Sydney Cricket Ground Restrictions Cast Doubts Over Mardi Gras
On December 29, Cricket Australia announced the third Test between India and Australia would go ahead on January 7 at the SCG. The decision was …
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Queer pride – equality, justice and love for all
Barbarella Karpinski In the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade, queer sex workers celebrated with the awesome Queer Sex Worker float – “Soliciting for Change”. But things …
Mardi Gras – What matters to our community?
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 …
Star Observer – marching into the future
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 …
Pop superstar Kesha joins Mardi Gras Party line-up
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 …
Qld Satanists to parade against Religious Discrimination Bill
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”, …
Dad gives out hundreds of ‘free hugs’ at Pride parade
“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.”
Group plans to hold straight pride parade in Boston for “oppressed majority”
The group also wants the LGBTI acronym to include “S” for “straight”.
‘Godfather of Mardi Gras’ Ron Austin passes away aged 90
Austin famously suggested that gay rights demonstrations should become a street party, leading to the first Mardi Gras in 1978.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras considers changing name in bid to be more “inclusive”
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.