(Inaugural) Pride Fest 2021

2021 was the first Disability Pride Festival in Australia! Woot Woot us!!! The program included

  1. Welcome to country by Deborah Lennis (a beautiful moving speech about intersectionality)
  2. Speech by Paralympic Medallist Paul Nunnari
  3. Outdoor pole dance by amputee and world champion Deb Roach
  4. Performance poem by blind dancer Holly Craig
  5. A panel discussion with performers
  6. An arts and crafts contest that everyone could participate in
  7. A wall of remembrance where people could write messages of support to disabled people suffering.
WWDA Lead Blog about Pride Fest 2021
A woman holds up white cottontails that say “inspiration porn”
A woman holds up a shirt that says “stare away I know I make drool cool” while a woman laughs ecstatically in the foreground.
Googly eyes spell out the word “free” on the brim of a hat. The brim is painted fluro yellow. Barbed wire is drawn on the head.
Wall surrounded by white flowers and signatures. It says “Disabled people suffering. You are not forgotten”
An Asian disabled autistic man wears a red eye mask and holds a microphone
Auslan interpreter applauds
Speaker in a wheelchair holds up fists
Pole dancer doing a handstand with one arm
People at a craft table
Banner reading "End invisible violence, abuse, detention, death. Embrace visibility, pride, inclusion
Man on a bike carrying a sign saying "embrace don't erase"
Man pumping the air with his fist, holding a sign that says, "visibly proud"
Person with a guide dog speaks into a microphone
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