Midsumma Festival to kick off with a day-long consent festival in 2019
Next year's festival will boast 165 events created by 1,600 artists and performers across 75 venues. The post Midsumma Festival to kick off with a day-long consent festival in 2019 appeared first on...
View ArticleVictorian Labor to back ‘Melbourne Pride’ in 2021 if re-elected
Victorian Labor has reached out to Melbourne's pre-existing pride festival Midsumma to see if they can play a role in the development of the proposed street party. The post Victorian Labor to back...
View ArticleMidsumma Festival Guide Magazine | November 2018
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View ArticleAustralian pageant celebrating trans women and drag queens turns ten
Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International will celebrate its tenth year during the 2019 Midsumma Festival. The post Australian pageant celebrating trans women and drag queens turns ten...
View ArticleMelbourne mums to offer ‘free hugs’ at Midsumma for young people rejected by...
"I just want kids – and grown ups – to know that if their parents can't accept them as they are, that's their parents' failure, not theirs." The post Melbourne mums to offer ‘free hugs’ at Midsumma for...
View Article‘Consent is a right often withheld from LGBTIQ+ people’: Melbourne’s...
"We’re often excluded from sexual education or media depictions of healthy relationships." The post ‘Consent is a right often withheld from LGBTIQ+ people’: Melbourne’s inaugural Consent Festival...
View ArticleMan detained at last year’s Melbourne Pride March organises Liberal Party...
"I just want the Liberal Party to understand that, after everything they've done against LGBTI people for so many years, not everyone in the community welcomes them to Pride." The post Man detained at...
View ArticleWhy joining queer nudists for a weekend of body positivity and self-love can...
"Some operations or scarring can create huge problems with body image or self-worth, but by stripping bare, everyone exposes themselves to vulnerability." The post Why joining queer nudists for a...
View ArticleLesbian comedian Zoe Coombs Marr on why queer culture is rich for comedy
"It's like the 'Upside Down' in Stranger Things except instead of demigorgons we have drag queens and wimmin's poetry nights." The post Lesbian comedian Zoe Coombs Marr on why queer culture is rich for...
View ArticleIntersex advocate to boycott Pride March if Royal Children’s Hospital is...
"We should be able to be the people nature made us, and if our bodies are to be modified then we should be the ones to make that decision with our full and free consent." The post Intersex advocate to...
View ArticleVicBears’ massive BearFEST 2019 kicks off tonight
Our extra special Union event for the month sees us crown Mr VicBears 2019 on the 26th, and the ever popular Underbear Dance on the 27th sees the bears dancing into the small hours of the night. The...
View ArticleMidsumma Queer Pool Party
Prahran Aquatic Centre Sunday January 27, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Queer Pool Party appeared first on Star Observer.
View ArticleFootball Pride match between Vic Police and Melbourne Rovers returns this...
Mixed teams from the Victoria Police Soccer Club and Melbourne's LGBTI clubs will once again face off for the Victoria Football Pride Cup this weekend as part of Midsumma 2019. The post Football Pride...
View ArticleCommunity orgs drop out of Midsumma Pride March over extreme heat forecast
"Unfortunately, since the nature of the march will mean being in an open area without significant shade for a prolonged period of time, we can't ask those marching with us to expose themselves to the...
View ArticleMidsumma Pride March 2019 pt 1
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Sunday February 3, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Pride March 2019 pt 1 appeared first on Star Observer.
View ArticleMidsumma Pride March 2019 pt 2
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Sunday February 3, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Pride March 2019 pt 2 appeared first on Star Observer.
View ArticleMidsumma Pride March 2019 pt 3
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Sunday February 3, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Pride March 2019 pt 3 appeared first on Star Observer.
View ArticleMidsumma Pride March 2019 pt 4
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Sunday February 3, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Pride March 2019 pt 4 appeared first on Star Observer.
View ArticleMidsumma Pride March 2019 pt 5
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Sunday February 3, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Pride March 2019 pt 5 appeared first on Star Observer.
View ArticleMidsumma Pride March 2019 pt 6
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Sunday February 3, 2019 Photographer: Dean Arcuri The post Midsumma Pride March 2019 pt 6 appeared first on Star Observer.
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