Katie Brennan (she/her)

Richmond Tiger’s captain, Katie Brennan, is one of the AFLW’s elite. 

The gun forward and midfielder led from the front in 2021, earning All Australian selection and finishing second in the club’s best & fairest award as the side’s leading goalkicker. 

She played in the inaugural season of AFLW as a marquee signing and captain of the Western Bulldogs. She led the Bulldogs to the 2017 Grand Final, kicked fifteen goals in thirteen games and was the leading goalkicker in 2019 despite an injury riddled time with the club. 

Brennan signed with the Richmond Football Club at the end of 2019 season, joining the expansion club for a fresh start. The signing was historic as she was the first player to sign with the Richmond Football Club women’s team and was the first AFLW player to sign a two-year contract with a club.  Brennan is the founder of her gym, KB.Performance, which looks to educate, inspire and empower women on and off the field in what is a women’s only elite performance space.

A photograph of Katie Brennan in a gym, smiling and leaning forward with her hands on her knees

Festival partners

Our festival would not be possible without the support of our partners who have an ongoing commitment to the community and what it stands for.

Yes Optus and Sydney WorldPride animated It starts with yes
Canva banner with photo of couple and design with pride text on rainbow background
A banner advertisement with text "New Season Podcast", has a graphic of a rainbow layers of colour in a heart shaped and abc logo plus one for "Innies + Outies" podcast and then text that says "listen" above a button shape that says "Stream for free"
Banner ad with text on coloured background "Herbert Smith Freehills championing diversity and inclusion"
Yes Optus and Sydney WorldPride animated It starts with yes
American Express "express yourself" rotating banner ad
Coles Sydney WorldPride 2023 proud partner banner
Colourful animated gif advertising Absolut vodka with a sparkling rainbow background and a bottle of the vodka in the foreground. The words "Pride in Diversity" display at the end.
Yes Optus and Sydney WorldPride animated It starts with yes
Animated banner advertisement of ooh media depicting happy adults with phrases like "Making love unmissable!" on an orange background
Archie Rose advertisement showing a bottle of Archie Rose gin with a background of rainbow flowers with the text "Official Gin Partner of Sydney WorldPride 2023. Proudly Serving Everyone."
Orea advertisement with the text "Stay Playful Stay Proud" next to a heart made by stacking images of Oreos together and the Oreo to the right of it with a blue background.
Yes Optus and Sydney WorldPride animated It starts with yes
Qantas advertisement showing a Qantas plane with a rainbow tail flying above the clouds with the text "Pride is in the air" displayed next to it and the logos for Sydney WorldPride, Qantas and Mardi Gras along the top.
P&G advertisement depicting happy people and text saying "This 2023, lead with love" and logos of their brands.
An advertisement for Covermore that shows a photograph of two women holding a rainbow flag behind them with text to the left that says "Cover More travel insurance. We're there every step of your journey. Learn more. Proud Supporting Partner of Sydney WorldPride 2023."
Yes Optus and Sydney WorldPride animated It starts with yes
Durex advertisement that consists of a collage of photos with a red filter over them showing two women above to kiss and two men kissing with the text "durex, love your sex and gather. dream. amplify." displayed above further text saying "Proud partner of Sydney WorldPride 2023"
A black banner advertisement with the Deloitte logo in white with a green full stop on the left and a white version of the Sydney WorldPride logo on the right. This then rotates to another slide that says "Wonderful, proud and free!" in a lot of colour and movement
Banner ad for Mini Big Love campaign
Yes Optus and Sydney WorldPride animated It starts with yes
A photograph of two pairs of women arm in arm walking across a bridge at night with the text "Feel like the night will never end" over the image. The advertisement is for Destination NSW
A banner advertisement for Booking.com showing someone with a beard wearing a pink bikini floating in a pool and the words "Travel Proud" next to them

Acknowledgement of country

Sydney WorldPride will take place on the lands of the Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Bidjigal, Darug, Dharawal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Sydney Basin.

We pay our Respects to their Elders past and present. Always was Always will be Aboriginal Land.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people come from many different clans and communities across Australia & in 2023 will come together as one, to celebrate with our global LGBTQIA+ community.