Sydney: Gay rights campaigner pleads not guilty to police assault charge
A gay rights campaigner has pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting police and resisting arrest at last month’s Sydney Mardi Gras. ABC News reports Bryn Hutchinson, 32, claims he was the victim of...
View ArticleAustralia: Sydney’s rainbow crossing dug up despite 15,000 strong petition to...
The rainbow road crossing in Sydney’s LGBT district, which was painted for the city’s 35th Mardi Gras celebrations, has been dug up, officials noting a safety hazard, despite a 15,000 strong petition...
View ArticleAustralia: Removed Sydney rainbow crossing to be replaced with permanent...
A permanent installation is to be made in Sydney, following outrage when a rainbow crossing was removed in April, despite strong calls to leave it in place. The rainbow road crossing in Oxford Street,...
View ArticleDavid Cameron offers full support to Cardiff Mardi Gras featuring Beverley...
British Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to this year’s Mardi Gras in Cardiff, Wales which will take place on 31 August. David Cameron wrote to the committee, offering his full...
View ArticleArchbishop of Wales backs Cardiff Mardi Gras and says Church needs to support...
The Archbishop of Wales has issued a message of support for this weekend’s Cardiff Mardi Gras and at the same time admits the Anglican Church has not always treated LGBT people “with the respect they...
View ArticleAustralia: 10,000 attendees march in biggest Sydney Mardi Gras so far
This year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade was one the largest ever, with over 10,000 attendees joining to celebrate in the march. Despite heavy rain on Saturday, the 36th annual parade got...
View ArticleSydney Mardi Gras organisers blame $177,664 loss on negative publicity
Organisers of Sydney’s Mardi Gras have blamed a financial loss on high ticket prices and negative publicity. Last year’s event lost $177,644 (£100,000), and an overhaul of the festival has been...
View ArticleAustralia: Anti-gay marriage ad airs during Sydney Gay Mardi Gras
Opponents of same-sex marriage in Australia have aired an ad during the country’s biggest gay pride festival. The clip opposing same-sex marriage, which was paid for by the ‘Australian Marriage Forum’,...
View ArticleVideo: Busker drowns out homophobic preacher with ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’
A homophobic preacher who started shouting abuse to revellers at Sydney Mardi Gras met his match in a plucky young busker. Axel Winter, 24, said that the preacher, armed with a stepladder, microphone...
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Australian state MPs to issue apology for police brutality against Mardi Gras...
MPs in the state of New South Wales will this week apologise for the treatment of people at the first Sydney Mardi Gras in 1978. The apology will be aimed at the 78ers, those who took part in the first...
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Police warn Mardi Gras revellers of homophobic attacks
Sydney police have warned LGBT residents of the city to take care during Mardi Gras season, due to a number of reported bashings. The annual celebrations started last week and continue throughout...
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Sydney newspaper apologises for homophobic coverage of first Pride parade, 38...
A Sydney newspaper has apologised to the founders of the city’s Pride parade – because of its overtly homophobic coverage at the time. Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras began back in 1978, while...
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Malcolm Turnbull first Australian Prime Minister to attend Mardi Gras
As the 38th Sydney Mardi Gras is in full swing, Malcolm Turnbull became the first Australian Prime Minister to attend. Turnbull, who is reportedly a regular attendee of the Mardi Gras, became the first...
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Watch: Pride volunteers made this flawless Madonna tribute
The folks over at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras are celebrating Pride in style – with an epic Madonna tribute. Amid this year’s Mardi Gras – the largest LGBT celebration in Australia – the team of...
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Australian Prime Minister officially banned from attending Sydney Mardi Gras
Malcolm Turnbull has been banned from attending Sydney Mardi Gras because of his politics surrounding marriage equality. The Mardi Gras membership passed the motion to not officially invite Turnbull to...
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Sydney Mardi Gras reverses decision to ban Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has overturned a previous decision to ban Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from the 2017 parade. The Mardi Gras Board has deemed the motion to ban Turnbull is not ‘in...
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Sydney Opera House lit up in rainbow colours to celebrate Mardi Gras
The Sydney Opera House has been lit up in rainbow colours for the first time. The special event was to mark the launch of the city’s 40th Mardi Gras celebrations in 2018. Sydney will play host to 17...
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Sydney Harbour Bridge to celebrate gay marriage with New Year’s Eve rainbow...
Sydney is famous around the world for its New Year’s Eve celebrations. As many as one million people line the streets of the Australian city to see in the new year from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and...
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Gay couple who warmed the nation’s hearts to tie the knot at Australian Pride...
The Australian couple who got engaged on live TV as the postal vote result was announced have revealed their wedding location – and it’s incredible. James Brechney proposed to his partner of two and a...
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Anti-LGBT world leaders to be depicted as household pests on Mardi Gras float
Anti-LGBT world leaders including Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and US President Donald Trump will be depicted as household pests on a Sydney Mardi Gras float this year. Ten political...
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Sydney Mardi Gras: Muslim owned fashion company showcases LGBT pride hijab
A Muslim fashion house has launched a pride hijab for Sydney Mardi Gras. The Australian company, MOGA, originally released the rainbow headscarf in support of same-sex marriage, during last year’s...
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Gay Australian couple celebrate wedding with ‘no’ campaign marriage confetti
There’s no-one who can throw shade quite like us queers. Over our lifetimes, we’ve developed a skilful bullshit threshold and a somewhat artful form of resilience when it comes to beating the...
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Sydney Mardi Gras celebrates 40 years as first gay couple marry at parade
An estimated 300,000 revellers took to the streets of Sydney, Australia, for the 40th annual Mardi Gras this weekend. The event also saw its first ever marriage as Brit Stuart Henshall and his...
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Cher apologises after being slammed for picture with Australian PM Malcolm...
Cher has apologised to critics who accused her of being insensitive for posing for a picture with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The star was in Sydney over the weekend to perform at the...
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Someone tried to tell LGBTQ+ Mardi Gras goers that ‘Jesus saves’
A skywriting plane wrote “Jesus saves” in the sky over Sydney’s Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras. The unwelcome message was left to near half a million people at the 40th annual event. Over 200 floats with...
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Gay men kicked out of Uber for sharing kiss in Australia
Two gay men in Sydney, Australia have said they were kicked out of an Uber after one kissed the other on the forehead. Aaron Brown said his friend, Ryan Ottey, kissed him on the forehead during the...
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Australian Mardi Gras considering banning prime minister Scott Morrison for...
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is set to vote on whether to ban prime minister Scott Morrison from attending. Blossoming from LGBT+ rights protests in the late 70s, the festival has become a...
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Outback town with MP who said he’d ‘walk backwards’ to avoid gays hosts...
A tiny outback town in Queensland, Australia, will hold its first Mardi Gras party this weekend, despite being in a federal electorate held by an MP who said LGBT+ rights were a “waste of time”....
View ArticleAustralia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese makes history at Sydney’s Mardi...
Anthony Albanese became the first Australian prime minister to march at the 45th Sydney Mardi Gras this weekend. The country’s 31st prime minister joined over 12,500 attendees in Oxford Street for the...
View ArticleAdam Lambert is headlining the Sydney Mardi Gras Party 2024
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2024 has announced the headliners for the 2024 festival. Adam Lambert will be leading the Mardi Gras Party at the Hordern Pavilion on 2 March at the annual Pride...
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