UniMelb at the 2020 Midsumma Pride March
Come join the University of Melbourne's contingent at the 25th annual Midsumma Pride March, celebrating solidarity in gender and sexuality diversity, on Sunday 2 February 2020!
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Midsumma Festival is Victoria’s premier LGBTQIA+ cultural festival, bringing together a diverse mix of LGBTQIA+ artists, performers, communities and audiences. The Midsumma program shares with you the lived experiences of those voices at the margins, the expression of queer history, and the celebration of new ideas that come to life through world-class art and performance.
With the launch of the UniMelb Pride in Action Network at 2019 Midsumma Pride March, this year we celebrate a year of action and activities that have contributed to building a strong and visible community of allies and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This is the University's fourth year attending the march – let's make it our strongest contingent yet!
We invite you to register your attendance and encourage your friends and families to also join the University's 2020 march contingent.
Watch the 2019 festivities, with a message from Vice Chancellor Duncan Maskell.
ABOUT THE MIDSUMMA PRIDE MARCH
The 25th Anniversary of Pride March will grace the streets of St Kilda on Sunday 2 February 2020.
25 years ago, Melbourne's LGBTQIA community took to the streets in a show of solidarity and pride. Back in 1996, the first march took almost the same route along St Kilda’s Fitzroy St, transforming the strip into a show of community pride. The first Pride March in Melbourne, governed by Pride March Victoria, is remembered as quite extraordinary, with a gathering of 11,000 people.
In 2020, we will remember that Midsumma Pride March is about affirming that we’re fabulous, and we’re loved, and we’re diverse and we’re proud. We march in solidarity for those who can not.