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ABC to celebrate Sydney World Pride 2023

A concert with Kylie Minogue, Mardi Gras parade, 50,000 people walking across the Harbour Bridge & Queerstralia amongst ABC highlights.

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From February ABC will proudly celebrate Sydney World Pride with two weeks of celebration, conversation, party and protest.

Here are current highlights for ABC TV and iview.

Friday, 24 February – Live and Proud: Sydney World Pride Opening Concert
Broadcasting live from the Domain, join us for the official Opening Concert of WorldPride 2023 as we welcome the world to Sydney. Hosted by Casey Donovan and Courtney Act, featuring Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX and Jessica Mauboy, and broadcast live around the nation on ABC TV and ABC iview, Live and Proud will get the WorldPride party started!

Saturday, 25 February – 45th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Tune into the live broadcast of the 45th annual Mardi Gras parade, exclusive on ABC TV, ABC iview and triple j. The parade is back on Oxford Street bigger and better than ever. With over 200 floats and the biggest international presence the parade has ever seen, the ABC will deliver full coverage of many crowd favourites plus heaps of new and exciting float participants.

Wednesday, 1 March – Friday 3 March – Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference
LGBTQIA+ Activists, community members, political leaders and change agents from across the world will come to Sydney in March 2023 to take part in the largest LGBTQIA+ human rights conference ever hosted in the southern hemisphere. Highlights from the conference will stream on ABC iview and covered daily on triple j Hack.

Sunday, 5 March – Pride March
50,000 people in their brightest colours will walk across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, in a powerful international statement of visibility. ABC NEWS and ABC Radio Sydney will be covering this historic moment.

Queerstralia, a new landmark documentary series hosted by award-winning comedian Zoë Coombs Marr, will premiere in 2023. The three-part series will look into the untold and frankly fascinating Queer history of Australia.

A suite of LGBTQIA+ archive content and programs are currently available on ABC iview and ABC listen, including Innies + Outies, the podcast that brings you fascinating stories from diverse LGBTQIA+ Australians about coming out any staying in.

Stay tuned for more announcements to come in 2023.

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  1. Looking forward to it! 🙂 Looks amazing.

    (Cue the inevitable concerns and comments about appropriate government spending and ideologies….)

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