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As such that first Mardi Gras march was a major civil rights milestone beyond the gay community. Up to 3,000 people marched in an incident-free parade in 1979. In 1980 a key new element was introduced – the post-parade party. The face of the modern Mardi Gras we know today was taking shape. 1983 The Sydney Vice Squad led by Detective-Inspector Ernie Shepard raids the new Club 80 again. 11 men are charged with ‘scandalous conduct’. S 4/16 27 February 1983 500 people meet at Holt Street in response to this raid. 300 march to the Darlinghurst Police Station. KD March 1983 In response to the 1983 Mardi Gras, the Sydney City Council It takes balls to be a fairy, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 1983, photograph by William Yang, courtesy National Library of Australia (nla.pic-vn3097593) This year is the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and it has survived, and expanded, thanks to the determination of the city’s LGBTQI community. 1983 – Sydney City Council placed flags along Mardi Gras parade route. Australia Council provided $6000 funding. Australia Council provided $6000 funding. 1984 – First Mardi Gras program printed, Sleaze Ball held at the Sydney Showgrounds, homosexuality decriminalised in May. Fabulous feathers on display in the 1996 Sydney Mardi Gras parade. Picture: Nathan Edwards Cafe patrons watch as Rei Webster and Mata Loftus perform in a dress rehearsal for the 1983 Mardi Date: 25th February 1984 | Series: Sydney Star Observer stock photograph library | Unique ID: A-01183158 | Format: Photograph - Print | Read the full record details for Photograph: Float, Sydney Gay Mardi Gras Parade, circa 1983 It was the 1983 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Yet [media] this parade – probably the largest parade not associated with war that had passed through Sydney's streets – received no coverage as news by any of the mainstream newspapers or TV channels in Sydney. One of the earliest transgender floats in the Mardi Gras Parade, the S.S. Tiresias, was produced by Tiresias House (now the Gender Centre), which was established in 1983 as a refuge for transsexuals. The float featured a large boat, which had been assembled at Haberfield House, with a crew dressed to evoke 1930s glamour, crowned by Ricca in a The spectacular Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 1983 had its origins in the brutal police response to a much smaller parade in 1978. The subsequent public furore and political activism caused draconian laws to be changed and eventual acceptance of the special place the Mardi Gras holds in Sydney's cultural life. In 1983 44 floats participated and the parade attracted 20,000 onlookers. Notes: Caption title. POSTER 2023-2494 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia; Subject: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras -- Posters; Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, (1983 : Sydney, N.S.W.) -- Posters; Homosexuality -- Australia -- Posters The first Mardi Gras march ended in violence, but the police crackdown fired up a community who would no longer be silent. On Saturday 24 June 1978 at 10pm, several hundred gay and lesbian people and their supporters – some in fancy dress and some simply rugged up against the cold – gathered at Taylor Square and followed a truck with a small music and sound system down Oxford Street to The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ history and culture. [22]The term Mardi Gras derives from the celebration on Mardi (French for "Tuesday") when Gras (French for "fat") is eaten prior to the Christian abstinence period of Lent preceding Easter. RM2XDJ6Y6 – Participants of the 42nd Annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island in New York, NY can be seen marching in costume on June 22, 2024. Since 1983, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and visitors have come to participate in and watch this parade, inspired by Coney Island Mardi Gras parades of the past. we wanna be where @haylasings is 🫶 introducing your #mardigrasparty forecourt headline performer, grammy nominated uk icon hayla 🖤 hayla joins already announced headliners @honeydijon and @romyromyromy (live), with the full lineup coming soon 🖤 mardi gras party is taking over 6 venues for an all night dance party on 1 march 2025 & tix are selling fast 🥵 first release: sold out The Festival will wrap with the world famous Sydney Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday 1 March 2025. Festival theme: Free to be The 2025 Festival theme Free to be is a celebration of the strides toward true LGBTQIA+ equality while also acting as a global reminder that our fight is far from over, and that we are not truly free until we are all free Be the first to comment on "Bonus Quote No.6 (Special March ’16 Mardi Gras Edition): Harry Hay, New York University, 1983" Leave a comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. In February’s sunny Sydney, it means Mardi Gras is fast approaching! Instagram/sydneymardigras. For those who don’t know, Mardi Gras is Sydney’s internationally renowned Gay Pride Celebration. The hype and the turnout for Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras gives San Francisco’s Gay Pride a run for its money. MobTix returns for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025, presented in partnership with ACON’s First Nations Health Programs. Sydney Mardi Gras is committed to working closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to celebrate and elevate First Nations LGBTQIA+SB culture. The official dates for the Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 festival season will be February 14, 2025, to Sunday, March 2, 2025 The Mardi Gras season kicks off with Fair Day, which will be held on Sunday, February 16.
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