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Helen Bock, first inductee into South Australian Pride Hall of Fame

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Helen Bock, first inductee into South Australian Pride Hall of Fame

Pride Adelaide has announced Helen Bock as the first inductee in the 2025 South Australian Pride Hall of Fame.

A trailblazer, cultural architect, and fierce community advocate, Pride Adelaide is honoured to announce Helen Bock as the first inductee in the 2025 South Australian Pride Hall of Fame.

Acknowledging a powerful recognition of her lifelong commitment to advocacy, visibility, and community-building across South Australia’s LGBTQIA+ landscape. 

“I was truly honoured to be approached by Pride Adelaide and to be inducted into the Hall of Fame,” said Helen.

“As an out and proud Lesbian all my adult life, recognition of caring for and sharing with my community is humbling.”

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Helen’s impact spans decades.

Coming out in the radical momentum of the 1970s lesbian feminist movement, she stood proudly at a time when visibility was a protest.

She helped create spaces for women to gather, organise, and celebrate identity, spaces that would become the building blocks of a more connected and confident queer community. 

Helen is perhaps best known as a co-founder of the Feast Festival, launched in 1997.

It would go on to become South Australia’s premier LGBTQIA+ cultural celebration, a bold, unapologetic platform for queer artists, storytellers, and performers to claim space, shift culture, and shine. 

“Music and the Arts are one of the best ways to bring us together,” Helen said.

“It has always been important to me to stand up and be counted, and to provide opportunities for our community to come together, connect and celebrate.”

Her influence extended through decades of grassroots action and support.

During the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, Helen played a vital supporting role, contributing to fundraisers and community events that provided much-needed awareness and resources at a time of great stigma and isolation. 

“Helen is one of the foundational figures of our movement in South Australia” said Dave Newman, Chair of Pride Adelaide.

“She has never chased recognition, but her work has created it for others.”

“Her leadership made space for future generations to live more proudly, more loudly, and more freely.

“It is only fitting that we honour her, even more special that it’s in this milestone year.”

Helen’s legacy includes building some of the most treasured cultural spaces in South Australian queer history — from Feast to Women’s Theatre, The Sweethearts of Swing to The Fabulous Semaphore Guitar.

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Ready for the South Australian Pride Gala?

Helen will be formally inducted into the South Australian Pride Hall of Fame by Lucy Hood MP, Member for Adelaide, at the 2025 South Australian Pride Gala.

The South Australian Pride Gala takes place on Friday, 27 June at the Adelaide Festival Centre.

The Gala will serve as the closing celebration of Pride Month in Adelaide.

Marking 50 years since South Australia became the first Australian state to decriminalise homosexuality. 

Helen joins inaugural inductees Ian Purcell AM and Vonni from last year’s Pride Gala. 

Grab your tickets to the South Australian Pride Gala today.

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Get voting for this years South Australian Pride Awards nominees

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Get voting for this years South Australian Pride Awards nominees

This year’s South Australian Pride Awards are about more than recognising trailblazers, changemakers, quiet achievers and community champions.

The South Australian Pride Awards return for a second year to acknowledge the people and organisations elevating South Australia’s LGBTQIA+ communities.

But this year, the Gala and Awards are about so much more.

This year marks fifty years since male homosexuality was decriminalised in South Australia.

The first state in Australia, and the first English-speaking part of the world to do so.

Chair of Pride Adelaide, Dave Newman, shared his excitement for this year’s nominations and the upcoming Gala.

“These awards were born from a simple but powerful idea: that the work our community does deserves to be seen, celebrated, and held high,” he told QNews.

“The Pride Awards were created as part of the South Australian Pride Gala to honour the people, organisations and movements shaping our community with courage, compassion and pride.”

“This year’s Gala is more than just a night of recognition – it’s a milestone.”

“We stand together 50 years after South Australia led the country in decriminalising homosexuality.

“That act changed lives.

“It created space where none existed.

“And it reminds us that progress doesn’t just happen – it’s fought for, built by those who came before us, and carried forward by those who refuse to let the light go out.”

These awards are part of something bigger.

This year’s nominations for the Pride Awards were overwhelming, closing applications at the end of last month.

