ONE COMMUNITY 2009

Brisbane Pride Festival is proud to announce the theme for 2009, ONE COMMUNITY. Following on from last years the of FREEDOM, ONE COMMUNITY is designed to raise the profile of the many vital community groups in Brisbane and surrounds that work to supporting our community in so many ways.

The 2009 festival will focus on bringing the people who volunteer their time to the forefront and recognising their contributions. Without these community groups, so many would be lost. From the youth having no idea where to turn picking up the phone and calling Open Doors, to the parents struggling to come to terms with their daughter coming out to them, contacting PFLAG, from the gay man calling GLWA in a time of crisis to the person isolated by circumstance, tuning to Dykes on Mykes and discovering they are not alone.

I encourage everyone to have a look in the papers at the community listings and see if there is something they could give a little time to. Your life will be richer for it.

Happy Pride 2009
Scott Hampson
Brisbane Pride Festival President

 

 

Community Awards

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Volunteer of the Year

Vicky Ogilvie

Business Person of the Year

Mel Whitaker and Age D'Alton

Politician of the Year

Grace Grace

Creative Artist of the Year

Russell Fleming

Sportsperson of the Year

Lindsay Nutley

Journalist of the Year

Toby Longhurst

GLBT Friendly Company of the Year

The Wickham Hotel

Entertainer of the Year

Miss Synthetique

HIV Activist of the Year

Jarran Haywood

Gay Icon of the Year

Mathew Mitchem

Gay Venue of the Year

Sporties

Community Group of the Year

Open Doors

Person of the Year

Paul Martin

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sybil Von Thorndyke

 

A big thank you to all that voted and came along to the awards

 

 

 

RALLY & MARCH

CHANGE OF VENUE

Ever wanted to stop traffic? Brisbane Pride Festival’s Rally and March kicks off Fair Day on Saturday 13 June. Show your Pride and come along, hear leaders of our community address the crowd and speak about the issues facing our community. Then join a couple of thousand people and take to the streets as we march to Musgrave Park. As always the Dykes on Bikes will lead the parade with community groups, friends, family dancing and marching and one HUGE traffic stopping mirror ball. The Pride Rally and March has been a feature of the festival for 18 years. Come along and join the fun!

Date: Saturday 13 June

Time: Kicks of at 10am

Venue: Cnr Roma Street & Parkland Blv, Brisbane City (Next to the Holiday Inn at Roma Street, Station

Cost: FREE

Volunteer with Brisbane Pride

Click here to volunteer!

 

 

BRISBANE PRIDE FESTIVAL - PRIDE GUIDE

The Pride Guide has it the streets, so keep an eye out to see what this years 2009 Festival has up it's sleve. Or you can download the guide in PDF format by clicking on the image below. DOWNLOAD NOW!