Sydney has become the first city in the southern hemisphere to host the major international LGBTQI event and organisers are expecting the event to attract more than one million visitors to the city.
SYDNEY - Sydney has won the rights to host
international WorldPride in 2023, coinciding with the 50th anniversary
of the first Australian Gay Pride week.
Sydney has been passed the torch from New York City
which in 2019 saw an estimated four million people come together to celebrate
the event and walk in the annual NYC Pride March 2019.
Sydney has become the first city in the southern
hemisphere to host the major international LGBTQI event and organisers are
expecting the event to attract more than one million visitors to the city.
The city's win was announced in Athens at an annual
meeting for InterPride, the international association of pride organisations.