On September 7th 2019 at The Bearded Tit in Redfern, Nana Miss Koori, with a Host of Stunners, including Mad B, Chel Torres, Ima Lusty, Tyra Bankstown and Nova Gina held a fundraiser to raise funds to assist Nana Miss Koori to travel to Athens in October to represent Australia for the Sydney 2023 World Pride Bid.
A successful bid would see Sydney become the first destination in the Southern Hemisphere to host World Pride, the marquee international LGBTQI pride event.
World Pride 2023 would coincide with the 45th anniversary of the first Mardi Gras Parade and the 50th Anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week.
Sydney's bid to host WorldPride 2023 is about much more than Sydney and Australia. It's about the Asia-Pacific, one of InterPride's most diverse regions that is home to 60% of the world's population, yet too often overlooked and under-represented. Many LGBTQI communities within this region are denied fundamental human rights.
Sydney World Pride 2023 will be the global event that unites LGBTIQ communities and Prides from across the world and brings them to Asia Pacific. Together, we will listen and learn from some of the most isolated LGBTIQ+ communities in the world, celebrate as one and show bold leadership as activists into the future.
