MARINERS: (SINGING)
# Can you wait for me I've got something for you
I don't wanna dream about you I want it to be for real
I'm so high but I need to move If you keep it moving take me on
Empty soul, Wait for me I'm gonna take you on
Wait for me Wait for me...
Wait for me Wait for me, wait for me
(ECHOES) Wait for me wait for me...
When you walked into the room All I could was look at you
Thoughts running through my brain Hearts beating like heavy rain
I've been waiting for you Why won't you come closer?
Can you wait for me I got something for you
I don't wanna dream about you I want it to be for real, c'mon,
I don't wanna dream about you I want it to be for real,
I'm so high but I need to know If you keep it moving take me on
And just so Wait for me I'm gonna take you on
I need to know If you keep it moving take me on
And just so Wait for me I'm gonna take you on.
Wait for me Wait for me
Wait for me, wait for me. c',mon!
Wait for me Wait for me
Wait for me, wait for me. #
SPEAKER: Give it up for the Mariners for that incredible performance,
that was iconic
So we'd like to say a massive thank you to all the performers and the supporters
who have taken the time to send messages of support or put together
something special just for LGBTIQA+ Youth
For that we are absolutely eternally grateful.
We have got some massive performers and still
some messages of support yet to come.
So the next act that we're going to hear from is none other than Montaigne.
So not only did Montaigne fund raise from Minus 18
and LGBTQI+ Youth during her 2018 national tour.
She was also part of the #OutNow 2020 from Bonds and Minus 18 for Mardi Gras.
She was Australia's pick for Eurovision 2020.
Like I'm not even kidding. Huge huge huge deal.
And she is gonna be performing songs right from the bedroom directly to you.
So let's give it up to one of my queer heroes or queeroes, Montaigne.
MONTAIGNE: Hi everyone, it's Montaigne here.
I'm in my room.
I am really glad to be here digitally and to perform for you.
I'm going to perform a couple of songs for you today.
One is Glorious Heights and one is Ready
I'm wearing my purple.
Wearing purple today to show visibility for us LGBTQ+ folks
Yeah. I'm really grateful that I was able do this and I hope you enjoy.
I have to sing quietly because I live in a shared house
with other people and they're working/sleeping.
So it will be a very low key version of this song
but also be good so get yourselves up right.
(STRINGS GUITAR)
# Poetry's my mission, It has become so small
I stay in my bed, My body shakes with tremors
The only thing that I know Is I'm trying to reach glorious heights
From tiny stones I always get tricked And on my mind's unravelling,
Over the gravel and there's a hurry in my soul
Something's gotta give I'm not even there at all
I have a low pain threshold maybe that's why things that shouldn't hurt me
Hurt me so. I don't mind, I don't mind
Seeing you leave me behind I don't mind, I don't mind
I will continue to tidy behind (STRUMS GUITAR)
The first I reach is my body high
(STRUMS GUITAR)
And I've spent so many nights waiting to be a alright
Waiting to be alright Waiting to be alright
Don't try and awaken and it feels wrong Please excuse me I'm not physical,
My heart's just at an awkwardly low I have a need to rescue itself
Because I'm much too afraid To ask somebody else
On the first hint of August I will turn into dust
Then I'll go sulk at the pitbull That I thought I could trust
Is that really the way it is These lives are desperately weak
I'm climbing the charts But my heart is bleeding
'cause I don't mind I don't mind
Seeing you leave me behind, I don't mind, I don't mind
I will continue to try to be kind (STRUMS GUITAR)
And first day with just my body high
And I've spent glorious nights Waiting to be alright
Waiting to be alright
I don't mind I don't mind
To see you leave me behind
I'm trying to climb to glorious heights To the precipice of my mind
And I will wait along the dark trenches My mind hides and lies
Because now I'm lying about my heart To let you think I'm fine
And the first stage is my body high
(STRUMS GUITAR)
And I've spent glorious nights Waiting to be alright
Waiting to be alright
Waiting to be alright #
(SONG FADES)
That was song number one
I'm just going to take a drink of water because I need it.
Plain and simple.
