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First Mardi Gras Inc. a community association for 78ers. 2,310 likes · 35 talking about this. The official Facebook Page of First Mardi Gras Inc. Some point to 1699 as year the first American Mardi Gras was held, when French explorers Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Sieur de Bienville landed about 60 miles south of present-day New Orleans First Mardi Gras Inc. and First Nations Rainbow issued a Joint Statement deploring Police violence after the 6 June 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration. Global Pride – 27 June 2020 COVID-19 had a devastating impact on Pride celebrations worldwide, with hundreds of events cancelled. Global Pride 2020 was a 24-hour live stream of music, First Mardi Gras Inc. is a not for profit community organisation for 78ers. 78ers are the participants in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras held on 24 June 1978 and subsequent events. First Mardi Gras was formed in April 2017 to initially support participation by and engagement with a broad range of 78ers in the lead up to the 40th Ken Davis - Co-Chair, First Mardi Gras Inc Ken Davis - Co-Chair Apart from commitment over the decades to queer activism and to commemorating Mardi Gras history, Ken has worked as a mail sorter, in disability services, in HIV, and since 1994, with the international solidarity agency of the ACTU, Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA. First Mardi Gras Inc. Annual Report 2021 Page 3 of 28 About First Mardi Gras Inc. First Mardi Gras Inc. is a not for profit community association for 78ers formed in April 2017. We enabled participation by a broad range of 78ers in the 40th Anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG). Since then, About First Mardi Gras Inc. First Mardi Gras Inc. is a not for profit community organisation for 78ers. First Mardi Gras was formed in April 2017 to initially support participation by and engagement with a broad range of 78ers in the lead up to the 40th Anniversary of Mardi Gras in 2018. Since the anniversary, First Mardi Gras has Five thousand people took part in the second Gay Mardi Gras on a bitterly cold Saturday night of 30th June 1979 – and there were no arrests. Without the police attack on the first Mardi Gras, there may not have been a second one. The second Mardi Gras in 1979 was accompanied by a fair, film festival and street march. This page is a closed group for 78ers - participants in the First Mardi Gras and subsequent related protests in 1978. Are you a 78er? In 1894 the Order of Doves mystic society was founded and held its first Mardi Gras ball. It was the first African-American mystic society in Mobile. [12] In 1929 the Infant Mystics, the second oldest society that continues to parade, introduced the first electric floats to Mobile. [14] First Mardi Gras Inc, PO Box 1029, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia info@78ers.org.au info@78ers.org.au First Mardi Gras Inc. would like to invite you to the formal launch of Voices from 1978 - the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras at 6pm on Tuesday 27 June at the State Library of NSW. To mark the 45th anniversary of 1978, we have published a collection of reminiscences and iconic images that bring those turbulent events to life. The first Mardi Gras held on June 24, 1978 was planned as an addition to the morning demonstration to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York in 1969. At the time, the lesbian and gay community in San Francisco were fighting the Briggs Initiative, which was a push to remove anyone who supported lesbian and gay rights from the PARKING INFO FOR SOULARD RESIDENTS: Parking Passes have been mailed to everyone, if you do not receive yours in the mail or need additional passes they will be available February 24-27, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Mardi Gras, Inc. Office (2200 Dolman) A 78er, Betty was actively involved in the protests after the 1978 Mardi Gras arrests, and played a significant role in the organisation of the 1981 Mardi Gras Parade. She was an inaugural Management Committee member of First Mardi Gras Inc. and an elected member of the Mardi Gras 78ers Committee. In celebration of 45 years since 1978, First Mardi Gras Inc. has assembled a collection of reflections and reminiscences from 78ers — Voices from 1978: The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The 104 page A5 book weaves together the stories of over 30 people with photos to tell the saga of the first Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras This year is also the 40th Anniversary of the first Summer Mardi Gras, in February 1981. The first three Mardi Gras Parades were held in late June on the Stonewall uprising anniversary. Timeline – 1969 to 1971 • 1969 – Daughters of Bilitis, soon re-named the Australasian Lesbian Movement (ALM), formed in Melbourne. While Pensacola’s Mardi Gras celebrations date back to 1874, 1900 was the year it found its footing Today, the celebration includes more than 100 krewes and draws more than 100,000 visitors First Mardi Gras Inc. is grateful to these sponsors for enabling us to put on this event – a gathering of the clan to celebrate the 45 th Anniversary of the first Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Last year, we costed venue hire and in-house catering and the prices were exorbitant and out of reach for us. First Mardi Gras Inc, PO Box 1029, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia info@78ers.org.au info@78ers.org.au
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