History of Sydney Mardi Gras - Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras

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• SYDNEY MARDI GRAS 2019: INSIR’S TIPS TO MAKE THE MOST OF CY’S HUGE GAY AND LBIAN PARA
• SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS 2019
• SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS QUTNS & ANSWERS
• SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS 2019: WHAT TO DO & WHERE TO STORE YOUR LUGGAGE
• WHERE TO WATCH THE 2019 SYDNEY MARDI GRAS PARATHE 41ST SYDNEY MARDI GRAS PARA TAK PLACE ON SATURDAY. HERE'S WHAT TIME YOU NEED TO BE THERE AND WHERE TO FD A GOOD SPOT TO WATCH.PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART THE 2018 GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PARA. SOURCE: AAPTHE UNTDOWN IS ON FOR ATRALIA'S LGBTQI+ NIGHT OF NIGHTS.NOW S 41ST YEAR, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PARA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 2 MARCH.ALMOST 200 FLOATS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY ALONG THE INIC OXFORD STREET AND BEYOND, ONT OF AN TIMATED CROWD OF 300,000 PEOPLE.PARTICIPANTS WILL BE G OM AROUND ATRALIA AND ACROSS THE WORLD. SOURCE: AAP"DRAG QUEENS, DYK ON BIK, SYDNEY LIFAVERS, MUNY HERO AND MUCH MUCH MORE, E TOGETHER TO PRODUCE WHAT HAS BEE THE PARA THAT STOPS THE NATN," MARDI GRAS MATERIAL SAYS.BORN OM A NIGHT OF POLIL PROTT 1978, THE PARA HAS GROWN TO ONE OF THE BIGGT LGBTQI+ PARAS THE WORLD. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS "FEARLS".SYDNEY LORD MAYOR CLOVER MOORE SAID THE THEME AIMS TO SPIRE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQI+ MUNY TO OVERE DISCRIMATN:"[THE THEME] REMDS THAT THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE DONE. IT DRAWS ATTENTN TO THE DAC BRAVERY OF THE LGBTIQ MUNY. IT ENURAG TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT STILL EXIST." "MANY LGBTIQ PEOPLE FEEL LONELY AND ISOLATED AND MARDI GRAS GIV YOU THE OPPORTUNY TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, TO BE FEARLS."HOW TO WATCH LIVETHE PARA WILL START AT SYDNEY'S WHLAM SQUARE (RNER OF LIVERPOOL AND OXFORD STREET) AND TAKE A 1.7KM ROUTE ALONG OXFORD STREET AND FLRS STREET, BEFORE ENDG AT MOORE PARK.PRE-SHOW CELEBRATNS ARE SCHLED TO START AT 7PM. THE PARA IS DUE TO START AT 7:30PM AND NCLU AT APPROXIMATELY 11PM.THE 2018 PARA. SOURCE: GETTYBUT ATTEN ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY.ORGANISERS EXPECT ARRIVALS TO BEG AS EARLY AS 11AM, WH GOOD VIEWG SPOTS AVAILABLE ON OXFORD STREET UNTIL ABOUT 4PM.LATER ARRIVALS ARE ADVISED TO HEAD TO THE SOUTHERN END OF FLRS STREET AND MOORE PARK.A MAP OF THE PARA. SOURCE: SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRASMARDI GRAS CEO TERE CASU TOLD SBS NEWS ON MONDAY "OUTSI OF BRGG A SE AND A HAND TO WAVE AT THE THOANDS OF MARCHERS AS THEY GO BY, WE WOULD REMEND SPECTATORS BRG ALONG SOME SNACKS TO ENJOY WHILE THEY WATCH THE PARA AS WELL AS A HAT AND SUNBLOCK IF YOU'RE PLANNG ON ARRIVG EARLY"."WE ALSO HAVE TO BE NSC OF THE IMPACT THE EVENT HAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT SO WE ENURAGE PEOPLE TO BRG A RSABLE WATER BOTTLE WH THEM RATHER THAN RELYG ON SGLE-E BOTTL."HOW TO GET THEREMARDI GRAS ANISERS ARE URGG SPECTATORS TO TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT WH ROAD CLOSUR PLACE AROUND THE CY.NSW TRANSPORT MATERIAL SAYS "PLENTY OF EXTRA TRAS AND B WILL N TO THE CY AS WELL AS ADDNAL LATE NIGHT SERVIC TO HELP YOU GET HOME AFTER THE CELEBRATNS".PARTICIPANTS GET READY FOR THE 2017 PARA. SOURCE: GETTYTOWN HALL, ST JAM AND MART PLACE STATNS PROVI ACCS TO THE NORTHERN SI OF THE PARA ROUTE AT DARLGHURST.CENTRAL STATN IS BT FOR THE SOUTHERN SI OF THE PARA ROUTE AROUND SURRY HILLS AND ANZAC PARA.MM STATN WILL BE CLOSED OM 5PM ON SATURDAY UNTIL 4AM ON SUNDAY.THE PARA TRADNALLY BEGS WH THE DYK ON BIK NVOY. SOURCE: AAPIF YOU'RE WATCHG OM HOMEON SATURDAY, SBS WILL BE LIVE STREAMG THE PARA S ENTIRETY VIA SBS ON DEMAND AND SBS ATRALIA'S TWTER AND FACEBOOK ACUNTS.MEMBERS OF THE TIWI ISLANDS TRANSGENR MUNY AT MARDI GRAS 2017. SOURCE: GETTYTHEN ON SUNDAY, TUNE TO SBS AT 8:30PM FOR A FULL REPLAY OF THE EVENT.NEWS PRENTER NARELDA JABS, EDIAN JOEL CREASEY, THE FEED'S PATRICK ABBOUD AND LOL EDIAN ZOë COOMBS MARR WILL GIVE A NDOWN ON FLOATS, TERVIEWG PARTICIPANTS AND SHARG STORI OM THE PARA.THIS BROADST WILL ALSO BE STREAMED LIVE ON SBS ON DEMAND.PARTICIPANTS MAKE THEIR FAL PREPARATNS BEFORE THE 2018 PARA. SOURCE: AAPAS WELL AS FULL PARA VERAGE, YOU N ALSO WATCH QUEER CEMA WH SBS ON DEMAND'S QUEER BGE, WHICH BOASTS A WI SELECTN OF QUEER FILMS, DOCUMENTARI AND TELEVISN SHOWS OM ATRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD.AND WHILE YOU WA FOR THE PARA, YOU N TCH UP ON ALL THGS MARDI GRAS AT SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 28 FEBARY 2019 11:02AMUPDATED 2 MARCH 2019 10:37PMSOURCE: SBS NEWSSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHARETOPICS
• THE BT EVENTS HAPPENG DURG THE SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS FOR 2019

