1978: First gay Mardi Gras march, Sydney
Contents:
- FIRST GAY MARDI GRAS
- SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS' FUN AND FLAMBOYANT DISPLAYS
- UNED WE SHE: SYDNEY’S GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS 2022 – PICTUR
- SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS SPOTLIGHTS ASIA-PACIFIC REGN PRI
FIRST GAY MARDI GRAS
Wele to a very special stallment of Queer Thkg – Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras are celebratg our 45th anniversary 2023 and over this four-part seri we’re takg you on a journey through time as we tell the full story of one of the largt pri movements the world. 2012 Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.
SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS' FUN AND FLAMBOYANT DISPLAYS
On 24 June 1978 a small group of gay and lbian people operatg as the Gay Solidary Group staged a day of events Sydney.
UNED WE SHE: SYDNEY’S GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS 2022 – PICTUR
The tentn was to promote gay and lbian culture and to enurage polil activism agast the discrimatn they routely group anised a tradnal march and public meetg the morng and a street para at night.
Lead-up to Mardi GrasThe Stonewall rts that began the early hours of 28 June 1969 New York Cy were the rult of a police raid on a gay bar lled the Stonewall rts are wily nsired to mark the start of the ternatnal gay rights March 1978 the San Francis based Gay Freedom Day Commtee ntacted Atralian activists llg for solidary activi to support a march planned on the anniversary of the Stonewall march was opposn to the ntroversial Briggs Iniative which if passed would have mandated the firg of gay and lbian teachers California public Gay Solidary Group formed Sydney to mark ‘Internatnal Gay Solidary Day’ on 24 June Atralia, var groups and anisatns had been lobbyg, stagg monstratns and march, producg newsletters and a variety of other activi to promote their e. Makg historyAtralian Lbian and Gay Archiv print Graham Willett scrib the 1978 Mardi Gras as the ‘most dramatic moment of the backlash’ agast the mpaign for gay rights.
SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS SPOTLIGHTS ASIA-PACIFIC REGN PRI
Addnally, laws around obtag perms for street march and paras were such, the first Mardi Gras march was a major civil rights tone beyond the gay muny.
Michelle Arrow on first Gay Mardi Gras.