community member

Madi, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cameron Plumridge, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nikila Jayasuriya, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ella Ricca, LGBTQIA+ community member

Clarity O’Toole, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sarah McNamara, Queer community member

Maude Davey, LGBTQIA+ community member and performer involved in Midsumma events

Freya, Community member

Luke Narbagallo, Ally

Jaimi Harrison, Ally

Katie B, Community member

Caitlin Bond, Community member

Tash, Ally

Kiana Waladan, Community member

Christine Bond, Ally

Jamie Maclean, Ally

Daniel Bennett-Spark, Queer community member and march participant

GlitchKitty, Queer owned and operated brand sold at the gaystuff markets

Louisa Hetrick, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kate Hutchinson, Ally

Justin Birthisel, Ally and viewer of Midsumma

Rosie Pavlovic, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shiralee, Community member and participant

Arlie Jace, Queer community member

Ruby Rotten, LGBTQIA+ community member

Megan Payne, LGBTQIA+ community member

Clare Still, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joanne Green, LGBTQIA+ community member and previous march participant

Rubie Bridie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sascha Samlal, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brodie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Caelan Blake, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cameron Mc, LGBTQIA+ community member

Luke O, Queer person

Gillian Quirk, Community member

Theodore Quinn, Transgender bisexual person

Brighid Fitzgerald, Artist and community member

Tristan Horslen, Ally

Kobe See Kee, First Nation LGBTIQIA+ community member

Bronte Pigot, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jourdan Hickey, Artist, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Elyse P, Ally

Lily Calder-Chidgey, Ally

Caitlin Molloy, Community member

Kelly Jane Kerr, LGBTQIA+ community member

Chelsea MacDonald, Queer attendee

Sarah Yarnton, LQBTQIA+ community member

Lucie Sutherland, Ally, theatre worker

Mike Downes, LGBTQIA+ community member

Queers Draw This, Visual arts group

Conor Robinson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Addison Hunt, Artist, performer, yoga instructor

Miranda Sparks, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hannah Griffiths, Ally

Nick Fleming, LGBTQIA+ community member

David Geoffrey Hall, LGBTQIA+ community member

Freya Rivers, LGBTQIA+ community member

Monique, LGBTQIA+ community member

Li Khaw, LGBTQIA+ community member

Michelle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Caspian Caple, Community member

Percy, Transman and Queer teen

Johanna Dimpfel, Ally

Remy Wong, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cassie Starc, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jessie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Caitlin Mullen-Beagley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sidney McMahon, Community member

Eleanor Moller, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tara, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily McCrann, Ally

Joel Anderson, Ally

Enfys Edrich, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ben Fleming, Ally

Tim, Ally

Zac Collins-Widders, Queer

Emily, Queer march attendee

Elsa Tuet-Rosenberg, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rachel Mackie, Community member

Henry Small, LGBTQIA+ community member

Oakley Germech, LGBTQIA+ community member

Keely Jones, Non-Binary Lesbian

Monique, Supporter

Grace, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alex Fimeri, LGBTQIA+ community member

Marianna, Community member

Ruby Syme, Ally

Emily McGowan, Trans person

Jasper Cohen-Hunter, March participant

Leilani Simpson, Community member

Bridgette Murphy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zoe Revill, Ally

Thomas Higgs, Community member

Stacey Johnson, March participant

Kristina, Ally

Alyce, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hillary Wise, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nina Antognetti, Ally

Jett Wickes, Ally

Maria Elizabeth, Ally

Lucy Peckham, LGBTQIA+ community member

Katey White, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hugo Mispelhorn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily Collins, LGBTQIA+ community member

Soraya Defteros, Ally

Stephanie Mortlock, Ally

Shannon Westwood, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ray Adcock, LGBTQIA+ community member

Camille Perry, Proud Bi woman

Daniela, LGBTQIA+ community member

Juliette Wood, LGBTQIA+ community member

Maryelle Fox, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shania Philip, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kaliyah Kingi, Community member

