Senator Lydia Thorpe takes part in Mardi Gras dressed as Wonder Woman. ( ABC News: Jack Fisher ) Confetti and sparkles started flying when the participants of the very first Mardi Gras in 1978 The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is in its 47th year and it's bigger and gayer than ever (yes, that is possible). We're free to be whoever, whenever and wherever. This trailer was published 4 weeks ago, available until 12:00am on 3 Mar 2025. In Australia, the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade will be streamed live on ABC on TV and on their iView streaming service, which is totally free to watch. Coverage is set to start at 7.30pm AEDT. Abroad? Follow our live coverage as 10,000 marchers make their way down a crowd-lined Oxford Street for the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. He told ABC TV on Saturday night he The ABC is again hosting the live broadcast of the 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade with a lineup of queer talent tonight. Tonight, this year’s Mardi Gras Parade will see thousands of people march and dance up Oxford Street in Sydney. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to shimmy, shake and embrace its way once again up Oxford St in Sydney, with the ABC there to capture all the colour and celebration on Saturday Join the ABC, the exclusive broadcast partner, for coverage of pride, progress, and community during the 2025 Mardi Gras celebrations. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will take over Oxford Street, Flinders Street, and Anzac Parade. As one of the largest LGBTQIA+ parades in the world, the event will feature over 200 floats, including those from Dykes on Bikes, LGBTQIA+SB First Nations communities, and the beloved 78ers—the activists who led the first Mardi Gras The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to shimmy, shake and embrace its way once again up Oxford St in Sydney, with the ABC there to capture all the colour and celebration on Saturday 1 March at 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. On Saturday ABC screens the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade once again. NITV is also getting in the mood, having screened a number of LGBTQIA+ titles this week, all can still be seen at SBS on Demand, with a few more to come. ABC: Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 7:30pm Saturday March 1 ABC Hosts: VIDEO: Sydney Mardi Gras draws over 200,000 revellers. 9h ago 9 hours ago Sat 1 Mar 2025 at 10:14pm. Stories from ABC News. Severe storms to continue into new year in Queensland. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade will be held on Saturday night. (ABC News: Mridula Amin) The parade dates back to 1978, when homosexuality was still illegal in NSW. Nate Byrne is in Sydney ahead of the annual Mardi Gras parade - bringing News Breakfast a very special story about Dykes On Bikes! Sydney's 45th Mardi Gras parade, Saturday, February 25, 2023. ABC News: Kevin Nguyen (ABC News: Kevin Nguyen) The new footage of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 1978 shows crowds of revellers clad in capes and flags, contrasted with violent arrests by police. abc.net.au/news The ABC is proud to be the host broadcaster of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPride, having always championed on-screen representation of the LGBTQIA+ community in Australia, including being the first broadcaster to televise the Mardi Gras parade in 1994. Thousands will walk the streets of Sydney tonight to celebrate the 47th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.Close to 200 floats will travel from Hyde Park to Moore Pa The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to shimmy, shake and embrace its way up Oxford St once again, with the ABC there to capture all the colour and celebration on Saturday, March 1 at 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. New footage of the first Sydney Mardi Gras parade shows crowds of revellers clad in capes and flags dancing down Oxford Street, contrasted with violent arrests by police in Kings Cross.
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