Heaps Gay — Kat Dopper

Contents:

• HEAPS GAY WANT RURAL LGBTQI FOLK TO HELP THE MARDI GRAS PARA GO FULL BH
• HEAPS GAY WANT RURAL LGBTQI FOLK TO HELP THE MARDI GRAS PARA GO FULL BH
• HEAPS GAY IS THROWG A EE PRE-MARDI GRAS PARTY
• A TREASURE TROVE OF VTAGE GAY MARDI GRAS IMAG
• HEAPS GAY MARDI GRAS TICKETS
• A MARDI GRAS HOE PARTY BY HEAPS GAY
• REVIEW: HEAPS GAY AT MANNG
• INSI THE UNDISVERED GAY MARDI GRAS

HEAPS GAY WANT RURAL LGBTQI FOLK TO HELP THE MARDI GRAS PARA GO FULL BH

For this year's Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, queer party-throwers Heaps Gay wanted to try somethg new - so they went "full bh" and reached out to members of the LGBTIQ+ muny livg regnal parts of Atralia.

Acrdg to Heaps Gay's Kat Dopper, who also ss on the Sydney Mardi Gras board, the move was an attempt to "celebrate diversy and queerns regnal areas", aimg to brg para marchers who had never before participated the long-nng celebratn. Source: Heaps Gay"When you see or meet other queer people giv you a buzz of excement and a flicker of regnn havg your experience mirrored another person, " she told Heaps Gay ahead of the event.

Source: Heaps Gay"I me out as transgenr last year to a town of jt unr 400 people, " Maher revealed the lead up to the para.

HEAPS GAY WANT RURAL LGBTQI FOLK TO HELP THE MARDI GRAS PARA GO FULL BH

"Other regnal towns reprented by Heaps Gay marchers this year clu Uralla and n watch OnDemand's Thkg Queer llectn, a llectn of programs that explore all manner of social, polil and cultural issu facg the LGBTIQ+ muny.

SBS Arabic 24 will report live om the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para to Arabic-speakg dienc around n watch the SBS para verage on Sunday March 3rd at 8. To celebrate regnal and ral LGBTQIA+ muni and everythg they have done for the safety and support of young queer folk areas outsi of the lourful and somewhat-more-acceptg hubs that pal ci seem to provi, Heaps Gay are g their float the 2019 Mardi Gras para to brg people om those regnal, ral and remote muni to e and see the whole outrageo spectacle for the first time om the bt spot – the para self.

The Heaps Gay team have done a big ll-out for LGBTQIA+ folk that live outsi the cy rat race to e and be a part of their celebratn of beg full bh, on the Camp Country float for this year.

HEAPS GAY IS THROWG A EE PRE-MARDI GRAS PARTY

That’s exactly the vibe that Heaps Gay are searchg for wh their upg Mardi Gras para float and walk up Oxford St on the night of March 2nd. There are 25 spots available for those who are yet to get their Mardi Gras para cherry popped, so if you’re om out-of-town and want to do your first para by shakg your rhtone booty up the Oxford St, then absolutely get around the Heaps Gay facebook event to apply for a spot the para march.

While the first official gay Carnival krewe, the Krewe of Yuga, was formed the late 1950s, “Gay Mardi Gras” had been gog on unrground way before then.

Though no longer active, Yuga gave birth to other gay Carnival krew, cludg the Krewe of Petroni and the Krewe of Amon-Ra, both of which are still active.

A TREASURE TROVE OF VTAGE GAY MARDI GRAS IMAG

While on the surface Mardi Gras appears to be no more than a party, many say Gay Mardi Gras helped her the Gay Rights Movement the Uned Stat.

Here are some of the bt-known gay Carnival balls.

HEAPS GAY MARDI GRAS TICKETS

Typilly held on the Saturday before Mardi Gras Day, Armei’ missn is to prerve the ctoms of gay Carnival and to help te those who seek to learn more. One of the olst gay Carnival krew the cy, Petroni was found 1961 and has served as a jumpg-off pot for other krew. Other Gay Carnival Events.

Heaps Gay has been axg Sydney out of s shell wh larger-than-life parti and events sce 2013.

