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Pride Parade and Sign Making Workshops

Artwork by Judy Kuo

Join us and march with Transfolk WA in the Boorloo/Perth Pride Parade 2025!

This year for the Pride Parade, we are celebrating the history, strength, activism, and resistance of trans and gender diverse people. We’re hosting two free workshops to create signs that reflect our theme, “hopes and dreams for trans liberation.” We’ll be bringing these signs along to the Parade to be part of our float!

We have a few different options for registration this year, so please read the following carefully and register for only one ticket type.

Most of the tickets available are to attend both a Workshop and the Parade. The signs and banners we are creating at the workshops will be the core part of our float this year, and we want to make everyone who marches with us has one! This is why we are asking people to register for at least one workshop as well as the Parade.

We know that not everyone will be able to attend both a workshop and the Parade, so we will have a small number of tickets available to come along to just the workshop/s or just the Parade. Please only select these tickets (workshop only or Parade only) if you cannot make it to both the workshop/s and the Parade.

Register your interest here. Transfolk WA Pride Workshops and Parade

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Sign-Making Workshops

We’ll be running two workshops to create signs and banners to bring along to the Parade that reflect our theme, “hopes and dreams for trans liberation.” You’re welcome to come along to just one, or both, of the workshops. We’ll be working together to come up with ideas for our signs, including slogans and imagery, and painting the signs. You can design and decorate your own sign, work on our large banner, or paint one of our pre-made templates. We will have a range of materials available to use to create your sign!

Artist Judy Kuo will be joining us to deliver the workshops. Judy Kuo (she/they) is a bisexual artist of colour based in Naarm. She is a visual artist, freelance illustrator, zine-maker and workshop facilitator. They work predominantly with climate action organisations, trade unions, disability advocacy groups and anti-discrimination campaigns. She is a member of the Workers Art Collective, a group of mostly Naarm-based artists with connections to the progressive trade union movement.

What to expect:

  • We will be supplying all the materials needed to create your sign, including paint and markers to decorate
  • There will be time to settle into the space before the workshop starts, and some light snacks will be provided
  • Judy Kuo will be joining us online to facilitate the workshop
  • During the workshop we will chat about what kind of slogans or imagery we’d like to include on our signs, and spend time working on our signs
  • We will have sign templates available to decorate that already have wording on them
  • We’ll also have a collaborative banner to paint!

When: Sunday 9 November 10:30am-1:30pm and/or Sunday 16 November 10:30am-1:30pm

Where: 2 Delhi Street, West Perth 6005 (City West Lotteries House)

Getting there: The venue is a short distance from City West Train Station. The closest bus stop is Harold Boas Gardens on Wellington Street, both the Yellow and Green CAT buses stop there. There is free street parking available on Delhi Street.

City West Lotteries House Accessibility Info:

  • The building is wheelchair accessible with ACROD parking near the entry and a ramp down from the street
  • There are accessible, all gender toilets available
  • We will have a separate quiet space if you need a sensory/noise break
  • COVID safety: we will have air purification indoors, and masks and hand sanitiser available for attendees. Please stay home if you’re feeling unwell.

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Pride Parade

The 2025 Pride Parade is on Saturday 29 November! This year, we’re also asking folks who are coming to the Parade to join us for one of our workshops to help create signs for our Parade float. If you’re not able to attend a workshop and make a sign, we will have some signs, flags, and banners available for people to carry.

Every year we love to having trans and gender diverse folks walking with us and proudly celebrating! We also love when families and friends join us to march with their loved one in support. You don’t have to be an active member/part of Transfolk WA to join us.

If you want to join us for the Parade, please make sure you register for either a workshop and Parade ticket, or a Parade ticket only. Only people registered for the Parade will be able to march with us due to wristband restrictions.

Time and location: We will meet in the late afternoon before the Parade starts in the evening. The Parade is being held in Northbridge. If you register for the Parade, we will contact you via email with more details about when and where to meet closer to the day.

Theme: Our theme this year is ‘hopes and dreams for trans liberation,’ and we will be carrying the banner and signs we create at the Workshops to reflect this!

What to wear: We love to celebrate trans pride! There’s no set uniform or outfit, but we encourage folks to create your own outfit in trans pride colours (pink, blue and white) or nonbinary pride colours (purple, yellow, white, black), and/or black and brown to recognize and celebrate First Nations and People of Colour trans folks.

Children and young people: Please note that people under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult (who must also register).

Joining the parade for the first time: We recommend bringing a friend (or a few!) – please make sure they also sign up. We’ll also be sharing info via email about what to expect in the lead up to the day. If you have questions, feel free to send us an email at [email protected] or a message on social media.

Expectations: by registering to march with us you agree to:

  • Treat other people with respect
  • To not promote, enact, or share offensive views such as transphobia, racism, ableism, etc
  • CONSENT TO HAVING YOUR PHOTO TAKEN DURING THE PRIDE PARADE(this is a requirement of Pride WA). Transfolk will also take a group photo before the Parade that you can opt out of. Photos will be shared on social media.

 

Pride Parade Accessibility Information

Length of march: The march will be approximately a 1.3km (20-30 minute) walk. On the parade afternoon, you will meet a volunteer at the parade entry location (details to be provided beforehand) and walk to the float set-up area. There will likely be a fair amount of standing during waiting periods.

Travelling in the Transfolk Pride Parade vehicle during the march: There will be limited spots to sit in our parade vehicle, with priority given to folks with mobility-related access needs. There will be a question when you register asking if you need a spot in the vehicle for mobility-related accessibility- please let us know if this is the case.

Parade surface: Pride WA has provided the following information about the surfaces on the Parade route:

  • Marshalling area: pavement and asphalt road on a mostly flat surface, with roadside curb ramp at Accessible Entry
  • Parade route: asphalt road on mostly flat surface with slight incline and median strips at intersections
  • End area: pavement and asphalt road on mostly flat surface, with roadside curb ramps
  • Pre/post Parade zone: paved paths and grassed areas which are mostly flat

Sensory considerations: The Parade is noisy with lots of loud music and people talking. Once it gets dark, there are usually a lot of bright and colourful lights. Earplugs, headphones or sunglasses may be useful in helping reduce noise and light overstimulation. Please feel free to bring any tools that would help you, and we will have some earplugs available as well.

 

What if you register and later change your mind or can’t make it on the day?

It’s ok to change your mind! You can cancel your ticket through Humanitix, or email us at [email protected] to let us know you can’t make it.

Other questions: You’re welcome to get in contact with us if you have any other questions – [email protected]