Life Without Barriers marched side by side with LGBTQIA+ folks and allies at the 2025 Adelaide Pride March, celebrating equality, diversity and inclusion.
Image: Life Without Barriers staff and participants holding up the Pride Without Barriers sign at Adelaide Pride March 2025.
On Saturday, 1 November 2025, 20 members of the Life Without Barriers community in South Australia gathered on Kaurna Country in the heart of Adelaide, to proudly participate in the Adelaide Pride March.
It was a powerful celebration of equality, diversity and inclusion, with over 7,000 people participating, making it one of the largest marches in South Australia’s pride history.
The March marked the beginning of 'Pridevember,' a month-long celebration of LGBTQIA+ community, creativity, and resilience, as part of the Feast Festival, South Australia’s annual LGBTQIA+ Arts and Cultural Festival.
Each year, Pride March Adelaide honours the history, progress and continued fight for LGBTQIA+ rights in South Australia. This year’s Pride March held special significance, commemorating 50 years since South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality.
Image: Jenny, Ceara and Ariel holding the Trans Pride flag and signs, smiling at the camera.
Life Without Barriers is proud to take part in LGBTQIA+ community events because we celebrate diversity, and we practice inclusion. While we recognise that there is still progress to be made in fostering true inclusion and celebration of our rainbow communities, events like the Pride March offer a powerful opportunity for LGBTQIA+ staff, the people we support, caregivers, and allies to come together in solidarity and joy.
Our group of marchers reflected the diversity and strength of our community, from children in prams pushed by one of our passionate foster carers, to our State Director for Child, Youth and Family, Lucy Wade, alongside Operations Managers, Recovery Coaches, Practice Assurance Advisors, Lived Experience Project Officers, past and present participants, and other Life Without Barriers community members.
Image: Life Without Barriers staff and participants marching in the Adelaide Pride March and holding up the Pride Without Barriers sign.
Together, we proudly carried our Pride Without Barriers banner and handed out flyers encouraging people to consider becoming foster carers, complete with lollipops and bubbles to delight the children cheering from the side lines.
At Life Without Barriers, we welcome foster carers from all walks of life. We have been supporting same-sex carers for over a decade to provide a safe, stable home for children in need.
Can I foster if I'm gay? Yes, you can!
Image: Individuals wearing rainbow pride flags, taking part in the Adelaide Pride March.
As the Life Without Barriers group marched from Rymill Park, down the streets of Adelaide, it was a beautiful display of community collaboration, with LGBTQIA+ folks and allies marching side by side, celebrating identity, resilience, and the ongoing journey toward equality.
"I had the privilege of attending the ‘Better Together’ conference in the days leading up to the Pride March, and it was inspiring to move from deep conversations about LGBTQIA+ inclusion straight into a vibrant celebration of it with our Life Without Barriers community," shared Phi Theodoros, Pride Without Barriers Committee Member and Lead Resident Artist in Living Arts.
"It was especially heartening to see senior leaders marching as allies, and exciting to welcome some first-time participants alongside previous participants who have marched alongside us for several years running."
"It was a powerful reminder of the strength and queer joy available to all of us when we connect with our community."
Image: Phi and Louise, wearing brightly coloured clothing and glittery make up, take a selfie at the Adelaide Pride March.
Life Without Barriers welcomes people of any sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics to join our organisation. We believe in the strength of a diverse community where the perspectives and life experiences of our people help us build strong relationships.
"I am proud to work for Life Without Barriers, an organisation which provided me the space to affirm my gender, and provides the same space to people we support, and the carers who do such fantastic work," said Ariel Lee, Project Officer, Equity and Lived Experience Team.
"Visibility is so important in our community, and it’s an honour and a privilege to stand alongside allies and LGBTQIA+ and queer folx to march together wherever they fit into our communities at Life Without Barriers."
Image: Ariel holds up the Trans Pride flag whilst taking part in the Adelaide Pride March.
Amongst the group of marchers were two social work students who have been placed with the Living Arts Program.
"Being able to be a part of the Life Without Barriers Pride March was a beautiful eye-opening experience," said Sharna Knott, Social Work Student.
"I witnessed a community within the Life Without Barriers family, with staff, participants and previous participants all coming together to show each other and the community love and support. Being able to see a company who live their values is so refreshing as opposed to words being on a wall or in a statement page and forgotten."
"It makes me so grateful to be able to complete my placement with Life Without Barriers and has helped guide me to grow as an emerging social worker."
Image: Individuals taking part in the Adelaide Pride March.
"I was very nervous, since this was my first time joining a march. But when the march started, I felt much more relaxed, because I could see there were so many people who identified themselves as LGBTQIA+ members and allies," said Yitong Wang, social work student.
"I felt really touched when I heard a person waving the Pride flag along the road, shouting 'we love you' and encouraging us. Both the participants and the crowd were so supportive. It felt like a utopia where love and equality exist for every human being."
Image: Life Without Barriers staff and participants marching in the Adelaide Pride March and holding up the Pride Without Barriers sign.
We want our employees to be accepted and welcomed for the difference and diversity they bring. This means providing a safe and supportive workplace for everyone, inclusive of culture, ethnicity, faith, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, intersex status, and relationship status. We want our employees to feel valued, respected, and connected.
