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• THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ GUI TO ATRALIA COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG MONIQUE LA TERRA 30 JULY 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DPE THE ERNMENT’S PROTRACTED NEGOTIATNS TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ATRALIA IS A UNTRY WH A LARGELY OPEN-MD POPULATN. CI LIKE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE PECIALLY WELG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY, WH FTIVALS SUCH AS MARDI GRAS AND MIDSUMMA ATTRACTG TOURISTS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS YOUR GUI TO MAKG THE MOST OF ATRALIA’S LGBTQ SCENE. VIEW ALL TRIPS BT CI SYDNEY TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR CROATIA EGYPT BALI ICELAND TURKEY SOUTH AI MEXI GREECE INDIA MOROC JAPAN SPA THAILAND THE LGBTQ PAL OF ATRALIA, SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE MOST WELG AND GAY-IENDLY TRAVEL STATNS THE WORLD WH A SUBSTANTIAL PK TOURISM SCENE, PECIALLY DURG MARDI GRAS WHEN THE WHOLE CY SPARKL. PROUDLY OSTENTAT, THE CY BOASTS MANY GAY AND GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS CLUDG SLY FOX ON A WEDNDAY NIGHT, ARQ, STONEWALL HOTEL, PALMS ON OXFORD AND THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. FOR GREAT SHOPPG HEAD TO OXFORD ST DARLGHURST AND FOR A BEACH-TIME BAKE VIS NORTH BONDI. SYDNEY OPERA HOE | © PATTYJANSEN/PIXABAY MELBOURNE MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP OOZG WH SOPHISTITED, EUROPEAN CHARM, MELBOURNE IS A SMOPOLAN CY WH A STRONG QUEER PRENCE. KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL PAL OF ATRALIA, MELBOURNE’S LGBTQ MUNY ARE PASSNATE THEATRE-GOERS AND ARE PROMENT WH THE ARTS MUNY. POPULAR NIGHTLIFE HNTS CLU SIRCU, THE GH HOTEL, POOF DOOF, THE LAIRD HOTEL AND THE PEEL HOTEL. IN ADDN TO MELBOURNE, DAYLFORD ALSO HAS A LARGE GAY MUNY AND EVERY MARCH HOSTS ATRALIA’S LARGT UNTRY QUEER FTIVAL: CHILLOUT FTIVAL. THIS YEAR THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TABLISH ATRALIA’S FIRST PRI CENTRE MELBOURNE WHICH WILL SHOWSE QUEER ART AND HISTORY, OFFER SUPPORT SERVIC AND PROVI MUNY SPAC. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MELBOURNE | © NICHOLASPETRIDIS/WIKICOMMONS BRISBANE WH SCENIC ASTL AND IDYLLIC BEACH, QUEENSLAND IS A SLICE OF PARADISE. THE ‘BRISVEGAS’ NER-CY SUBURBS OF FORTU VALLEY AND SPRG HILL HAVE A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE SCENE WH THE BEAT MEGACLUB, THE WICKHAM, AND THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL. FURTHER NORTH, CAIRNS, NOOSA HEADS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE POPULAR TRAVEL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY – HOWEVER, YOU MAY FD REGNS THE UNTRYSI TO BE LS ACCEPTG. BRISBANE | © DAMDA/PIXABAY FTIVALS MIDSUMMA FTIVAL, MELBOURNE, JANUARY – FEBARY HELD ANNUALLY SCE 1988, MELBOURNE’S FOREMOST LGBTQIA+ ARTS AND CULTURE FTIVAL FEATUR OVER 100 EVENTS CLUDG THE MIDSUMMA CARNIVAL ALEXANDRA GARNS, WHICH ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE; THE INIC MIDSUMMA PRI MARCH ST KILDA; AND MIDSUMMA HORIZON, A PARTY FEATURG LIVE-PERFORMANCE, PROJECTN, VISUAL ART AND MIC. SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, FEBARY – MARCH CELEBRATG THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS ATRALIA’S LARGT LGBTQ CELEBRATN. THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORLD-FAMO MARDI GRAS PARA, MARDI GRAS PARTY, COMEDY FTIVAL, FILM FTIVAL, POOL PARTY AND THE FAY-IENDLY FAIR