SYDNEY MARDI GRAS 2019: INSIR’S TIPS TO MAKE THE MOST OF CY’S HUGE GAY AND LBIAN PARA

Rabows, giant pot plants and an oversized yak were among the quirky floats, while the mic of Queen, PNAU, Daft Punk and John Farnham reverberated through the cy's gay district for the annual party.

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SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS 2019

But Mardi Gras harks back to a darker time when homosexualy was illegal and police btaly and timidatn was a night 1978, hundreds of Sydneysirs marched down Oxford St to show solidary wh gay people the US who were fightg their own civil rights mpaigns. All charg were later far om disuragg the gay and lbian rights movement, the police actn galvanised and here we are 41 years later wh a globally famo event.

A new arts hub, a pool party and a vogug ball are some of the 100-pl events planned the fortnight leadg up to the a knockout 40th-anniversary year 2018, the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras has unveiled a diverse and forward-lookg 2019 program that’s packed wh muny events, dance parti, theatre, mic and fay-foced fun. An annual staple the gay lendar and a re of passage for queer people everywhere to attend, Sydney Mardi Gras was wild, hot, bodac, and en extremely good time the land down undah. Thk Carnival R meets the biggt gay party of your life.

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SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS QUTNS & ANSWERS

Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Qutns & Answers. Get quick answers om Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras staff and past visors. Tickets to the biggt events of Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras 2019 are on sale now.

SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS 2019: WHAT TO DO & WHERE TO STORE YOUR LUGGAGE

They asked for solidary activi on the Stonewall anniversary to ci wh their march agast the anti-gay Briggs Iniative on the California ballot.

