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Apologising to the 78ers, Darren Goodsir, editor-in-chief of The Sydney Morning Herald, said: "In 1978, Melissa Gibson with 78ers Julie McCrossin and Ron Austin at the Sydney Mardi Gras in 2013. In the days following the Sydney Morning Herald published the names, occupations and addresses of people facing charges. [12] In 1997 a small group of people who were part of the 1978 events contributed to planning the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Mardi Gras parade in 1998. The violence, unrest and resistance of the Sydney Mardi Gras of 1978 has clear parallels to Stonewall. Back to the march. We started off from Taylor Square in a festive mood. Chants rippled along the marchers, strangers joined hands and we sought to bring people out of the bars and into the streets to join us. The Sydney Morning Herald does not cover the first Police drag away a protester at the court appearance of the 53 people arrested affter the first gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 1978. Poster for the first Mardi Gras in Sydney, 1978, designed by Chris Jones.(Supplied: Ken Davis)The event would mark the ninth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York, an uprising that led to In February 2016, the Sydney Morning Herald published an apology to participants of the 1978 Sydney Mardi Gras. 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 On Tuesday, June 27, 1978, three days after the Mardi Gras melee, the Herald published the names, addresses and occupations of 53 people who were charged with taking part in an unlawful procession The original 1978 Mardi Gras marchers have received an apology from The Sydney Morning Herald for publishing their names, addresses and occupations at a time when homosexuality was outlawed. THE Sydney Morning Herald has offered a formal apology to the Mardi Gras 78ers, almost 40 years after the newspaper published the names, addresses and occupations of people who took part — many The 1978 Mardi Gras parade. Author provided. Some 53 men and women were arrested, all of whom – unhelpfully – had their names and occupations subsequently published in The Sydney Morning The roar of dozens of motorbikes carrying women and rainbow flags, or "Dykes on Bikes", kicked off the parade, followed by the First Nations Community Float and the 78ers -- a group of activists who marched in Sydney's first Mardi Gras event in 1978. The Mardi Gras parade of 1978 changed the course of the gay rights movement in Australia. New South Wales' newly stated regret followed an apology by the Sydney Morning Herald for its actions The roar of dozens of motorbikes carrying women and rainbow flags, or "Dykes on Bikes", kicked off the parade, followed by the First Nations Community Float and the 78ers -- a group of activists who marched in Sydney's first Mardi Gras event in 1978. The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was a bold demonstration held on 24 June 1978 that ended in police attacks and arrests. The winter 1978 protest campaign that followed helped make gay and lesbian rights a broader political issue and led to changes in NSW legislation. The 1978 Mardi Gras parade. Author provided. Some 53 men and women were arrested, all of whom – unhelpfully – had their names and occupations subsequently published in The Sydney Morning Herald. Many lost their jobs or housing as a result. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is an event in Sydney, New South Wales attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and overseas. One of the largest LGBT festivals in the world , Mardi Gras is the largest Pride event in Oceania . Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade, transforming the Australian city into a vibrant sea of colour and costumes. - FXJ127438 Protestors gather outside Central Court, Sydney, in support of 53 people about to face charges for participating in a gay rights march in Kings Cross two days earlier, 26 June 1978. A report in The Sydney Morning Herald the following day read: “About 200 demonstrators supporting homosexual rights clashed with more than 100 police
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