DAY, WHICH ATTRACTS ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE. COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG BRISBANE PRI FTIVAL, SEPTEMBER BRISBANE’S MONTH-LONG PRI FTIVAL IS THE THIRD LARGT ATRALIA DRAWG 10,000 PEOPLE. THE FTIVAL KICKS OFF WH THE LNCH (A MASSIVE PARTY) FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF EVENTS CLUDG THE UNIFYG PRI RALLY AND PRI MARCH AND FAIR DAY AT NEW FARM PARK. FEAST FTIVAL, ALAI, NOVEMBER ALAI PREMIER LGBTQ QUEER ARTS AND CULTURAL FTIVAL CELEBRAT THE ARTISTIC ENAVOURS OF THE MUNY WH EVENTS SHOWSG LOL AND TERNATNAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS CLU THE OPENG NIGHT STREET PARTY, PRI MARCH, THEATRE AND CABARET SHOWS AND PIIC THE PARK. PRIFT, PERTH, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER WHAT BEGAN AS A MUNY MOVEMENT PROTTG DISCRIMATORY LAWS AGAST THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY HAS SCE GROWN TO PRIFT, A FTIVALTHAT CLUS PERTH PRI FAIRDAY AND THE PERTH PRI PARA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• THE SECRET HISTORY OF ATRALIA'S GAY DIGGERS
• TOP ASIE MALE ONLYFANS AND HOTTT ASIE GAY ONLYFANS 2023
• 11 REASONS WHY ATRALIA IS GREAT FOR LGBT TRAVELLERS TOM SMH 24 NOVEMBER 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ATRALIA IS A POPULAR CHOICE OF HOLIDAY FOR LGBTI TRAVELLERS — AND AFTER THE ATRALIAN PUBLIC RETURNED A THUMPG ‘Y!’ VOTE ON THE QUTN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY THIS MONTH, EXPECT TO SEE EVEN MORE ‘RABOW TOURISM’ THE G YEARS. READ ON TO LEARN EXACTLY WHY ATRALIA IS A GREAT STATN FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELLERS. VIEW ALL TRIPS WE FALLY HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY ATRALIA HAS LAGGED WELL BEHD THE RT OF THE VELOPED WORLD REGNISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT AFTER A ROUNDG ‘Y’ VOTE WAS RETURNED THIS YEAR’S POSTAL SURVEY ON THE ISSUE, WE’VE FALLY UGHT UP. THE 61.6% VOTE MAK ATRALIA JT THE SEND NATN ON EARTH (AFTER IRELAND) TO LEGALISE MARRIAGE EQUALY THROUGH A PUBLIC VOTE, AND THE 25TH OVERALL. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC MEXI ECUADOR EGYPT ICELAND GREECE SOUTH AI BALI TURKEY THAILAND INDIA JAPAN SPA CROATIA MARRIAGE EQUALY RALLY MELBOURNE | © PARIS BUTTFIELD-ADDISON/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THERE’S A BIG LGBTI POPULATN IT’S DIFFICULT TO TIMATE HOW MANY LGBTI PEOPLE LIVE ATRALIA, BUT THE ATRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN TIMAT THAT 11 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS HAVE A DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATN, SEX OR GENR INTY — THAT’S AROUND 2.5 LN PEOPLE. AND THEIR FOOTPRT IS OBV RABOW NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE DARLGHURST AND NEWTOWN SYDNEY, ST KILDA AND BNSWICK MELBOURNE, PL NEW FARM AND FORTU VALLEY BRISBANE. AND BIG NUMBERS OF GAY INS, TOO FROM TRAILBLAZERS LIKE ‘BOY OM OZ’ PETER ALLEN TO MORN-DAY INS LIKE RUBY ROSE, URAGEO SPORTSMEN LIKE IAN ROBERTS AND IAN THORPE TO TRANSGENR PUBLIC FIGUR LIKE CATE MCGREGOR AND ANDREJA PEJIC, PERFORMERS LIKE KYLIE MOGUE TO MARRIAGE EQUALY ADVOT LIKE MAGDA SZUBANSKI, ATRALIA ISN’T SHORT OF PUBLIC FIGUR THAT THE LGBTI MUNY HAVE EMBRACED WH OPEN ARMS. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP KYLIE MOGUE PERFORMG AT THE MARDI GRAS | © EVA RALDI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THE LOLS ARE GAY-IENDLY THERE’S NO BEATG AROUND THE BH: LGBTI PEOPLE ATRALIA STILL SUFFER DISCRIMATN. BUT ON THE WHOLE, GAY TRAVELLERS RECEIVE AN EXCEPTNALLY WARM WELE OM THE LOLS. IN FACT, A 2013 PEW REARCH POLL DISVERED THAT 79% OF ASI AGRE THAT HOMOSEXUALY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED — THE WORLD’S FIFTH MOST TOLERANT UNTRY, TRAILG ONLY SPA, GERMANY, CANADA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THE PRI EVENTS ARE HUGE THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS CELEBRATG S 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018 — AND HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE, ’S SET TO BE A PARTY FOR THE AG. AND SYDNEY’S NOT THE ONLY PLACE YOU’LL FD HUGE LGBTI EVENTS — THERE’S MELBOURNE’S MIDSUMMA FTIVAL JANUARY, BRISBANE PRI SEPTEMBER, PRIFT PERTH EACH OCTOBER, ALAI’S FEAST FTIVAL NOVEMBER, PL OTHER SMALLER EVENTS AROUND THE UNTRY. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. SYDNEY MARDI GRAS | © HASHA TUDUGALLE/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND SO ARE THE CULTURAL FTIVALS THOSE PRI EVENTS ARE ACPANIED BY CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT ALSO ATTRACT LGBTI VISORS BY THE THOAND. QUEER SCREEN’S MARDI GRAS FILM FTIVAL LIGHTS UP SYDNEY’S CEMAS THE FORTNIGHT BEFORE THE BIG RNIVAL UP OXFORD ST, BRISBANE QUEER FILM FTIVAL TO THE POWERHOE EACH MARCH, A PROGRAM OF EVENTS SURROUNDS THE MIDSUMMA AND FEAST FTIVALS MELBOURNE AND ALAI RPECTIVELY, PL THERE’S A STRONG LGBTI PRENCE THE EDY AND GE FTIVAL THAT PEPPER ATRALIAN CI’ CULTURAL LENDARS. THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF GREAT GAY BARS THIRSTY FOR AN LGBTI-IENDLY TIPPLE? ATRALIA’S GOT YOU SORTED. HEAD TO OXFORD ST SYDNEY FOR A PROCSN OF VENU — NOTABLY THE COLOMBIAN AND THE STONEWALL — AS WELL AS THE HARBOUR CY’S PREMIER LBIAN PUB, SLY FOX. INNER-CY FZROY AND COLLGWOOD ARE HOME TO MELBOURNE FAVOUR THE LAIRD AND SIRCU BAR, THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL SCRIB SELF AS “THE GAY MEETG PLACE BRISBANE” AND CONNECTNS NIGHTCLUB PERTH GUARANTE A LIVELY NIGHT OUT. STONEWALL HOTEL | © COURTY OF STONEWALL AND PLENTY OF LGBTI-IENDLY BS, TOO YOU N’T WALK AROUND NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE DARLGHURST AND ST KILDA WHOUT NOTICG RABOW STICKERS SHOP WDOWS TO AFFIRM THEY’RE A GAY-IENDLY BS, CLUDG MANY ‘SAFE PLACE’ STICKERS CERTIFYG THAT BS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WH LGBTI MUNI. YOU ALSO N’T MISS THE MULTIPLE ONLE DIRECTORI OF SUPPORTIVE BS, SUCH AS RABOW FLAG ATRALIA, GAY PRI ATRALIA AND LTLE PK BOOK. IT’S NOT HARD TO FD OUT WHAT’S ON ATRALIA’S VIBRANT LGBTI MUNY HAS ALSO FORMED A VIBRANT LGBTI MEDIA, SPEARHEAD BY 38-YEAR-OLD PUBLITN STAR OBSERVER. YOU N ALSO KEEP THE LOOP VIA Q MAGAZE — ATRALIA’S ONLY EE MONTHLY LGBTI MAGAZE, PUBLISHED OUT OF BRISBANE — AS WELL AS MELBOURNE-BASED JOY 94.9, THE UNTRY’S FIRST AND ONLY GAY AND LBIAN RAD STATN. THERE ARE GREAT PLAC TO PE THE CY DAYLFORD — A GENTEEL SPA TOWN TWO HOURS NORTH-WT OF MELBOURNE — HOSTS CHILLOUT FTIVAL EACH MARCH LONG WEEKEND, THE BIGGT PRI FTIVAL REGNAL ATRALIA, AS WELL AS HUGE NUMBERS OF LGBTI VISORS YEAR ROUND. LISMORE — NOT FAR OM BYRON BAY ON THE EAST AST — IS ALSO RENOWNED AS A ‘RABOW REGN’, THANKS LARGE PART TO THE LOURFUL EVENTS N BY THE TROPIL FS GROUP. BROKEN HILL, SHEPPARTON AND ALICE SPRGS ARE OTHER REGNAL CENTR THAT HOLD NOTABLE LGBTI EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DAYLFORD, VICTORIA | © GREENSTONE GIRL/FLICKR ATRALIA’S A GREAT PLACE TO VIS GENERAL ULTIMATELY, DON’T REALLY MATTER WHAT FLOATS YOUR BOAT BETWEEN THE SHEETS WHEN TO CHOOSG A GREAT HOLIDAY STATN. ATRALIA TICKS PLENTY OF BOX, OM WORLD-CLASS BEACH AND UNSPOILED NATURE TO A SOPHISTITED FOOD AND DRK SCENE AND LIVELY BIG CI — AND LGBTI TRAVELLERS N BE ASSURED OF A WARM WELE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