Heaps Gay has toured and worked wh Atralia’s biggt ftivals such as Falls Ftival, Vivid Sydney, Melbourne Mic Week, Brisbane Ftival, Groov The Moo + Mardi Gras + Heaps Gay has won multiple awards such as Bt Mic Event by Time Out & FBi Rad SMAC Awards. Durg Covid, Heaps Gay went onle wh Loud n Queer TV, a 2 hour mic show live streamed on Facebook, signed to amplify the talent of young queer micians and keep our muny nnected durg a world wi panmicCheck out for more & follow on our socials here. This Mardi Gras, the crew at Heaps Gay is headg back to Sydney Uni's Manng Hoe and Garns for their annual Pardi Gras party.

A MARDI GRAS HOE PARTY BY HEAPS GAY

And here's some better news: Heaps Gay is throwg a ee party on Febary 28 (wh a ltle help om Beats by Dre) wh those three acts and ee drks, food and shows. Bee the Clover Grill was loted the “gay” sectn of Bourbon Street, directly across om Café Lafte Exile (the cy’s olst gay bar), the ntt drew a mostly gay crowd and featured mostly gay nttants, many of whom wore stum om the table balls they had attend jt weeks earlier. The show soon took on a life of s own and is now s 60th the 1960s, when closet doors were firmly shut and New Orleans was much more homophobic than is now, Mardi Gras was the only day of the year people uld legally cross-drs.

Southern Dence was years away and Mardi Gras was the premiere day each year for gay revelry the Quarter. The pri and nfince that the drag queens posssed through clearly Crews' other slis show intifiable members of early gay Carnival krew, cludg Petroni, Amon-Ra, Armei, and Olymp, appearg on the street their ball stum and participatg the Bourbon Street Awards.

Gay Carnival historian Howard P. Smh observ, “The mere mentn of the word Camelot wh the secretive realm of gay Carnival still evok a sense of wonr, magic, awe, and ultimately envy. Unr the learship of curator Phillips, the State Mm has a long history of documentg and prervg gay Carnival.

REVIEW: HEAPS GAY AT MANNG

The mm’s Carnival llectn clus gay Carnival Ball stum (Phillips doubl as the curator of Costum and Textil), vio footage of Carnival balls, vatns and programs om balls, mut and not om krewe meetgs, and other memorabilia. In 2019 and 2020, the State Mm hosted an exhib at the Prbytere lled “Grand Illns: The History and Artistry of Gay Carnival New Orleans. The party hero at Heaps Gay are once aga throwg a big ol' bash this Mardi Gras.

There’s still a lot of transphobia, a lot of homophobia, a lot of thgs that still exist spac. “We see our trans women beg left behd while pop culture glorifi the whe gay male. “We’re dog a ltle performance for The Roast that Heaps Gay and Absolut is puttg on, ” Xanr says.

Heaps Gay & Absolut have lked up to prent The Roast, a Mardi Gras feast celebratn of chosen fai. No Mardi Gras season is plete whout a Heaps Gay party, and this year’s stalment at Manng Bar did not disappot. The upstairs dancefloor of Manng is a faiar sight to many for a range of events dissiar to Heaps Gay (see: USU electn rults announcements).

INSI THE UNDISVERED GAY MARDI GRAS

As a rult, the te highlight of Heaps Gay at Manng was the opportuny for exploratn wh s timate spac. It’s that time of year aga, when Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras start rollg out announcements for who will be takg to the stage at their annual (and epic! Check out what went down when Melbourne’s Yummy crew teamed up wh Sydneys Heaps Gay for a nt night of bchery at the State Library.

Heaps Gay has teamed wh Purple Sneakers and Sounds Like A Nice Time to brg you what will undoubtably be one of the most unfettable parti to happen this year! Here at Heaps Gay, we’ve curated a playlist of all the bt lol and ternatnal queer artists to assuage…. Arrivg for this weekend of Mardi Gras allows you to have an awome experience wh paras and gay balls, but wh smaller crowds.

Gay Mardi Gras Balls. In the late 1950s, the first gay Mardi Gras krewe – the Krewe of Yuga – was formed as a spoof of tradnal Mardi Gras krew. Gay rights have e a long way sce then, and the gay Mardi Gras krew have also evolved wh the tim.