Allen, Big fan

Julia Bennett, LGBTQIA+ community member

Clem Bastow, LGBTQIA+ community member and former march participant

Cosmo Varty, LGBTQIA+ community member

Damien Crisis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joshua, Queer

Sophia McCann, Queer person

Tessa Jackson, Ally

Alex M, Community member

Freyja, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eva Mikelin, Queer community member

Amy Nolan-Ferguson, Queer community member

Blake, Ally

Hannah Alexander, LGBTQIA + community member

Ziranah, Community member

Nicholas Zull, LGBTQIA+ community member and former march participant

Beth, A Gay

Dominic Possingham, Ally

Amy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eve Chalker, Queer community member

Sarah Johnson, Ally

Kassandra Tilley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nicholas Clark, LGBTQIA+ community member and ex-performer

Elliott James, Ally

Natasha Kennedy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Luka Ritter, LGBTQIA+ community member and Midsumma volunteer

Katherine Hobbs, Ally

Sally Lam, Ally

Patty Abalos, LGBTQIA+ community member

Callum Jones, LGBTQIA+ community member

Andrew, Queer community member

Ron Harmer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tom Stammers, Ally

Pagan Kristl, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kurt Poniewierka, LGBTQIA+ community member

Stephen Nicholson, Community member

Audrey Merton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Meghan G, LGBTQIA+ community member who has attended the march for the past four years

Mini Miller, Performer involved in Midsumma events and Queer community member

Monica Ince, LGBTQIA+ community member, march participant, LGBTQIA+ non-profit volunteer, advocate

Catherine Meister, Ally

Alex Matsoukas, Queer

Bella Millikin, Ally

Mungo McKenzie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily Winslade, March participant

Bert, LGBTQIA+ community member

Luke, Community member

Shauna-Marie Wilson, Community member

Miles Carter, Community member

Chris Hardy, Ally

Teddy Easdown, Transmasc butch lesbian who will be watching and participating

Andrew Tang, March participant

Frankie Lloyd, Queer person

Tobias Hingston, Community member

Han Weeramanthri, Community member

Jacob Tasker, Ally

Rebecca VM

Alex Allard, Queer and trans community member

Rhiannon, Community member

Joshua Seguin, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Jess Cadwallader, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joanne, Midsumma volunteer

Ebonie, Ally

Amelia St Clair, Queer community member, educator and activist

Jaime Brown, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lydia Hobden, Queer community member

Xavier Magree, Community member

Tristan Damen, Ally

Madelaine Smales, LGBTQIA+ community member (that doesn’t feel safe enough to participate in the march while Police are still involved each year)

Caitlin Sullivan, March participant

Lucy Wells, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dani, Community member

Teddy Machnyk, community member

Ashwin Chhaperia, Former Welfare Officer UMSU

Chris Caddy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sian Scale, March participant

Margaret Hennessey, Ally

Francis Stenhouse, transgender person

Lauren Mellios, Ally

Harry, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Barbara Mitula, Community member

Elysa Carr, LGBTQIA+ community member, march participant

Adam Christou, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Rhys Woosnam, Ally

Bec, Community member

Lara, LGBTQIA+ community member

Elodie Marriott, LGBTQIA+ community member

Amira Hajar, LGBTQIA+ community member

Michael Schembri, Community member

Chelsea, Ally

Connor Gryffydd, LGBTIQA+ community member

Ronnie Scott, Community member

Andre Bosch, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tasha, Community member

Brodie Paparella, LGBTIQA+ community member

Daniel Collins, Queer Person

James Ashley, Ally

Stephanie, March participant

India, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brenton Aylward, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Matthew Ball, LGBTQIA+ community member

Teague Leigh, Community member march participant, volunteer and photographer

Kate Green, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lachlan Siu, Ally

Peregrine Costa, Community member

Bonny, Ally

Robin, Ally

Luna Celeste, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hannah Lawrence, Ally

