Oxford Trans Pride 2023

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Oxford Trans+ Pride takes place on Tuesday 30th May 2023.

Join us in celebrating and cherishing trans joy!

Pride is a protest. We will fight for trans rights and combat transphobia with the best weapon we have: loud and strong trans visibility - showing the country what community looks like! In response to Kathleen Stock speaking at the Oxford Union, and the wider attack on the trans community in and beyond Oxford, we call upon all of our allies to join us in protest and launch a new positive legacy: Oxford Trans+ Pride. Beware that a transphobic counter-protest is likely, and caution is warranted when attending.

Oxford Trans+ Pride will begin in Lincoln College in Oxford’s City Centre at 2 pm on Tuesday, May 30th. First, two panels of trans, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, and intersex speakers will be held. The first panel will be titled “Between Free Speech and Hate Speech” and will discuss ways to preserve academic freedom without promoting or validating dangerous and hateful speech, which can harm marginalised groups. The second panel will be “Trans+ Joy Across Generations” and will feature trans, nonbinary, gender non-conforming and intersex people of various ages who will speak about what trans+ joy means for them.
Following the panels, we will gather at Bonn Square at 4 pm following speeches and chants, we will march to St Michael’s Street at 4:40 pm and hold a hopeful festival centred around the joy, power, and visibility of trans, nonbinary, gender non-conforming and intersex people. We will celebrate with loud music, lead empowering chants, and fill the streets with drag queens, dancing, and colourful, unavoidable visibility.