“Diverse, heartfelt, and deeply personal – they came from all walks of life.” Dave gushed,

“Queer leaders. Quiet changemakers. Bold performers. Fierce allies.”

“The breadth of stories shared speaks to a truth we already know: our community is unstoppable when we show up for one another.

“To every person who was nominated: you matter.

“To everyone who voted: you’re part of something bigger.”

It’s easy to get swept up in Dave’s words because awards such as these are about more than giving someone a thumbs up.

They are part of something bigger and a visibility that is changing and saving lives.

“Recognition builds strength,” Dave said, “and when we see ourselves reflected in the stories of others,”

“When our work, our identities, our joy and our struggle are not only acknowledged but honoured, something powerful happens.

“Especially now, as hate rises and hard-won rights are under attack, choosing to celebrate one another is more than important – it’s necessary.”

The winners of the awards will be announced South Australian Pride Gala in June.

“We know the world isn’t always kind to those who live outside the lines.”

“That’s why nights like the Gala matter,” Dave told us,

“Because in a room full of love, laughter, defiance and glitter – we remember who we are.”

“We remember that there is space for all of us.

“That no matter how you love, who you are, or where you’ve come from, you have a place in this story.

“You have a place in this community.”

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Now have your say on who wins the awards.

With the finalists announced, the time is now to vote for who you think deserves the top honour this year.

Community Group of the Year

Bear Men of Adelaide

Diverse-city

Hike Society Adelaide Inc.

Human.Kind Yoga

Positive Gathering Place Lunch

Pride of the South

Rainbow Crows

Rainbow Hollow Services

Rainbow Hub SA

ShineSA

Sustainable Style

TransFemme SA

TransMascSA

Employer of the Year

Coles Group Pty Ltd

Diverse-City

Marys Poppin

Thorne Harbour Health SA

Event of the Year

A Friend of Dorothy: Anthems of Pride

Adelaide University Sport and Fitness

GEAR’D: Adelaide Leather and Fetish

Barossa valley social group

Bloomin’ Fabulous!

Miss Gloss Events: Club Gloss

Cabaret Capers

Poppin Out

Pride of the South Pride March

Style & Spirit: The Fashion of Chester Weinberg exhibition

First Nations Person of the Year

Adam-Troy Francis

Charlotte Coulthard-Dare

Jace Reh

Keenan Smith

Performer of the Year

Benjamin Maio Mackay

Crimsin

DJ LUSH

Donatella Valentino

Dorian Courtisan

Emerauld

Eve Elle

Kleo Fox

Libby Trainor Parker

Lindsay Prodea

Minty Hydrangea

Shania Twatt

Xanthe Starr

Sports, Health and Wellbeing Award

Adelaide Frontrunners

Affirm & Thrive

Pride Tennis Adelaide

South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance

The Adelaide University Sharks Rugby Team

Volunteer of the Year

Angela Busuttil

Greg Kelly

Katie Head

Kellie Greene

Head to the website to vote for who you think should win their category this year.

Are you ready for the Gala?

While every award matters, Pride Adelaide Chair Dave Newman shared that this year’s First Nations Person of the Year category feels especially significant.

“It’s a long-overdue acknowledgement that all justice starts with truth,” he told us,

“With deep respect for the voices, cultures and leadership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – the heart and soul of this land.”

“It’s a powerful addition to the night, and one that grounds us in where all movements for equality really begin.”

He also shared how proud he is to see the diversity of the Performer of the Year category.

“The nominees are not only diverse in background and style – they’re wildly unique in what they bring to the stage and to our community,” he said.

“From drag icons to classical vocalists, live music legends to genre-defying creatives, this category captures the fierce, joyful, boundary-pushing spirit of LGBTQIA+ performance.”

“It’s a reminder that expression takes many forms – and that art, in all its colour and power, is part of our resistance, our resilience, and our celebration.”

Voting is now open to the public, where the top three finalists will be reviewed by a judging panel.

This year, the Pride Gala is in a larger venue, creating more space to celebrate with pride.

Grab your tickets and find out more about the night here.

Don’t miss the South Australian Pride Gala on Friday, 27th June.

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