78ers Call on Mardi Gras Membership to Reject Internal Conflict
Anyone who has read the 15 resolutions proposed for the imminent Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) Annual General Meeting (AGM) must be very …
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78ers & Star Observer Celebrate Anniversaries
Forty-two years ago, a group of activists and allies spilled out onto the streets of Sydney to celebrate before police brutality turned the night into …
‘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.
78ers fuming over missing out on voting at Mardi Gras AGM
‘Is it too late to say I’m sorry now’
Mayor helps ‘Godfather of Mardi Gras’ toast 85th birthday
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 …
78ers set to lead Mardi Gras again
THEY were there at the first Mardi Gras and survived the ensuing police batons and trumped up legal charges, and at next month’s event it …