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As with Gay Pride events around the globe, Sydney's Gay Mardi Gras was originally held in June to commemorate the Stonewall riots of June 1969. But the connection with the Stonewall riots didn't stop there. Just as the police had attacked protestors in New York, police also attacked protestors at the first Sydney Mardi Gras 1981-1996. The party and the passion. Fifteen years of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, through one photographer's eyes. by Jerico Mandybur (opens in a new tab) Opens in a new tab. In the years 1979 to 1981, the organisation, purpose and timing of Mardi Gras were the focus of heated discussion in gay and lesbian Sydney. By 1981, Mardi Gras had switched from winter woollies Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras continued to evolve and with a post-parade party added in 1980, the parade moved to summer in 1981, and attendance doubled almost every year reaching 50,000 in 1984. 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. Decades later we still come together each year for Sydney Mardi Gras, moved to summer in 1981 the celebrations now welcome hundreds of thousands of people to our glittering city. Through the AIDS crisis, constant social and political attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, rain, hail and shine – we never stopped marching. On The History Listen, to mark the 40th anniversary of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, By 1981, Mardi Gras had switched from winter woollies in June to bare flesh in February and had Now the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is just a spectacle, a parade of dressed-up queens and their supporters and hangers-on, walking through the streets of Sydney, a cultural event open to all and sundry, with any political content purely accidental. This year will mark 47 years since the first Mardi Gras, which began as a protest in the streets of Sydney in 1978. Now, nearly 50 years later, rare footage of the event has surfaced. The move of the parade from the anniversary date of the Stonewall Riots in NY in 1969, to summer was a divisive shift. Annie Parkinson remembers the move to Summer and the 1981 Mardi Gras. Title: 1981 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Poster Creator: Sheona White, courtesy Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date Created: 1981 Physical Location: Sydney, Australia 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 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 This is the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras from the rolling days of 1994 and some of the truly fabulous outfits do not leave much to the imagination. If t Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! Mardi Gras Parade (1981-03-21) by William YangSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras The crowd at 1981's Parade neared 5,000, a sizeable increase on the 2,000-3,000 of previous years. "It started around the barracks in Paddington, wound down Surry Hills near Belmore Park, went up George Street and ended in Hyde Park," photographer William Yang Non-stop virtual and in-person parades, conferences and concerts, from Friday 17 February until Sunday 5 March 2023 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. 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 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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