Emily Batten, LGBTQIA+ Member

Andre Dupen, Ally

Madeline Anderson, LGBTQIA+ community member and marcher

Katherine Hegeman, Ally

Madeleine Mitchell, Community member

Alice Tsiavos, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kai, LGBTQIA+ community member, march participant

Caitlyn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ruby Susan Mountford, LGBTIQA+ community member

Dineli Kalansuriya, Community member

Mia McCarthy, Community member

James, Community member and Midsumma participant

Rachel Mellerick, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jack, Ally

Finnigan Edwards, LGBTQIA+ community member

June de Gelder, LGBTQIA+ community member and March participant

Jason Harris, Ally

Grace Auld, Community member

Isobel Wright, Lesbian

Emelia Portellos, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alex Nichols, Community member, march participant

Patricia Agus, LGBTQIA+ community member

Milo & Strings, LGBTQIA+ community member

Astrid Bell, Community member

Zac Zorn, Ally

Matthew Thompson, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Steven Throup, Gay

Jacob Buckley Lennox, Ally

Deviani Segal, Ally

Callum Gare, Midsumma contingent organiser

Theodore Kapnias, LGBTQIA+ community member, march participant

Luke Fryer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily, LGBTQIA+ community member

Marielle Strat,Ally

Patrick O’Duffy, Community member and ally

Carla Donnelly, LGBTQIA+ community member

Leni, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alana Rivera Kingston, Community member

Indigo Hall, LGBTQIA+ community member

Will Pitchers, Ally

Emma Swiney, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Isabella Barker, LGBTQIA+ community member

Christopher Johnson, March participant, campaigner, ally

Eva Jordens, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anna, Community member

Sumarlinah Winoto, LGBTQIA+ community member, march participant

Claerwen O’Hara, LGBTQIA+ community

Dylan Rowen, Community member

Em Chandler, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alex Florance-Curwood, LGBTQIA+ community member

Peita Keir, Community member

Bruna Mangelli, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Jacqueline Fegal, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ally P, LGBTQ+ community member

Sam Horman, Community member

Pelaya Arapakis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cordelia L, Queer student

Abbey Khoury, Ally

Grace Dephoff, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tilde Joy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Priya Manders, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nirashaa Bound, March participant

Anna Conrick ,Ally

India Farmer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Al Gevers Suarez, LGBTIQA+ community member

Frances Grimshaw, Community member

Tara, LGBTQ+ community member

Lauren Taylor, March participant

Imogen Senior, march participant

Bailie Erbacher, Ally

Damien McGillivray, Ally

Kathleen Hare, Community member

Letti K-Ewing, Community member

Grace, LGBTQIA+ community member

Wil Ross, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tinaye Nyathi LGBTQIA+ community member

Casey Ryman, Community member

Laura Russell, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Tara Oswald, Queer person

Karina, Ally

Ruby Cameron, LGBTQIA+ community member

James Howe, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Joel Ribergaard, LGBTQIA+ community member

Wren Sullivan, LGBT+ community member

Kimberley Croxford, Queer community member

Kate Thompson, Queer community member

Jen Cloher, Community member

Markela Panegyres, LGBTQIA+ person

Everest Wells, LGBTQIA+ community member

Audrey Habib, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ella, Daughter, ally

Ryan Boutland, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kate McDonell, Community member

Joseph Sunter, LGBT community member and march participant

Alex Bayley, Community member

Alysha Bond, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hannah, LGBTQIA+ community member

Matt Hrkac, Ally

Brett Milton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Stella Farnan, Community member

Michael Ingold, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eric Stacey, Ally

Rebecca O’Neill, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zoey Douglas, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anaris McLean, Community member

Eirene Tsolidis Noyce, LGBTQIA+ community member

Will Mason, genderfluid

Adelaide Thompson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Georgia, Ally

James Conlan, LGBTIQA+ community member, march participant

Claire Andrew, Ally

Alison Hopkins, Lesbian

Dan Lloyd, Participant, ally, community member

Bridget Schulze, Community member

Ailsa Traves, Community member

Margo, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shayne Cummin, Community member