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THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ GUI TO ATRALIA COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG MONIQUE LA TERRA 30 JULY 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DPE THE ERNMENT’S PROTRACTED NEGOTIATNS TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ATRALIA IS A UNTRY WH A LARGELY OPEN-MD POPULATN. CI LIKE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE PECIALLY WELG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY, WH FTIVALS SUCH AS MARDI GRAS AND MIDSUMMA ATTRACTG TOURISTS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS YOUR GUI TO MAKG THE MOST OF ATRALIA’S LGBTQ SCENE. VIEW ALL TRIPS BT CI SYDNEY TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR CROATIA EGYPT BALI ICELAND TURKEY SOUTH AI MEXI GREECE INDIA MOROC JAPAN SPA THAILAND THE LGBTQ PAL OF ATRALIA, SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE MOST WELG AND GAY-IENDLY TRAVEL STATNS THE WORLD WH A SUBSTANTIAL PK TOURISM SCENE, PECIALLY DURG MARDI GRAS WHEN THE WHOLE CY SPARKL. PROUDLY OSTENTAT, THE CY BOASTS MANY GAY AND GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS CLUDG SLY FOX ON A WEDNDAY NIGHT, ARQ, STONEWALL HOTEL, PALMS ON OXFORD AND THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. FOR GREAT SHOPPG HEAD TO OXFORD ST DARLGHURST AND FOR A BEACH-TIME BAKE VIS NORTH BONDI. SYDNEY OPERA HOE | © PATTYJANSEN/PIXABAY MELBOURNE MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP OOZG WH SOPHISTITED, EUROPEAN CHARM, MELBOURNE IS A SMOPOLAN CY WH A STRONG QUEER PRENCE. KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL PAL OF ATRALIA, MELBOURNE’S LGBTQ MUNY ARE PASSNATE THEATRE-GOERS AND ARE PROMENT WH THE ARTS MUNY. POPULAR NIGHTLIFE HNTS CLU SIRCU, THE GH HOTEL, POOF DOOF, THE LAIRD HOTEL AND THE PEEL HOTEL. IN ADDN TO MELBOURNE, DAYLFORD ALSO HAS A LARGE GAY MUNY AND EVERY MARCH HOSTS ATRALIA’S LARGT UNTRY QUEER FTIVAL: CHILLOUT FTIVAL. THIS YEAR THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TABLISH ATRALIA’S FIRST PRI CENTRE MELBOURNE WHICH WILL SHOWSE QUEER ART AND HISTORY, OFFER SUPPORT SERVIC AND PROVI MUNY SPAC. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MELBOURNE | © NICHOLASPETRIDIS/WIKICOMMONS BRISBANE WH SCENIC ASTL AND IDYLLIC BEACH, QUEENSLAND IS A SLICE OF PARADISE. THE ‘BRISVEGAS’ NER-CY SUBURBS OF FORTU VALLEY AND SPRG HILL HAVE A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE SCENE WH THE BEAT MEGACLUB, THE WICKHAM, AND THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL. FURTHER NORTH, CAIRNS, NOOSA HEADS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE POPULAR TRAVEL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY – HOWEVER, YOU MAY FD REGNS THE UNTRYSI TO BE LS ACCEPTG. BRISBANE | © DAMDA/PIXABAY FTIVALS MIDSUMMA FTIVAL, MELBOURNE, JANUARY – FEBARY HELD ANNUALLY SCE 1988, MELBOURNE’S FOREMOST LGBTQIA+ ARTS AND CULTURE FTIVAL FEATUR OVER 100 EVENTS CLUDG THE MIDSUMMA CARNIVAL ALEXANDRA GARNS, WHICH ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE; THE INIC MIDSUMMA PRI MARCH ST KILDA; AND MIDSUMMA HORIZON, A PARTY FEATURG LIVE-PERFORMANCE, PROJECTN, VISUAL ART AND MIC. SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, FEBARY – MARCH CELEBRATG THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS