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Every year the Mardi Gras Awards recognise excellence, honouring our volunteers and community groups who go above and beyond to make the Festival extra special.The 2022 nominees are: Fair Day Awards Best Stall· Aspect – Autism Spectrum Australia· Spunky Bruiser· Wigged Out Best Sports Stall  · Sydney Front Runners  · Sydney Spectors·…

“Polare had been continuously in print from September 1993 until January 2019 and for decades we were the main resource for the trans and gender community in NSW,” says Eloise Brook from the Gender Centre. “But it’s different in 2022. So much information and misinformation around the lives of trans…

The organisers of the Pride celebrations on the world famous Gold Coast in Queensland Australia have postponed tomorrows Parade and Fair Day due to a weather forecast, that has seen historic flooding across SE Queensland and Northern NSW, which has been declared a national emergency. The Pride celebrations went inside…

At an event last night, NYC Pride announced the official theme for 2022, “Unapologetically Us,” as the kick-off to this year’s events and programming. As the world begins to emerge from a pandemic that gave society a full reset and forced everyone to reconsider and re-prioritize their lives, NYC Pride is acknowledging…

Are you wanting to keep the Pride going? Well, the team at Gold Coast Pride are offering up a stellar lineup of events in late March to keep your glitter shining and your pride glowing! The southern areas of Queensland have been hit hard by the recent floods in Australia,…

The Sydney Cricket Ground was awash in a vibrant display of pride and self-expression last night (Saturday 5 March) as the iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade united LGBTQIA+ communities from all over Australia. A stadium crowd of 40,000 spectators cheered on as 5,800 marchers, from over 160 parade entries, marched onto…

Football, hockey, basketball, roller derby, kickball, water polo, ten-pin bowling, squash, swimming, boxing, running, wrestling and more – a variety of LGBTQIA+ sporting organisations are ready to kick goals, score points and break their participation records next year, officially joining the Sydney WorldPride festival happening 17 February – 5 March 2023.   Beloved…

To ignite this year’s theme of ‘United we Shine’, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and MINI Australia are celebrating “Big Love is all around us” – a movement of collective voices which this week will be brought to life across Sydney to inspire equality, pride and self-expression and…

Tens of thousands of Sydney siders and interstate and now INTERNATIONAL visitors took advantage of the easing of covid19 restrictions to celebrate the annual kick off of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, FAIR DAY at Victoria Park Camperdown. Sunday February 20. 2022. Photos by DaveyLee. Follow GTG on…

Scroll down for photos from the event. The City of Sydney has unfurled a new flag at Sydney Town Hall to officially mark the start of the Mardi Gras season and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities. The Progress Pride flag will fly over Sydney’s most important civic building until the end of the…