David Hughes, Community member

Tom Short, Community member

Abhainn Naesmyth, Community member/march participant

Michael Dixon, Community member

Maeve Wolff, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Georgia Croft, March participant

Hayley Boyce, Community member, Bisexual, sexworker

Lachie, Community member

Monica, Queer person

Billie Hanson-Ulrich, Community member

Hannah Garvan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mara, Community member

Ezra Addams, LGBTQIA+ community member

Grace Culley, Queer community member

Ryan De Masi, Ally

Lisa Love, Community member

Peter Hammond, Community member

Lyras Daear, Trans Non-Binary Queer community member

Kirra Hampson, Community member

Ben, Ally

Edie Milner, LGBTQIA+ community member

Molly Forshaw, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tzion Desta, LGBTQIA+ community member

Iris Elgar, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alice Brandli, Ally

Sherub Zam, Community member

Shayaki Niranjan, March participant

Kayla Dowling LGBTQIA+ Community member

Natalie, March participant

Madeline Lamb, Queer community member

Georgia, Queer community member

Rubina Smith, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hannah Barry, Community member

Oscar North, Ally

Nicole, Ally

Kasey Gambling, Community member

Elisha Renfree Dyer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Steppen, Queer

Emily Piskopos, Queer community member

Aaron Edwards, LGBTQIA+ community member

August Mirabile, Community member

Rohan Irvine, Community member

Lauren, Community member

Samantha Floreani, LGBTQIA+ community member

Genevieve Rankin, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Kuy-Yu, Ally

Ellis Niall, Ally

Caitlyn O’Brien, Queer

Dakota Radakovich, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anita Trezona, Community member

Ian Woolford, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cassandra Francisco, Queer person

Edward Krutsch, LGBTQIA+ community member

Charlie Buckner, March participant

Jessica Nolasco, LGBTQIA+ community person

Jared Stern, LGBTQIA+ community member

Matilda Lourey, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nikita, Ally

Nicolle Lane, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bethany, Ally

Tyler, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cai Fong, LGBTQIA+ community member

James Lauder, LGBTQIA+ community member

Angie Brown, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rob Hamilton, Ally

George Price, LGBTQIA+ community member

Darcy Cleeland, Queer

Sarah, Community member

Lil de Graauw, Participant

Sarah, LGBTQIA+ community member

Chelsea Hogarth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Natasha Lee, Queer march participant

Morag Jones, Community member

Bridge Truell, Community member

Dinah, LGBTQIA+ community member

Luca, Ally

Mark Kavenagh, Community member

Hannah Phillips, Ally

Rhi, Community member

Liat Swieca, LGBTQIA+ community member

Thomas Abbatangelo, Queer community member

Eleanore Hunter, Lesbian

Bianca Denisenko, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eleanor, Lesbian

Kelsey Buchanan, Ally

Astra Gaedicke, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kirk Radunz, LGBTQIA+ community member

Richard Cooling, LGBTQIA+ community member

Col Zeuschner, Community member

Ellen Blackman, Ally

Stephanie, Community member

Jey, Community member

Michelle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Max Telford, Queer bitch

Angel Neighbour, LGBTQIA+ community member

Daniel Townsend, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rebekah, March participant and community member

Sophie Fielding, LGBTQIA+ community member

Breanna Jenkins, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sean, Queer person

Jessica Grimes, Ally

Izumi Tam, Community member

Adrian Harris, Community member

Bethanie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Riccardo, Community member

August Terrell, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lachlan Riddle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sarah, Ally

Grace Cramer, LGBTQIA+ community member

River Arumets, Queer community member

Amelia June, LGBTQIA+ community member

Carrie Smyth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Charles Egerton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Stevie Valentine, Queer community member

Julia Insolia, Community member

Ben Madden, Ally

Emily L, March participant

Jack Stewart, Community member and march participant

Jonathan Teh, Ally

Peter McDonalf, Community member

Holly Davis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Marina Hunt, LGBTQIA+ community member

