A growing discontent with Pride Western Australia鈥檚 political direction has led to several organisations calling a on聽November 20, a week before the Pride WA鈥檚 Parade on November 28.
The Fremantle聽Pride Protest聽aims support 鈥渢he further advancement of queer rights and commemorate the history of the worldwide Pride movement鈥.
It is being organised by and .
Pride WA has become a corporatised parade, with little political meaning. Well-established queer community groups, including Curtin鈥檚 Queer department and UWA鈥檚 pride group, have dropped out of the parade because it no longer represents queer people.
First People Rainbow Mob (FPRM) has been unable to attend the pride march as a group, due to the high fee that comes from Pride WA鈥檚 classification as a 鈥淟GBT funded鈥 corporation.聽 is WA鈥檚 peak body聽represents LGBTIQ First Nations people.
Organisers of the Fremantle Pride Protest do not believe First Nations people should be charged to march on their own land.
They also point to becoming a 鈥減rinciple sponsor鈥 of Pride WA in 2019, saying how out of touch it is with majority opinion in the queer community.
Fremantle Pride Protest organisers are calling on the WA government to improve access to gender-affirming healthcare, commit to and implement the 2018 recommendations of the , remove gender markers from government IDs, especially birth certificates, and abolish WA鈥檚 archaic Gender Reassignment Board.
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