Sydney WorldPride 2023: Northern Beaches Council reveals local LGBTQIA+ events
The LGBTQIA+ festival, Sydney WorldPride 2023, will attract 78,000 visitors to the city with Northern Beaches Council splashing out to support numerous local events.
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Details of events on the northern beaches to support the biggest LGBTQIA+ event in the world have been revealed.
Northern Beaches Council has provided $20,000 in grants to seven community groups and organisations to stage performances and events linked to Sydney WorldPride 2023, beginning next month.
The council is hoping the investment will attract some of the 78,000 people expected to visit Sydney for the three-week international event with attraction such as “Drag Queen story time” at Manly Library.
WorldPride was set up to promote and advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and human rights across the world.
It will be Sydney’s biggest event since the 2000 Olympics and is being held in conjunction with the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras between February 17 and March 5.
As part of its support, the council will hang rainbow banners across the local government area as well as give WorldPride bunting to 150 local businesses to decorate their shopfronts.
It will also set up temporary art installations in Manly and hold exhibitions in its libraries and art gallery in Manly Cove.
First nations artist Dennis Golding will have an exhibition at Manly Art Gallery while Drag Queen story time is on at Manly Library on February 25.
There will be rainbow art on the Manly Corso as part of a citywide mural program, youth focused activities from Girls on Fire at James Meehan Reserve, Dee Why Beach to help teens with problem solving and resilience building.
“Active Sessions” will be part of Collaroy Tennis Club’s Pride Day on March 4. Running Stars will have “Rainbow sessions” on Sunday mornings at Winnererremy Bay Reserve at Mona Vale and John Fisher Park at Curl Curl.
Plus Rainbow Families/Fusion Pride are hosting a family friendly picnic on February 18 at Ted Jackson Reserve, Dee Why Beach, with entertainment and activities around live music while providing access to information for LGBTQIA+ families and their supporters.
In Avalon there will be a “Love is Love Community Social and PrideSwim” on February 19 at Dunbar Park and Avalon Beach.
The Harbord Beach Hotel at Freshwater is planning a week-long series of activities including Rainbow lights, Rainbow cocktails, a drag comedy night, “Queer Talk” and “Story Time”.
Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan said he was proud of the council for supporting the international event with local activations and activities.
“We want the northern Beaches to be a place where all people in the LGBTQIA+ community feel respected and supported, and where diversity is celebrated,” Mr Regan said.
“Council has offered an array of organisations its support to be part of a program that will deliver the biggest tourism drawcard and citywide celebration since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
“Northern Beaches Council has chosen to run a program of activities that acknowledge and support Sydney WorldPride, because we believe creating a sense of safety for LGBTQIA+ communities is intrinsic to our Social Sustainability Strategy – Better Together 2040 and the Community Safety Plan,” Mr Regan said.
The council provided grants to seven local organisations who are “fostering the spirit of inclusion in our community”.
They are Manly Business Chamber; Collaroy Tennis Club; Running Stars Healthy Living Ltd; Harbord Diggers (Mounties Group); Ability Options (on behalf of GLAM); Rainbow Families in partnership with Fusion Pride and Avalon Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce.
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