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Program

Absolutely Queer

Name: Absolutely Queer
Start: 2023-02-16T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-04T06:00:00.000Z
Location: Ultimo

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when

Ended 4 Feb 2024

where

Ultimo

‘In the early days it was very risqué to go out on the street dressed up in outrageous costumes, and Mardi Gras gave us the opportunity to do that... Having a crowd of people all dressed up gave us the courage, whereas we wouldn’t have done it on our own.’

Ron Muncaster

Absolutely Queer is an exhibition celebrating contemporary queer creativity for Sydney WorldPride 2023. 

It showcases Sydney’s leading queer creatives who are reshaping attitudes towards their community through their work, creative processes and personal stories, and features costumes, design, artworks, fashion, activism and multimedia.

From installation and performance artists to videogame developers, cartoonists and fashion designers, these creatives form a diverse snapshot of LGBTQIA+ creativity and activism in Sydney.