ATRALIA’S LARGT LGBTQ CELEBRATN. THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORLD-FAMO MARDI GRAS PARA, MARDI GRAS PARTY, COMEDY FTIVAL, FILM FTIVAL, POOL PARTY AND THE FAY-IENDLY FAIR DAY, WHICH ATTRACTS ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE. COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG BRISBANE PRI FTIVAL, SEPTEMBER BRISBANE’S MONTH-LONG PRI FTIVAL IS THE THIRD LARGT ATRALIA DRAWG 10,000 PEOPLE. THE FTIVAL KICKS OFF WH THE LNCH (A MASSIVE PARTY) FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF EVENTS CLUDG THE UNIFYG PRI RALLY AND PRI MARCH AND FAIR DAY AT NEW FARM PARK. FEAST FTIVAL, ALAI, NOVEMBER ALAI PREMIER LGBTQ QUEER ARTS AND CULTURAL FTIVAL CELEBRAT THE ARTISTIC ENAVOURS OF THE MUNY WH EVENTS SHOWSG LOL AND TERNATNAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS CLU THE OPENG NIGHT STREET PARTY, PRI MARCH, THEATRE AND CABARET SHOWS AND PIIC THE PARK. PRIFT, PERTH, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER WHAT BEGAN AS A MUNY MOVEMENT PROTTG DISCRIMATORY LAWS AGAST THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY HAS SCE GROWN TO PRIFT, A FTIVALTHAT CLUS PERTH PRI FAIRDAY AND THE PERTH PRI PARA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Bt ci Sydney The LGBTQ pal of Atralia, Sydney is one of the most welg and gay-iendly travel statns the world wh a substantial pk tourism scene, pecially durg Mardi Gras when the whole cy sparkl. Proudly ostentat, the cy boasts many gay and gay-iendly bars and clubs cludg Sly Fox on a Wednday night, Arq, Stonewall Hotel, Palms on Oxford and the Imperial Hotel. In addn to Melbourne, Daylford also has a large gay muny and every March hosts Atralia’s largt untry queer ftival: ChillOut Ftival.

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Further north, Cairns, Noosa Heads and The Great Barrier Reef are popular travel playgrounds for the gay and lbian muny – however, you may fd regns the untrysi to be ls acceptg. Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, Sydney, Febary – March Celebratg their 40th anniversary 2018, the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras is Atralia’s largt LGBTQ celebratn. PriFt, Perth, October – November What began as a muny movement prottg discrimatory laws agast the gay and lbian muny has sce grown to PriFt, a ftivalthat clus Perth Pri Fairday and the Perth Pri para.

Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras – SGLMG is one of the olst and ntuoly operatg LGBTQ+ anizatns Atralia and was built on the foundatns laid by early muny activists who fought for queer rights a time of opprsn. Midsumma Ftival - this annual ftival  Melbourne is one of Atralia’s leadg and long-nng LGBTQ+ events and is nsired alongsi Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras as one of the major pri celebratns the untry.

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They were om the Gay Ex-Servic Associatn, and they rried a wreath dited to ‘all brothers and sisters who died durg the wars’—but they would never get to lay at the shre. “I don’t know where all the gays and poofters have e om, ” he was later famoly quoted as sayg, “I don’t remember a sgle one om World War Two.

“There were thoands of ex-servicemen who were mp, I thk I went through 300 of them myself, ” he told the magaze, a py of which is prerved by the Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv. When one man harassed Smh about beg gay, a iend remd him that Pkie was a three-time featherweight boxg champn.