Georgia LGBTQIA+ community member

Leela Gray, Ally

Andrew Wilkie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Fraser, LGBTQIA+ community member

Misty, Community member

Aaron Lucas, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jessica Gonsalvez, Hopeful march participant (disabled)

Aoife Ryall, LGBTQIA+ community member

Callum McFarlane, LGBTQIA+ community member

Isi Ogwu, Community member and march participant

Kate Hartwell, Queer community member

Alex Sutton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lucia Ferris, Community member

Mikaela Young, Ally

Alex Maher, LGBTQIA+ community member

Leonie Brialey, Ally

Lauren Mitchell, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Hannah Sycamore, Community member

Viric Black, Community member

Ella Horska, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ella Jackson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Warrick Beanland, Queer community member

Ethan Hughes, LGBTQIA+ community member

Klara, Community member

Ada Conroy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sam Barnes, Queer march participant

Annabelle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joseph Miller, Ally

Chloe, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eason, Community member

Brent Harrison, Past artist at Midsumma

Edmund Gardinrr, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emily Spackma, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mali Palacio, Ally

Chloe, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anita Trezona, Community member

Jade, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tom Gallagher, March participant

Jennifer Nguyen, March participant

Leisa Pratt, Community member

Ella S, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shy Haxan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Veronica, Ally

Haylee Mittermair, March participant

Shaun Manyweathers, LGBTQIA+ community member

David MC, Community member

Grayson Bancroft, Community member

Alex, Ally

Jo Farmer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cordelia Attenborough, Queer person

Anna, Community member and march participant

Grace Sasagi, LGBTQIA+ community member

Matthew Sinapi, Community member

G Shackleton, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ishanavi Bajpai, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bryn Loneragan, Big ‘ol Queer

Tess, LGBTQIA+ community member

Naima Fine, Artist for 10 years, LGBTQIA+ community member and past march participant

Timothy Rzesniowiecki, Ally

Erin Hobday, Community member

Michelle Welsh, Community member

Aaron Bateman, LGBTQIA+ community member

River Colt, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rhiannon Eastment LGBTQIA+ community member

Georgia Potter, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nicholas Cowley, Ally

Nikita Patti, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zoe T, LGBTQIA+ community member

Zoe Dorrity, Ally

Jamison, Community member

Eden Nugent, Queer community member

Mahli Benjamin, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lauren Huggins, LGBTQIA+ community member

Esther Lilley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sam Konig, March participant

Stella M, LGBTQIA+ community member

Eliza Funston, Queer community member

Chris Nadinic, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sabrina Canfield, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Ariel, Transgender, Lesbian

KINGS Artist-Run, Community member

Luci Kalisch, LGBTQIA+ community member

Abbey Short, Queer, Pan, Poly person

Thea Guiry-Stewart, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brodie Craig, Young lesbian

Wyinta, Community member

Hannah Clarke, Ally

Josephine Mills, Trans woman

Chris, Ally

Brandy Cochrane, Community member

Lorna Berry, Ally

Laura Speechly, Ally

Kat, Community member

Giselle Kelly, Ally

Cleo Temouskos, LGBTQIA+ community member and criminology student

Jonathan Avery, LGBTQIA+ community member

Aphra Nolan, Community member

Izzy Puglisi, Queer community member

Zac Dunn, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Louisa, LGBTQIA+ community member

Qaisha Ashleyanne Kumar, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bill Weir, Ally

Keegan Mummery, Queer community member

Stuart M, Ally

Dawn Lee, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dettie Sebastian, Queer and Trans community member

Aubree Maranan, Ally

Sean Andrews, Community member

Sophie Nebl, Queer community member

Dan Cook, LGBTQIA+ community member

Theresa Stewart-Moore, Ally

Michael Smith, Ally

Chloe, Community member

Timothy Woods, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jack Hart, Trans person

