Posts tagged Ron Austin

As the world gets ready for the Global Pride Livestream this Saturday, this week also marks the official 42nd anniversary of the very first Mardi …

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

A packed public gallery burst into applause as the NSW Government apologised to the 78ers.

SOME call him the ‘Godfather of Mardi Gras’ and with friends and the great and good of the local LGBTI community in tow, Ron Austin …