11 REASONS WHY ATRALIA IS GREAT FOR LGBT TRAVELLERS TOM SMH 24 NOVEMBER 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ATRALIA IS A POPULAR CHOICE OF HOLIDAY FOR LGBTI TRAVELLERS — AND AFTER THE ATRALIAN PUBLIC RETURNED A THUMPG ‘Y!’ VOTE ON THE QUTN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY THIS MONTH, EXPECT TO SEE EVEN MORE ‘RABOW TOURISM’ THE G YEARS. READ ON TO LEARN EXACTLY WHY ATRALIA IS A GREAT STATN FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELLERS. VIEW ALL TRIPS WE FALLY HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY ATRALIA HAS LAGGED WELL BEHD THE RT OF THE VELOPED WORLD REGNISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT AFTER A ROUNDG ‘Y’ VOTE WAS RETURNED THIS YEAR’S POSTAL SURVEY ON THE ISSUE, WE’VE FALLY UGHT UP. THE 61.6% VOTE MAK ATRALIA JT THE SEND NATN ON EARTH (AFTER IRELAND) TO LEGALISE MARRIAGE EQUALY THROUGH A PUBLIC VOTE, AND THE 25TH OVERALL. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC MEXI ECUADOR EGYPT ICELAND GREECE SOUTH AI BALI TURKEY THAILAND INDIA JAPAN SPA CROATIA MARRIAGE EQUALY RALLY MELBOURNE | © PARIS BUTTFIELD-ADDISON/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THERE’S A BIG LGBTI POPULATN IT’S DIFFICULT TO TIMATE HOW MANY LGBTI PEOPLE LIVE ATRALIA, BUT THE ATRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN TIMAT THAT 11 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS HAVE A DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATN, SEX OR GENR INTY — THAT’S AROUND 2.5 LN PEOPLE. AND THEIR FOOTPRT IS OBV RABOW NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE DARLGHURST AND NEWTOWN SYDNEY, ST KILDA AND BNSWICK MELBOURNE, PL NEW FARM AND FORTU VALLEY BRISBANE. AND BIG NUMBERS OF GAY INS, TOO FROM TRAILBLAZERS LIKE ‘BOY OM OZ’ PETER ALLEN TO MORN-DAY INS LIKE RUBY ROSE, URAGEO SPORTSMEN LIKE IAN ROBERTS AND IAN THORPE TO TRANSGENR PUBLIC FIGUR LIKE CATE MCGREGOR AND ANDREJA PEJIC, PERFORMERS LIKE KYLIE MOGUE TO MARRIAGE EQUALY ADVOT LIKE MAGDA SZUBANSKI, ATRALIA ISN’T SHORT OF PUBLIC FIGUR THAT THE LGBTI MUNY HAVE EMBRACED WH OPEN ARMS. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP KYLIE MOGUE PERFORMG AT THE MARDI GRAS | © EVA RALDI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THE LOLS ARE GAY-IENDLY THERE’S NO BEATG AROUND THE BH: LGBTI PEOPLE ATRALIA STILL SUFFER DISCRIMATN. BUT ON THE WHOLE, GAY TRAVELLERS RECEIVE AN EXCEPTNALLY WARM WELE OM THE LOLS. IN FACT, A 2013 PEW REARCH POLL DISVERED THAT 79% OF ASI AGRE THAT HOMOSEXUALY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED — THE WORLD’S FIFTH MOST TOLERANT UNTRY, TRAILG ONLY SPA, GERMANY, CANADA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THE PRI EVENTS ARE HUGE THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS CELEBRATG S 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018 — AND HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE, ’S SET TO BE A PARTY FOR THE AG. AND SYDNEY’S NOT THE ONLY PLACE YOU’LL FD HUGE LGBTI EVENTS — THERE’S MELBOURNE’S MIDSUMMA FTIVAL JANUARY, BRISBANE PRI SEPTEMBER, PRIFT PERTH EACH OCTOBER, ALAI’S FEAST FTIVAL NOVEMBER, PL OTHER SMALLER EVENTS AROUND THE UNTRY. 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In the terts of general happs we re-arranged some room occupants and eventually got all the homos one block, " he said. “A quarter of homosexual s Queensland crimal urts across the war volved airmen, seamen, pilots or others the ary, ” he says.

While Atralia’s official ban on gay and lbian service was repealed 1992, LGBT+ soldiers served long before then. Before repeal, the Atralian Defence Force policy was to remove gay men “sympathetilly and wh discretn”.

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But right back to Atralia's early years, Smaal says was easy for gay men to jo the armed forc. “The irony, of urse, was that they end up an all-male environment wh limed opportuny for female pany – the potential for homo-sex had never been greater, ” Smaal says.