Carl Taylor, LGBTQIA+ community member

Imogen, Ally

Marli Kernich-Drew, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alicia Sadler, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ella Klarich, LGBTQIA+ community member

Victoria, Community member

Stephanie Westwood, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cecil Lowi-Genn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Imogen Prictor, Community member

Jono, Event producer

Sonya Goldberg, LGBTQIA+ community member

Victoria, Ally

Stephanie Andriopoulos, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sophie Chauhan, Past performer

Nicky Guerin, Ally

Maia Leallan, LGBT+ community member

Theodora Rohl, LGBTQIA+ community member

Annalise Palenzuela, LGBTQIA+ Community member

Jack, March participant

Kelly Griffin, community member

Ilana Altas, LGBTQIA+ community member (queer)

Sandra Lowi, Community member

Sam, LGBTQIA + community member

Hannah Krasovec, LGBTQIA+ community member

Casey Day, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ellis Chng, community member

Jamie Donovan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ewan Whittle, Queer participant

Claire Mulraney, LGBTQIA+ community member

Julia, LGBTQIA+ community member

Minna, Community member

Kathie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Gracie Carroll, LGBTQIA+ community member

Georgia, LGBTQIA+ community member

Domi Tran

Victoria, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sian, LGBTQIA+ community member

Isabella Kocis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mia, LGBTQIA+ Community Member

Alex, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jemima Strambini, LGTBQIA+ community member

Amber Meter, LGBTQIA+ community member

Hugo Postregna, LGBTQIA+ community member

Olivia Kelly, Ally

Jaya Gallagher, LGBTQIA+ community member

Phill O’Brien, Community member

Sally Grant, LGBTQIA+ community member

Aimee B, Queer community member

Breh, Community member and march participant

Jackson Thomson, LGBTQIA+ comunity member

Tamara Desiatov, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emma Heley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jasmine Infante, Ally

Jagveer Singh, Community member

Alex Sargeant, Gay

Geryon, Artist

Emma Jevons, Queer community member

Sasha Burden, Bisexual community member

Michael Nugent, Ally

Vivien, Ally

Liam, Marcher

Philip Nicholas, Community Member

Lara Anderson, Queer community member

Nicole Wight, Community member

Miranda Rogers, Community member

Rhys Pope, Former volunteer and LGBTQIA+ community member

Amanda N, Follower

Clare, Ally

Emma McGregor, Ally

Stacy Lee Hughes, Community member

Aimee Dyer, Community member

Kristina Miltiadou, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sebastian Edwards, Queer community member

Jacey Ligthart-Smith, Community member

Monique Hurley, Ally

Isobel Thomas, Ally

Slam Ross, Community member

Eri MacDonald, Community member

Jessie Fitzpatrick, Ally

Tristan Smith, Community member

SLAMROSS1000, Community member

Christopher Mifsud, Ally

Sabrina Fu, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jas, Queer POC

Tillie Stephens, LGBTQIA+ community member

Laura Button, Community member

Sylvia Tan, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Ella O’Bryan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lorelai Hunter, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ellen McCarthy, Community member

Emma Wars, Ally

Larissa Mckinnon, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Jacqueline Zammit, Trans Lesbian woman

Lilith Ball, Queer community member

Isabel Chapman, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kelly D, LGBTQIA+ community member

Connor Gordon, LGBTQIA+ community member

Julia Prendergast, Queer folk

Hayley McArthur, LGBTQIA+ community member

Q, Queer community member

Kara Blakeley, Community ally

Jacqueline Auhl, Community member and march participant

Margaux Benbadis, Ally

Carole Durnan-Silva, Mother & friend to many participants

Daisy Sampson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bec Dunn, LGBTQIA+ community member

