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The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras is an annual pri para celebratg the LGBT muny; attend by hundreds of thoands of people annually.

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SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS

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Sydney Mardi Gras is the largt gay party Atralia, and one of the biggt dat the LGBTQ Pri lendar worldwi. Beg the cy's ma gay pri event, Mardi Gras Sydney attracts thoands of partygoers every year.

SYDNEY WORLDPRI 2023: HERE'S EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOWWORLDPRI WILL SPAN OVER 17 DAYS WH OVER 300 EVENTS ACROSS SYDNEY.THE SYDNEY OPERA HOE IS L UP WH THE PROGRS PRI FLAG TO MARK THE START OF SYDNEY WORLDPRI, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT 500,000 ATTEN AND PARTICIPANTS. SOURCE: AAP / DEAN LEWSKEY POTSWORLDPRI HAS KICKED OFF SYDNEY.IT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW HALF A LN PEOPLE AND GENERATE OVER $100 LN THE VISOR ENOMY.EVENTS CLU MIC, THEATRE, FIRST NATNS PROGRAMMG AND A HUMAN RIGHTS NFERENCE.THE WORLDPRI FTIVAL HAS KICKED OFF SYDNEY, MARKG 17 DAYS OF EE AND TICKETED EVENTS ACROSS THE CY.THE NSW ERNMENT SAID THE EVENT, WHICH IS THE LARGT LGBTQIA+ FTIVAL THE WORLD, IS EXPECTED TO DRAW 500,000 PARTICIPANTS TO SYDNEY. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE EVENT HAS BEEN HOSTED THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE STATE ERNMENT FORESTS THE FTIVAL WILL BOOST THE VISOR ENOMY BY $112 LN.READ MOREHOW HAS THE PRI FLAG EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS?NSW ARTS AND TOURISM MISTER BEN FRANKL SAID 78,000 VISORS HAVE ARRIVED TO TAKE PART THE FTIVAL. "THIS JOURNEY STARTED OCTOBER 2019 WHEN SYDNEY WON THE RIGHTS TO HOST WORLDPRI 2023. IN 2021 THE NSW LIBERAL AND NATNALS GOVERNMENT SIGNED ON AS THE FIRST MAJOR PARTNER, RERCG S MMENT TO GROW THE STATE’S VISOR ENOMY AND CELEBRATE S WORLD-RENOWNED LGBQTIA+ MUNY."SO WHAT IS WORLDPRI AND WHAT'S STORE FOR THE SYDNEY EDN?WHAT IS WORLDPRI?WORLDPRI IS AN EVENT THAT PROMOT LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER ISSU ON AN TERNATNAL LEVEL THROUGH PARAS, FTIVALS AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVI.THE FIRST WORLDPRI TOOK PLACE ROME JULY 2000, FOLLOWED BY JESALEM (2006), LONDON (2012), TORONTO (2014), MADRID (2017), NEW YORK (2019) AND COPENHAGEN AND MALMO (2021).IN 2019, SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS WAS SUCCSFUL WNG THE BID TO HOST WORLDPRI SYDNEY 2023, HAVG PETED AGAST HOTON, USA AND MONTREAL, CANADA.WHAT DO THE LE UP CLU?SYDNEY'S WORLDPRI IS SPREAD OUT OVER 17 DAYS WH OVER 300 EVENTS.EVENTS SPAN OM MIC NCERTS, TO ART STALLATNS, SPORT, THEATRE AND FOOD TASTGS.SYDNEY'S WORLDPRI ALSO PAYS RPECT TO FIRST NATNS PEOPL, CLUDG A DITED FIRST NATNS GATHERG SPACE.FROM 1-3 MARCH, SYDNEY WORLDPRI WILL HOST A LGBTQIA+ HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE WH OVER 60 LOL AND TERNATNAL PRENTERS"TOGETHER, THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNY TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS SAFE, EE AND EQUAL FOR EVERYONE – NO MATTER WHO WE LOVE, WHO WE ARE OR WHAT SEX CHARACTERISTICS WE WERE BORN WH," THE SYDNEY WORLDPRI WEBSE READS.THE INIC SYDNEY MARDI GRAS PARA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 25 FEBARY OM 6PM-11PM ON OXFORD STREET.THE CEO OF THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, ALBERT KGER, SAID IS A TIME FOR REFLECTN. "AS WE MARK THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARDI GRAS, IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE STOCK AND LOOK AT HOW FAR WE HAVE E SCE THE ORIGAL PROTT MARCH 1978," HE SAID. "WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE, BUT ALSO MUCH STILL TO BE ACHIEVED NOT ONLY ATRALIA, BUT FOR LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD."READ MORE'QUEER, LIFE, EEDOM': THE VOIC AT VICTORIA'S PRI MARCH THAT WERE SILENCED — UNTIL NOWTHE PARA WILL CLU DYK ON BIK, ATRALIAN LIFAVERS WH PRI AND NEW GROUPS SUCH AS ATRALIA'S FIRST AND ONLY LGBTIQ+ BOXG CLUB, THE SYDNEY HOOKERS. "BEG A SPORT THAT IS NOT WELL KNOWN THE GAY MUNY, WE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW THAT BOXG IS AN CLIVE SPORT - AND THERE IS A CLUB OUT THERE FOR THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY," SYDNEY HOOKERS FOUNR SHN JABS TOLD SBS NEWS.THE CLOSG NCERT RABOW REPUBLIC WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY 5 MARCH BETWEEN 3PM AND 10PM AT THE DOMA.THE ARTISTS PERFORMG CLU AVA MAX, KIM PETRAS, MUNA, KEIYNAN LONSDALE, G FLIP, PEACH PRC, ALTER BOY, BVT AND VETTA BORNE. EXTRA SERVIC FOR B, LIGHT RAIL AND TRAS HAVE BEEN ANISED FOR THE DURATN OF WORLDPRI.SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 18 FEBARY 2023 6:06PMUPDATED 18 FEBARY 2023 6:12PMBY TOM CATISOURCE: SBS NEWSAVAILABLE OTHER LANGUAGTAGSSYDNEYSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

