Blog - People with Disability Australia

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International Women’s Day 2025: What does it mean to women and girls with disability?

PWDA looks at the 2025 theme for International Women’s Day and asks. Is it really for all women and girls if women with disability keep getting left behind?

PWDA members and staff hold up PWDA letters in marshalling area at 2025 Mardi Gras

The 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras allowed PWDA members to be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’

On Wednesday 19 February, PWDA held an online Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras side event celebrating LGBTQIA+ disability pride – ‘Free to be Proud’.

images show PWDA participants in the 2024 mardi gras holding sign that reads Sexual rights for all bodies

Why PWDA member Caitlin is ‘Proud and Free to be Me’

PWDA member Caitlin tells us what being ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ means as a person with disability and member of PWDA during Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025

PWDA are ‘Free to be Proud’

On Wednesday 19 February, PWDA held an online Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras side event celebrating LGBTQIA+ disability pride – ‘Free to be Proud’.

Disability advocates call for policy ambition to be matched with action

Australia’s Disability Strategy sets out a vision for a more inclusive society. The federal government’s commitment to tracking progress under the ADS matters.

Group shot of PWDA members, Board and staff at Midsumma 2025

PWDA are ‘Free to Be Me’ at 2025 Midsumma Pride March

PWDA joined the 2025 Midsumma Pride March on Sunday 2 February to celebrate LGBTQIA+ and disability pride with the theme Proud and Free to Be Me.

A group of people dressed and ready for the Midsumma Pride March. They are holding signs and wearing rainbow capes.

Proud and Free to Be Me: PWDA to March at Midsumma for the First Time

For the first time, People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability rights and representative organisation and national peak for LGBTQIA+ people with disability, has taken to the streets of St Kilda for the 2025 Midsumma Pride March.