Coogee Rainbow Updated

Rebecca Varidel
5th Feb 2023

Iconic Sydney beachside suburbs to celebrate LGBTQIA+ community with Pride On The Sand

Pride On The Sand centres around an update to the iconic Coogee Rainbow as Randwick City’s 2023 celebrations for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPride are announced.

“We want the whole world to know we love and value our queer community, so we’re making sure our area is as bright, loud and proud as possible,” said Dylan Parker, Mayor of Randwick.

“2023 is shaping up to be a massive year for Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ community and we’re determined to make sure Randwick City is 100 per cent in the mix for the celebration, beaming a message of love and inclusion from the sand to the streets,” said Mayor Parker.

Progress Pride street banners will line Randwick City streets, showing our commitment to ensuring that everyone in Randwick City feels seen and their identity is celebrated.

Coogee Rainbow update

To start this month, the Coogee Rainbow was repainted to include the Progress Pride Flag colours. The change adds a brown stripe to represent people of colour, a black stripe to represent people lost during the HIV/AIDS crisis, and pale blue, pink and white stripes to represent the trans community. The updated rainbow is included as part of Sydney WorldPride’s Rainbow City.

Progress Pride street banners will also line Randwick City streets, showing the local area commitment to ensuring that everyone in Randwick City feels seen and their identity is celebrated.