Gus, Ally

Margaretta Doran, LGBTQIA+ community member

Olivia, Community member

Riley Hogan, Volunteer

Frances Waite, LGBTQIA+ community member

Harry Millward, Community member

Beau Newham, LGBTQIA+ community member

En KW, LGBTQIA+ community member

Chloe Cannell, LGBTQIA+ community member

Malibu Stacey, Community member

Meagan Walls, Community member

Mia Gainey, Ally

Eli, LGBTQIA+ community member

Wren Kechayas, LGBTQIA+ community member and former march participant

Olympia Bukkakis, Artist (Pride March)

Rippley Ryan, The T and Q in LGBTQIA alphabet mafia

Lesley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joanne da Silva, Ally

Nicholas Coates, Community member

Alexa Lever, Community member and previous march participant

Tiara Gill, Ally

Kyah Purling, LGBTQIA+ community member

Silas Renwick, Community member

Lauren, LGBTQIA+ community member

Daniel Hope, Local community member

Eric Butler, Community member

Shayla Flaggman, Lesbian

Individual, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rebecca Howe, Community member

Laura Dufty, Proud LGBTQIA+ community member and ally

Stephanie Pereira, Participant

Siobhan Price, Community member

Morgan Jones, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rebecca Koperu, Community member

Lucy Tan, LGBTQIA+ community member

Holly, Community member

Elizabeth Muldoon, Queer community member

Jess Szczygielski, Community member

Bec, Community member

Marcus, Participant

Ruby Tribe, Ally

Sarah Bianco, Community member

Alanah Parkin, LGBTQIA+ community member

Joshua Wilkinson, Community member

Sam Galvin, Ally

Nate Strider, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lil Longman, Queer community member

Hel, LGBTQIA+ member

Will, March participant

Jack, March participant

Scott Dunsdon, LGBTQIA+ community member, arts worker and previous march participant

Emily Beck, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mollie Jackson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sequoia, Community member and ally

Isabelle Fitzgerald, Ally

Sarah McLean, March participant and ally

Dimitra Lambrellis, Community member

Roisin Taylor, Ally

Pamela Freire, Community member

Beatrix, Ally

Jorja Timms, LGBTQIA+ community member

Emma, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jye Cannon, Queer community member

Josh Subra, Community member

Madeleine Trudel, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ripley Breheny, Community member

Beau, LGBTQIA+ community member

Georgia Egan-Griffiths, LGBTQIA+ community member

Madison, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nikki Imberger, Community member

Emily Spratt, LGBTQIA+ community member

Katherine McDonald, Artist, LGBTQIA+ community member and march participant

Ruby Ejdne, LGBTQIA+ community member

Courtney Oder, Ally

Libby Jamieson, LGBTQIA + community member

Daniel Burke Broderick, Ally

Ovi Rajasinghe, Supporter

Sam Wallman, Previous Midsumma exhibitor

Lucy O’Shea Carre, Ally

Gali Strans, Community member

Lilac Lei, Ally

Lee Clews, LGBTQIA+ community member

Luka, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jarvis Holt, LGBTQIA+ community member

Brodie Holden, LGBTQIA+ community member

Oliver Garden, LGBTQIA+ community member

Scarlett Putamorsi, Ally

Leen Rieth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Aoife Hubbard, LGBTQIA+ community member

Cameron Bowles, LGBTQIA+ community member

Dr Blair Williams, Queer

NA, Ally

Auraria Steele, Ally

Rebecca Bentley, LGBTQIA+ community member

Roan Scott, LGBTQIA+ community member

Imogen Boyle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Charlie Impicciatore, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jarvis Halfpenny, LGBTQIA+ community member

Anissa, Punter

Phoebe, LGBTQIA+ community member

Julia, LGBTQIA+ community member

Natalie Cini, LGBTQIA+ community member

Natarsh, Ally

Matilda M, LGBTQIA+ community member

Isaac, Queer person

Mahala Gainer, LGBTQIA+ community member

Grace, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jed, LGBTQIA+ community member

Alexandra Sanderson, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lucinda Keating, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lacey Gifford, Ally

Nikita Surry, Queer woman

Austin Fabry-Jenkins, Co-Founder Bulldog Pride, LGBTQIA+ community member, Union Pride volunteer