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Chants of “Out of the bars and to the streets” joed the sound of gay liberatn anthems ‘Glad to be Gay’ and ‘O to a Gym Teacher’. The Gay Solidary Group, other groups and dividuals and me together for a massive polil and legal effort – the Drop the Charg mpaign. • 15 July – 2, 000 take part largt ever gay rights march wh 14 arrts.

WHERE TO WATCH THE 2019 SYDNEY MARDI GRAS PARATHE 41ST SYDNEY MARDI GRAS PARA TAK PLACE ON SATURDAY. HERE'S WHAT TIME YOU NEED TO BE THERE AND WHERE TO FD A GOOD SPOT TO WATCH.PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART THE 2018 GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PARA. SOURCE: AAPTHE UNTDOWN IS ON FOR ATRALIA'S LGBTQI+ NIGHT OF NIGHTS.NOW S 41ST YEAR, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PARA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 2 MARCH.ALMOST 200 FLOATS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY ALONG THE INIC OXFORD STREET AND BEYOND, ONT OF AN TIMATED CROWD OF 300,000 PEOPLE.PARTICIPANTS WILL BE G OM AROUND ATRALIA AND ACROSS THE WORLD. SOURCE: AAP"DRAG QUEENS, DYK ON BIK, SYDNEY LIFAVERS, MUNY HERO AND MUCH MUCH MORE, E TOGETHER TO PRODUCE WHAT HAS BEE THE PARA THAT STOPS THE NATN," MARDI GRAS MATERIAL SAYS.BORN OM A NIGHT OF POLIL PROTT 1978, THE PARA HAS GROWN TO ONE OF THE BIGGT LGBTQI+ PARAS THE WORLD. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS "FEARLS".SYDNEY LORD MAYOR CLOVER MOORE SAID THE THEME AIMS TO SPIRE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQI+ MUNY TO OVERE DISCRIMATN:"[THE THEME] REMDS THAT THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE DONE. IT DRAWS ATTENTN TO THE DAC BRAVERY OF THE LGBTIQ MUNY. IT ENURAG TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT STILL EXIST." "MANY LGBTIQ PEOPLE FEEL LONELY AND ISOLATED AND MARDI GRAS GIV YOU THE OPPORTUNY TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, TO BE FEARLS."HOW TO WATCH LIVETHE PARA WILL START AT SYDNEY'S WHLAM SQUARE (RNER OF LIVERPOOL AND OXFORD STREET) AND TAKE A 1.7KM ROUTE ALONG OXFORD STREET AND FLRS STREET, BEFORE ENDG AT MOORE PARK.PRE-SHOW CELEBRATNS ARE SCHLED TO START AT 7PM. THE PARA IS DUE TO START AT 7:30PM AND NCLU AT APPROXIMATELY 11PM.THE 2018 PARA. SOURCE: GETTYBUT ATTEN ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY.ORGANISERS EXPECT ARRIVALS TO BEG AS EARLY AS 11AM, WH GOOD VIEWG SPOTS AVAILABLE ON OXFORD STREET UNTIL ABOUT 4PM.LATER ARRIVALS ARE ADVISED TO HEAD TO THE SOUTHERN END OF FLRS STREET AND MOORE PARK.A MAP OF THE PARA. SOURCE: SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRASMARDI GRAS CEO TERE CASU TOLD SBS NEWS ON MONDAY "OUTSI OF BRGG A SE AND A HAND TO WAVE AT THE THOANDS OF MARCHERS AS THEY GO BY, WE WOULD REMEND SPECTATORS BRG ALONG SOME SNACKS TO ENJOY WHILE THEY WATCH THE PARA AS WELL AS A HAT AND SUNBLOCK IF YOU'RE PLANNG ON ARRIVG EARLY"."WE ALSO HAVE TO BE NSC OF THE IMPACT THE EVENT HAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT SO WE ENURAGE PEOPLE TO BRG A RSABLE WATER BOTTLE WH THEM RATHER THAN RELYG ON SGLE-E BOTTL."HOW TO GET THEREMARDI GRAS ANISERS ARE URGG SPECTATORS TO TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT WH ROAD CLOSUR PLACE AROUND THE CY.NSW TRANSPORT MATERIAL SAYS "PLENTY OF EXTRA TRAS AND B WILL N TO THE CY AS WELL AS ADDNAL LATE NIGHT SERVIC TO HELP YOU GET HOME AFTER THE CELEBRATNS".PARTICIPANTS GET READY FOR THE 2017 PARA. SOURCE: GETTYTOWN HALL, ST JAM AND MART PLACE STATNS PROVI ACCS TO THE NORTHERN SI OF THE PARA ROUTE AT DARLGHURST.CENTRAL STATN IS BT FOR THE SOUTHERN SI OF THE PARA ROUTE AROUND SURRY HILLS AND ANZAC PARA.MM STATN WILL BE CLOSED OM 5PM ON SATURDAY UNTIL 4AM ON SUNDAY.THE PARA TRADNALLY BEGS WH THE DYK ON BIK NVOY. SOURCE: AAPIF YOU'RE WATCHG OM HOMEON SATURDAY, SBS WILL BE LIVE STREAMG THE PARA S ENTIRETY VIA SBS ON DEMAND AND SBS ATRALIA'S TWTER AND FACEBOOK ACUNTS.MEMBERS OF THE TIWI ISLANDS TRANSGENR MUNY AT MARDI GRAS 2017. SOURCE: GETTYTHEN ON SUNDAY, TUNE TO SBS AT 8:30PM FOR A FULL REPLAY OF THE EVENT.NEWS PRENTER NARELDA JABS, EDIAN JOEL CREASEY, THE FEED'S PATRICK ABBOUD AND LOL EDIAN ZOë COOMBS MARR WILL GIVE A NDOWN ON FLOATS, TERVIEWG PARTICIPANTS AND SHARG STORI OM THE PARA.THIS BROADST WILL ALSO BE STREAMED LIVE ON SBS ON DEMAND.PARTICIPANTS MAKE THEIR FAL PREPARATNS BEFORE THE 2018 PARA. SOURCE: AAPAS WELL AS FULL PARA VERAGE, YOU N ALSO WATCH QUEER CEMA WH SBS ON DEMAND'S QUEER BGE, WHICH BOASTS A WI SELECTN OF QUEER FILMS, DOCUMENTARI AND TELEVISN SHOWS OM ATRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD.AND WHILE YOU WA FOR THE PARA, YOU N TCH UP ON ALL THGS MARDI GRAS AT SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 28 FEBARY 2019 11:02AMUPDATED 2 MARCH 2019 10:37PMSOURCE: SBS NEWSSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHARETOPICS

• 27 Augt – 300 march down Oxford St om the 4th Natnal Homosexual Conference wh 104 arrts. This was the thori’ attempt to keep the muny le, but Sydney’s gays and lbians would not get back le.

The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras 2019 is an annual LGBTQI pri ftival and para Sydney.

THE BT EVENTS HAPPENG DURG THE SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS FOR 2019

As one of Atralia’s biggt tourist attractns, the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras attracts top artists and performance artists om across the globe. History of the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras.

Book your tickets Gras Awards – Every year, the Mardi Gras Awards are prented to dividuals who ma memorable ntributns to the global gay and lbian is a map of all the event venu around Sydney, so you don’t miss a thg! Apart om the annual tramark happengs, you don’t want to miss other headle events such as:Laneway After PartyThe Sissy BallClub Briefs, a darg circ baret;Bent Burlque, a global artist llective;Cake Daddy, an teractive show about a queer man’s experience wh fatns;The Rise and Fall of, a mil theatre performance by Pl Mac and Lachlan Street is home to many gay Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras events and some of the cy’s bt gay venu. Whether you’ve lived Sydney all your life, you shouldn’t miss the Gaybourhood Tour, a historic walk across the landmarks of the Atralian gay muny Sydney.

Tomorrow night, for the 41st time sce 1978, Sydney's CBD will light up wh all the magic of the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. It's one thg to snag a great vantage pot, but slottg strategic bathroom and/or tea breaks around your favoure floats is a whole other 's why, thanks to the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, we prent to you the official lp of floats - the orr they'll appear on the night (which is tomorrow, did I mentn 's almost here?