Fremantle are proud to unveil the Club’s first ever Pride Jumper ahead of Pride Round, which will be celebrated this week throughout the NAB AFL Women’s Competition.
Fremantle will wear the jumper on Saturday when taking on Richmond at the Swinburne Centre, with the Tigers wearing their own special design.
The jumper is based around Fremantle’s away strip, with the colours of the Pride Flag filling the chevrons.
The back of the jumper features the Progress Flag as well as an homage to the popular ‘Containbow’ public artwork located off Canning Highway in East Fremantle, designed by local artist Marcus Canning.
Fremantle forward Gemma Houghton said she fell in love with the jumper when she modelled it for a photoshoot at the Containbow.
“I think the jumper is amazing in how it looks and what it represents for the Queer community," Houghton said.
“There’s an awesome meaning behind it which makes it really special to me and this group.”
Houghton said the Pride Jumper illustrated the inclusiveness of the Fremantle Football Club as well as its members and supporters.
“I think the Club has always shown that it’s inclusive and supportive, in particular with our AFLW side,” Houghton said.
“When we pull on this jumper and run out, we’ll not only be representing the playing group and our fans, we’ll be standing with the whole AFLW community and everything we represent.
“Being the first playing group at Fremantle to wear a Pride Jumper gives us a sense of pride to create history within this Club, especially with the amazing group of people that we have.
“It’s important to us that when we run out, we show we represent everyone in the community and embrace everyone around us, no matter their gender, race or sexuality.”
The jumper is available for sale at The Dock Team Store along with a selection of other Pride Round merchandise. Click the link below to buy yours now!
WHAT THE JUMPER REPRESENTS
PRIDE FLAG
The Pride Flag is depicted on the front, which has represented the LGBT community since 1978, and more broadly, the Queer community that identify as LGBTIQA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual).
The six colours of the flag each have a meaning within the community.
Red – Life
Orange – Healing
Yellow – Sunlight
Green – Nature
Blue – Harmony
Purple - Spirit
PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG
The Progress Pride Flag was developed in 2018 as an evolution of the Pride Flag, incorporating brown, black and the traditional Trans Flag colours into what designer Daniel Quasar called a ‘reboot’ of the Pride Flag.
As well as the colours of the Pride Flag, the additional colours give a broader representation to the Queer community.
Light Blue, Pink and White – Trans and nonbinary individuals
Black and Brown – Marginalised POC (People of Colour) communities
Black – Individuals living with AIDS and those who have been lost to the disease
THE CONTAINBOW
Designed by Fremantle artist Marcus Canning and commissioned by the City of Fremantle, the ‘Containbow’ was not explicitly designed to represent the Queer community but was instantly adopted as a sign of the City’s progressive views, with Canning saying the artwork was “a symbol of many things, including alternative and counter cultural hippy styles and aesthetics, a distinctive and ongoing element of the Freo character.”
While the Containbow has nine colours, the one represented on the back of the Fremantle jumper shows the six colours of the Pride Flag.
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