Amy Fabry-Jenkins, Co-Founder Bulldog Pride, LGBTQIA+ community member, Union Pride volunteer

Alexandra Louise, Attendee and march participant

Bella Mayweather, LGBTQIA+ community member

Maddy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Mikayla, LGBTQIA+ community member

Lucy O’Shea Carre, Ally

Elizabeth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Scott Kirkaldy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Tahlia, Community member

Ruth Dahl, Queer community member

Omtara Grace, Ally

Holly Volkmer, LGBTQIA+community member

Bonnie McLean, Non-Binary community member

Laura Carman McClintock, Community member

Cindy O’Connor, Community member

Ava A, Community member

Cassie Webb, March participant

Samantha Bond, Community member and ally

Pamela Nightingale, Community member

Devonie, Cool Lesbian

Rubi Walker, Ally

Ashley Brown, Lesbian

Madeleine Kerr, Artist, student, Queer person

Kat, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ebony Binion, LGBTQIA+ community member

Nik E, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jacinta Hennekam, LGBTQIA+ community member

Geena Hardy, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ane Fifita, Ally

Alexandra Adams, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ben Hickey, Community member

Marlow Dalton, Community member

Dylan Lewellin, LGBTQIA+ community member

Rachel Clausen, Community member

Jade, Ally

Victoria Y, LGBTQIA+ community member

Benjamin, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jacob Agius, Ally

Martti Siitonen, Bi community member

Pia Jacklyn, Ally

Emma Filgate, LGBTQIA+ community member

Kaitlyn Einam, Queer human

James Morrissey, LGBTQIA+ community member

Oshani, LGBTQIA+ ally and community member

Quinn Jean, LGBTQIA+ community member

Caleb Parker, Queer community member

Gabriella Scollo, Community member

Brooke McLean, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sam A, LGBTQIA+ community member

Holly, Ally

Caitlin Ho, LGBTQIA+ ally

Max Booth, Queer community member

Sophie Tillbrook, LGBTQIA+ person

Kaya Viridi, Ally

Ry, Queer

Eleanor, Lesbian

Cassandra Francisco, Queer person

Travis, Community member

Joshua Briers, LGBTQIA+ community member

Audrey, Ally

Grae, Trans community member

Lucy Mcconville, Ally

Mitchell Smith, Ally

Savannah Supski, LGBTQIA+ community member

Josep Grew Figuerola, LGBTQIA+ community member

Sahar Ahmadi, Ally

Jahan Rezakhanlou, Ally

Molly Phillips, Proud LGBTQIA+ community member

Grace, Fellow queer

Felicity Udovicic, Ally

Marina Booth, LGBTQIA+ community member

Jessie Lu, Midsumma member, 2019 and 2020 March participant

Michele Vescio, LGBTQIA+ community member and previous march participant

Mackenzie, I am a queer individual

Anika, I’m a lesbian

Giacomo Romagnoli, Community member

Ryan Ali, LGBTQIA+ community member

Badra Aji, Community member

Joe, Friend recommended it to me so here to support them

Sam Mills, Ally

Tomas Parrish, Artist involved in Midsumma and Queer person

Ollie, LGBTQIA+ community member

Ellis, LGBTQIA+ community member

Neve Kerwick, Ally

Amy Sutherland, Ally

Juan Gomez, Performer

Brianna Susan, Ally

Carmelle, LGBTQIA+ community member

Petar Zivkovic, Community member

Alex, LGBTQIA+ community member

James Borg, March participant

Mika B, LGBTQIA+ community member

Deviani Segal, Ally

Holly McGrath, LGBTQIA+ community member

Bianca Atkins, Ally

T Cunningham, Ally

Jemma Haber, LGBTQIA+ community member

Shannen Alyce Quan, LGBTQIA+ community member

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Pride in Protest

Pride in Protest is a collective of activists who campaign for social justice and have two positions on the Sydney Mardi Gras Board