Midsumma Pride March is a signature event of Melbourne’s Midsumma festival. It’s a wonderful day where over 10,000 marchers strut down Fitzroy Street in St Kilda, cheered on by over 45,000 people who line the paths and balconies to show their support.
This year’s Midsumma Pride March will be held on Sunday 2 February 2025.
In keeping with our practice of recent years, we are organising a libraries contingent to march behind the ‘Libraries Change Lives’ banner. All library staff, families, friends and pets are welcome to attend. It is truly wonderful to experience the support and love for libraries from the crowds, while catching up with colleagues from around the state.
It is important to register your interest with Ryan Siriwardene via text on 0409 020 109 or email: [email protected] (please text Ryan if you don’t get a prompt response to your email).
We will be meeting at 10.45am at the Ian Johnson Oval, St Kilda.
If you have accessibility concerns, or live outside of Melbourne and need accommodation, please let Ryan know.
For the creative among you, we encourage you to showcase LGBTIQA+ banned or challenged books. You can turn covers into posters or make oversize models out of cardboard boxes if time permits. To give you some ideas, here’s a list of just some books challenged or banned for their LGBTIQA+ content (in Australia and the US):
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- And Tango Makes Three by by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnel
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson
- Flamer by Mike Curato
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
- This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
We recommend wearing your Libraries Change Lives t-shirt (available at the PLV shop) or an ‘I’m with the banned’ LGBTIQA+ themed t-shirt (available through Geelong Regional Library).