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Barbarella Karpinski In the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade, queer sex workers celebrated with the awesome Queer Sex Worker float – “Soliciting for Change”. But things …

Star Observer asked Ann-Marie Calihanna to photograph six community floats and ask participants what matters to them.  Ann-Marie Calihanna These portraits convey the inspiration and …

By Mike Hitch The Star Observer magazine, through its 41 years of service to the LGBTQI community, has raised an entire generation loud and proud …

In another huge coup for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, pop superstar Kesha has been announced as a performer at the 2020 Mardi …

The federal government’s push to give followers of religion the right to discriminate based on their beliefs is “about to open the gates of hell”, …

“Imagine that, parents. Imagine that your child feels so lost from you that they sink into the arms of a complete stranger and sob endlessly just because that stranger is wearing a shirt offering hugs from a dad.”

The group also wants the LGBTI acronym to include “S” for “straight”.

Austin famously suggested that gay rights demonstrations should become a street party, leading to the first Mardi Gras in 1978.

The festival’s name has received a number of concerns over the years, which currently only specifies ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ without mention of diverse gender identities or other sexualities.

NIDA students are also busy fundraising and preparing for NIDA’s inaugural participation in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.