Your own Hibisc Island gay cise adventure! Jo the LGBT+ Pri Cise om Sydney 2023, prented by P&O Cis Atralia. Departg Sydney on Thursday 14th September 2023 onboard the newly refurbished Pacific Adventure. It�s five amazg days and four fun-filled nights, wh the gayt party afloat the South Pacific. For the first time, The Pri Cise is takg to an exclive Island getaway - cue the daquari�s and ABBA tribute show! * sydney gay pride *

Sydney Mardi Gras first started through a gay rights para Sydney, on June 24, 1978.

Followg a day memoratn of the Stonewall Rts of 1969, LGBTQ lols gathered on Oxford Street at 10pm to march for equal regn, fight scrimatn agast LGBTQ people employment and hog, revoke anti-gay laws, and end police harassment. So if you are lookg to experience your pri down unr, the heart of the Atralian summer, be sure to pencil Sydney Mardi Gras to your gay events lendar this year.

Then get planng your trip to Atralia’s hottt gay pri event. In 2023, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPri uned to prent a tly global LGBTQIA+SB pri ftival.

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Explore our 2023 Global Gay Pri Calendar for the LGBTQ+ muny featurg a listg of 200+ gay pri paras and celebratns around the world. * sydney gay pride *

In the Ftival Report below, learn more about the legacy of Sydney WorldPri for Intepri, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, Sydney cy, First Natns muni, the Human Rights Conference and the broar LGBTQIA+ muny. Gay rights had entered the natnal spotlight. The march, held on June 28, 1970, was the first gay pri march the U.

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The month of June is wily nsired Gay Pri Month.

The first Mardi Gras was held on 24 June 1978 at 10 pm as a night-time celebratn followg a morng prott march and memoratn of the Stonewall Rts More than 500 people moved down Oxford St, llg for an end to discrimatn agast homosexuals employment and hog, an end to police harassment and the repeal of all anti-homosexual laws.

53 of the marchers were arrted although most charg were eventually dropped, the Sydney Morng Herald published the nam of those arrted full, leadg to many people beg outed to their iends and plac of employment, and many of those arrted lost their jobs as homosexualy was a crime New South Wal (NSW) until 1984.