Okey doke.
(STRUMS GUITAR)
That's alright.
# I, I get off the shadows
Thinking about all the places I should have been #
(CLEARS THROAT)
Alright. This next song is called Ready.
# I... I guess I'm frustrated
Thinking about all the places I should have been by now
And I'm endlessly waiting
Feel like a barrel of dynamite Waiting for a flame to come 'round
I need a little spark A light in bitter dark
I think I'm ready to go I think I'm ready
And I'm, I'm out in the wind So catch my wings
I think I'm ready to go I think I'm ready
And I'm at the edge of the cliff So let's begin
I think I'm ready to go I think I'm ready
I'm ready to begin again.
(STRUMS GUITAR)
I'm so sick of slipping into lakes Brush the dust off of my shoulder
I know that I can do better Take me to the final stage
Give me, give me equal wage I am no longer afraid
I need a little spark A light in bitter dark
I think I'm ready and ready to go I think I'm ready
And I'm, I'm out in the wind So catch my wings
I think I'm ready and ready to go I think I'm ready
And I'm at the edge of the cliff So let's begin
I think I'm ready and ready to go I think I'm ready
I'm ready to begin again
(HUMS NOTE)
And I'm, I'm out in the wind So catch my wings
I think I'm ready and ready to go I think I'm ready
And I'm at the edge of the cliff So let's begin
I think I'm ready and ready to go I think I'm ready
I'm ready to begin again #
(HUMS NOTE)
Awesome. Thank you everybody.
I hope you enjoyed. Also...
Also please, check out my rainbow earrings.
These are like my favorite new thing that I hope you enjoy
I got them for pretty cheap at Larissa's so if you want a pair and get some.
if you feel comfortable obviously leaving the house and going to the shop
Alright. Love you. Bye bye.
SPEAKER: For us 2020 is a very different year for wearing purple.
For me I see a positive in the fact that we're going to be
having a virtual Wear Purple Day that's going to reach into regional
rural, even international audiences
and impacts so many more young people than ever before.
Last year wear purple impacted over 600,000 young people
through schools engagement.
We had 750 schools holding their own Wear Purple Day events.
SPEAKER: I think the really unique thing about Wear Purple
and why I think it has been so successful is that it is led by young people
and it's so nice to watch our young volunteers who drive the organisation
and have so many amazing visions for where it can go
to use their skills and to push it further.
It means that we have a platform to allow LGBTIQ young people
to showcase how great they are.
SPEAKER: And I think we would really like to just continue to flourish
and make that happen in every single state.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
SPEAKER: Hello I'm Bec Sandridge.
I'm a mostly queer or gay singer songwriter from Wollongong Australia.
Some of the things that I wish I knew when I were younger
is one it will be okay, two, you will find people that love
and accept you for who you are and three,
the thing that makes you a bit different or a bit weird
is the thing that is great about you so protect it cherish it and boogie hard.
SPEAKER: Hello everyone it is Alan Tsibulya here
and I'm so excited to be part of the Wear it Purple day bride party extravaganza.
Now, story time.
So I was fermenting some beetroot juice the other week.
It's great for the gut and when I opened it
after about five days I was like Oh.
This seems to be some kind of like he's yeasty
bacterial probiotic overgrowth that's like floated to the top.
But then I was like wow like if only all of humanity learned
from these yeasty colonies and also rose to the top arm in arm
floating no matter what sub-bacterial species they be
whether it's the lactobacillus, acidophilis are bifida bacterium lactace,
So a toast.
To all of us. And our subspecies out there.
May we stay undivided.
But minus like any, you know, bacterial overgrowths.
OK and cheers.
SPEAKER: Hello it's Greg Gould here out and proud Australian singer/songwriter
and I just want to say that Wear Purple Day is an important cause
each and every year but even more important this year because
we can't all be together we can't all support each other
the way that we should.
It's really important that we reach out to each other
send each other a message stay connected.
So check in on your friends make sure that they are okay.
The LGBTQ+ community can find support and love.
I have so much love for you all and I want to send that message.
(BLOWS KISS)