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Stay busy post-Mardi Gras
As the Mardi Gras comes to an end there are also some changes in ACON’s Illawarra office with the departure of Youth Education and Community Development Officer, Andre. We will all ... Read more
Tue March 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Behind-the-scenes pop queens
You may not have heard the names Liv and Mim Nervo, but chances are you’ve heard their songs. The Melbourne-born twins, who’ll be DJing at this week’s Mardi Gras closing party, ... Read more
Wed March 3rd, 2010 - No Comments
Parade’s homage to history
Donning rainbow beads and carrying milk crates, thousands of spectators came out on Saturday night to watch the Mardi Gras parade. Despite the criticisms lobbed at New Mardi Gras over the ... Read more
Wed March 3rd, 2010 - No Comments
Honesty needed over drug use
The gay community needs to be more honest with itself when it comes to using illegal drugs, New Mardi Gras co-chair Nick Parker believes. And his co-chair, Steph Sands, has urged ... Read more
Wed March 3rd, 2010 - 3 Comments
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The fun goes on
Mardi Gras has come and gone for another year. I hope your Mardi Gras was safe, fabulous and enormous fun. How amazing was the Newcastle Mardi Gras Float! Featuring a rainbow ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Parading ourselves with pride
As the largest demonstration of gay pride in the Asia Pacific region, Sydney’s Mardi Gras Parade generally attracts 300,000 onlookers with 10,000 participants marching down Oxford St. So where does our ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Be prepared
It’s not Mardi Gras till you see a bra-line burnt into a drag queen from Fair Day, as many fully grown men progress through the festival with lovely sundress marks ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Get inspired
By Anthony Lowe Harbour City Bears is an inclusive not-for-profit community group for hairy gay men, their admirers and friends. Based in Sydney, their annual festival, Bear Essentials, is Australia’s premier ... Read more
Tue February 23rd, 2010 - No Comments
Recover in style
The annual migration (or mi-gay-tion) north to Noosa after the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is shaping up as the biggest yet this year, with a host of new ... Read more
Thu February 18th, 2010 - No Comments
The conquest of suburbia versus Mardi Maigre
Surrounded by pricey real estate, the complex of tennis courts, squash courts, a bowling green, sprawling clubhouse and car park has seen better days. Fortunately it’s hidden in a cul-de-sac, ... Read more
Wed February 17th, 2010 - No Comments
A swimming good time for bingay lovers
Bingay goes to the beach this Mardi Gras, as Lifesavers With Pride offer to oversee the safety of all bingo lovers. The gay and lesbian lifesaver association will join usual host ... Read more
Tue February 16th, 2010 - No Comments
Final Glamstand seats on sale
General admission tickets to the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation’s Glamstand are now on sale. With the Glamstand Reserved area sold out, general admission is a standing-room-only section, but it still gets you ... Read more
Mon February 15th, 2010 - No Comments
The bear essentials of Mardi Gras
They’re furry, friendly and don’t fit any specific stereotype — yet the Harbour City Bears (HCB) is the second-largest gay and lesbian membership-based organisation in Sydney, after New Mardi Gras. Formed ... Read more
Wed February 10th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Ex-gay survivors unite this Mardi Gras
Ex-gay therapy survivors will unite this Mardi Gras in a walking entry that is as much about highlighting the issue as it is about personal empowerment. Already 27 people who have ... Read more
Wed February 10th, 2010 - No Comments
Volunteer with the Lobby
The 2010 Mardi Gras season is almost upon us and the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) is busy planning for what should be a great season. The Mardi Gras ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Join the marching lifesavers
Australia’s GLBT marching lifesavers are calling for all lifesavers from around the country to take part in their fourth Mardi Gras parade entry. More than 80 lifesavers are expected to take ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Happy Mardi Gras
I hope everyone had a restful January. With such a big Mardi Gras season ahead I will need a few weeks of sleep after it all to recover if I ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Moscow gets Sydney’s pride
New Mardi Gras has donated $1000 to Moscow Pride as it prepares for the city’s fifth consecutive demonstration in Moscow and specifically to participate, as part of Slavic Pride, in ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Happy Christmas! Oops … Mardi Gras!
With one Christmas just finished and another about to begin, hasn’t the year gone quick! Though with this ‘Christmas’ there is no gift giving, no Santa, and no stockings to ... Read more
Tue February 9th, 2010 - No Comments
Life’s a beach for Cox
The jetsetting, party-starting life of a top international DJ surely necessitates a swanky beachside retreat — after all, what’s a DJ without a pad in St Tropez where they can ... Read more
Tue February 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Virgin deals for Mardi Gras
A partnership between New Mardi Gras (NMG) and low-cost airline Virgin Blue is set to make event booking easier and (hopefully) cheaper for interstate partygoers this year. NMG today announced a ... Read more
Tue February 2nd, 2010 - No Comments
Glamstand almost sold out
Within a week of going on sale, more than half the tickets to the BGF Glamstand have already been snapped up! With large crowds expected for the annual Mardi Gras Parade ... Read more
Fri January 22nd, 2010 - No Comments
Time to sparkle
Christmas and New Year seemed to flutter past, quicker than ever this year. My heart skipped a beat as I passed hot cross buns in the supermarket. I almost fell ... Read more
Tue January 19th, 2010 - 4 Comments
Carl Cox to play Hordern
Carl Cox will join David Guetta and Bimbo Jones at this year’s Mardi Gras party. Also on the set list announced by Mardi Gras this week is Dusty Kid in the ... Read more
Thu January 14th, 2010 - No Comments
DJ competition closing soon
Entries for the DJ Spin-Off competition for this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival will close on Friday January 29. The four best girl and boy submissions will allow ... Read more
Wed January 13th, 2010 - No Comments
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