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SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS

Disver what’s on at the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and WorldPri 2023 and celebrate LGBTQIA+ muni Sydney. * sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras *

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A member of the Gay Pri Atralia float arriv. 2012 Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. On 24 June 1978 a small group of gay and lbian people operatg as the Gay Solidary Group staged a day of events Sydney.

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1978: First gay Mardi Gras march, Sydney * sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras *

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.

FIRST GAY MARDI GRAS

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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. 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.

SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS' FUN AND FLAMBOYANT DISPLAYS

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Gatherg momentumCapalisg on this and on the wellsprg of support that had emerged, the gay muny cid to keep gog wh the ia of a ntued to mpaign on different aspects of discrimatn agast them, and this also began to translate to a ut acceptance of gay people as ctomers and employe. Bs terg to gay and lbian people also beme more open.

However, this was not uniformly weled by the gay muny.

For most of the early 1970s, radil gay activists had lled for the end of palism as an opprsive social force. Public fear about AIDS was so great that anisers of the 1985 Mardi Gras were unr tense prsure to prsure, bed wh the shock of seeg iends, lovers and partners sicken and die, fostered a termatn and rilience wh the gay and lbian muny.

SYDNEY CELEBRAT 43RD GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PARA

The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras is an annual event centred around a street para of up to 20,000 participants. Participants hi or reveal their 'te' inti a flurry of pat, feathers and glter. * sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras *

Not1 Robert Swie, Judh O’Callaghan and Glynis Jon, Absolutely Mardi Gras: Costume and Dign of the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, Powerhoe Publishg, Sydney, 1996, p.

SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS SPOTLIGHTS ASIA-PACIFIC REGN PRI

Pair of buckled slg back platform sho wh peek-a-boo toThe sho form part of Ron Munster's prize-wng 'Lucille Balls' stume worn at the 1994 Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. ReferencHistory of the event, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasRobert Swie, Judh O’Callaghan and Glynis Jon, Absolutely Mardi Gras: Costume and Dign of the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, Powerhoe Publishg, Sydney, Willett, Livg out Loud: A History of Gay and Lbian Activism Atralia, Allen & Unw, 2000Richard Wherrett (ed.

2 of 37Attributn: GettyThe Sydney Swans took a turn around their home stadium, wearg their uniforms and rryg pri flags3 of 37Attributn: GettyThe NRL was also reprented on the field as the float ntaed a glterg gby league ball and cheerlears add their own sparkle wh shy pom poms4 of 37Attributn: GettyFootball Atralian's float not only clud an flatable soccer ball but also Josh Cavallo - the man who last year beme the only openly gay profsnal footballer the world.

15 of 37Attributn: GettyThey are tradnally the first group to start the para16 of 37Attributn: GettyA group of atten drsed up as Superman, arrivg together a super hero pack17 of 37Attributn: GettyPara goers arrived for the 44th Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS DAZZL PACKED STADIUM

The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para will be held at the SCG for the send year a row. 20 of 37Attributn: Edwa PicklFabulo Wonr Mama and Charisma Bell are ready for the 44th annual event will feature 6500 marchers and more than 160 glterg float, 21 of 37Attributn: GettyThe 44th Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground aga this will feature 6500 marchers and more than 160 glterg floats.

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. ImagCreativeVioCreativeEdorialSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Para goers take part the 43rd Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para at the SCG on March 06, 2021 Sydney, Atralia. It is an annual event promotg awarens of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr issu and them.

SYDNEY’S GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS SHOULD STAND FOR SOLIDARY WH THE OPPRSED — NOT WH COPS AND CORPORATNS

(Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Para goers take part the 43rd Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para at the SCG on March 06, 2021 Sydney, Atralia.

At Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG), our partnerships are vally important to , and we value the active engagement of our partners wh our LGBTQIA+ muni. If you would like to discs partnership opportuni at Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, please ntact our Partnerships Team: or (02) 9383 0900.

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The Cy has monstrated s mment to LGBTIQ rints and visors through partnerships, nsultatns wh the muny, advocy work agast homophobia, our fancial and -kd support of the ‘Y’ mpaign (2017) and of urse our ntued support for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Ftival and more.

The ABC is proud to be the host broadster of the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPri, havg always champned on-screen reprentatn of the LGBTQIA+ muny Atralia, cludg beg the first broadster to televise the Mardi Gras para 1994.

Media has bee the official Out of Home media partner for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPri 2023 after signg an exclive three-year partnership. As part of an ongog partnership, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Meta Atralia announced earlier this year the return of the Mardi Gras Para Viewg Events Grants program; an iative to support hospaly venu, small bs, and LGBTQIA+ artists and performers around more.

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