SYDNEY WORLDPRI 2023: HERE'S EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOWWORLDPRI WILL SPAN OVER 17 DAYS WH OVER 300 EVENTS ACROSS SYDNEY.THE SYDNEY OPERA HOE IS L UP WH THE PROGRS PRI FLAG TO MARK THE START OF SYDNEY WORLDPRI, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT 500,000 ATTEN AND PARTICIPANTS. SOURCE: AAP / DEAN LEWSKEY POTSWORLDPRI HAS KICKED OFF SYDNEY.IT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW HALF A LN PEOPLE AND GENERATE OVER $100 LN THE VISOR ENOMY.EVENTS CLU MIC, THEATRE, FIRST NATNS PROGRAMMG AND A HUMAN RIGHTS NFERENCE.THE WORLDPRI FTIVAL HAS KICKED OFF SYDNEY, MARKG 17 DAYS OF EE AND TICKETED EVENTS ACROSS THE CY.THE NSW ERNMENT SAID THE EVENT, WHICH IS THE LARGT LGBTQIA+ FTIVAL THE WORLD, IS EXPECTED TO DRAW 500,000 PARTICIPANTS TO SYDNEY. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE EVENT HAS BEEN HOSTED THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE STATE ERNMENT FORESTS THE FTIVAL WILL BOOST THE VISOR ENOMY BY $112 LN.READ MOREHOW HAS THE PRI FLAG EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS?NSW ARTS AND TOURISM MISTER BEN FRANKL SAID 78,000 VISORS HAVE ARRIVED TO TAKE PART THE FTIVAL. "THIS JOURNEY STARTED OCTOBER 2019 WHEN SYDNEY WON THE RIGHTS TO HOST WORLDPRI 2023. IN 2021 THE NSW LIBERAL AND NATNALS GOVERNMENT SIGNED ON AS THE FIRST MAJOR PARTNER, RERCG S MMENT TO GROW THE STATE’S VISOR ENOMY AND CELEBRATE S WORLD-RENOWNED LGBQTIA+ MUNY."SO WHAT IS WORLDPRI AND WHAT'S STORE FOR THE SYDNEY EDN?WHAT IS WORLDPRI?WORLDPRI IS AN EVENT THAT PROMOT LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER ISSU ON AN TERNATNAL LEVEL THROUGH PARAS, FTIVALS AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVI.THE FIRST WORLDPRI TOOK PLACE ROME JULY 2000, FOLLOWED BY JESALEM (2006), LONDON (2012), TORONTO (2014), MADRID (2017), NEW YORK (2019) AND COPENHAGEN AND MALMO (2021).IN 2019, SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS WAS SUCCSFUL WNG THE BID TO HOST WORLDPRI SYDNEY 2023, HAVG PETED AGAST HOTON, USA AND MONTREAL, CANADA.WHAT DO THE LE UP CLU?SYDNEY'S WORLDPRI IS SPREAD OUT OVER 17 DAYS WH OVER 300 EVENTS.EVENTS SPAN OM MIC NCERTS, TO ART STALLATNS, SPORT, THEATRE AND FOOD TASTGS.SYDNEY'S WORLDPRI ALSO PAYS RPECT TO FIRST NATNS PEOPL, CLUDG A DITED FIRST NATNS GATHERG SPACE.FROM 1-3 MARCH, SYDNEY WORLDPRI WILL HOST A LGBTQIA+ HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE WH OVER 60 LOL AND TERNATNAL PRENTERS"TOGETHER, THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNY TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS SAFE, EE AND EQUAL FOR EVERYONE – NO MATTER WHO WE LOVE, WHO WE ARE OR WHAT SEX CHARACTERISTICS WE WERE BORN WH," THE SYDNEY WORLDPRI WEBSE READS.THE INIC SYDNEY MARDI GRAS PARA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 25 FEBARY OM 6PM-11PM ON OXFORD STREET.THE CEO OF THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, ALBERT KGER, SAID IS A TIME FOR REFLECTN. "AS WE MARK THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARDI GRAS, IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE STOCK AND LOOK AT HOW FAR WE HAVE E SCE THE ORIGAL PROTT MARCH 1978," HE SAID. "WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE, BUT ALSO MUCH STILL TO BE ACHIEVED NOT ONLY ATRALIA, BUT FOR LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD."READ MORE'QUEER, LIFE, EEDOM': THE VOIC AT VICTORIA'S PRI MARCH THAT WERE SILENCED — UNTIL NOWTHE PARA WILL CLU DYK ON BIK, ATRALIAN LIFAVERS WH PRI AND NEW GROUPS SUCH AS ATRALIA'S FIRST AND ONLY LGBTIQ+ BOXG CLUB, THE SYDNEY HOOKERS. "BEG A SPORT THAT IS NOT WELL KNOWN THE GAY MUNY, WE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW THAT BOXG IS AN CLIVE SPORT - AND THERE IS A CLUB OUT THERE FOR THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY," SYDNEY HOOKERS FOUNR SHN JABS TOLD SBS NEWS.THE CLOSG NCERT RABOW REPUBLIC WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY 5 MARCH BETWEEN 3PM AND 10PM AT THE DOMA.THE ARTISTS PERFORMG CLU AVA MAX, KIM PETRAS, MUNA, KEIYNAN LONSDALE, G FLIP, PEACH PRC, ALTER BOY, BVT AND VETTA BORNE. EXTRA SERVIC FOR B, LIGHT RAIL AND TRAS HAVE BEEN ANISED FOR THE DURATN OF WORLDPRI.SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 18 FEBARY 2023 6:06PMUPDATED 18 FEBARY 2023 6:12PMBY TOM CATISOURCE: SBS NEWSAVAILABLE OTHER LANGUAGTAGSSYDNEYSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHARETOPICS

In 1981 the para was shifted to Febary, wh the name changed to the "Sydney Gay Mardi Gras an creasgly large number of people not only participated the now summertime event, but a crowd of 5000 me to watch . This would ntue to bee an tegral part of the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras. In 1988 the para was renamed the "Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras" at an Extraordary General Meetg.

By 1993, the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras Para had bee the largt night time outdoor para the world. A signifint aspect of Sydney Pri Month is s homage to the Stonewall Rts, a pivotal moment history that sparked the Gay liberatn movement.

The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras annual pri para celebrat the LGBT muny. The world-renowned Para returns to Oxford Street to celebrate Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras’ 46th anniversary. WorldPri is an event that promot lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer issu on an ternatnal level through paras, ftivals and other cultural first WorldPri took place Rome July 2000, followed by Jesalem (2006), London (2012), Toronto (2014), Madrid (2017), New York (2019) and Copenhagen and Malmo (2021) 2019, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras was succsful wng the bid to host WorldPri Sydney 2023, havg peted agast Hoton, USA and Montreal, do the le up clu?

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