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First gay Mardi Gras
Making history
Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives president Graham Willett describes the Mardi Gras as the ‘most dramatic moment of the backlash’ against the campaign for male lover rights. The parade started at 10pm and progressed down Oxford Street towards the city. The trouble began when they reached Hyde Park.
In an endeavor to get the crowd to disperse, the police confiscated the lead truck and loud speaker. The crowd, seeing that access to Hyde Park was blocked, headed towards Kings Cross. The police moved in and arrested 53 people.
According to Willett, ‘Many of those arrested were badly beaten inside police cells and the Sydney Morning Herald sank to new editorial lows by publishing the complete list of names and occupations of those arrested’.
Supporters began a ‘drop the charges’ campaign, which initially generated more arrests. However, due to public uproar about the arrests as adequately as favourable media coverage, the first charges were dropped in October , and all charges were dropped by the conclude of Additionally, laws around obtaining permits for lane marches and parades were liberalised.
As such, the first Mar
Pride and pain: Sydney's Mardi Gras parade in pictures
Grief, community tensions, and even some rain could not spoil the parade as Sydney's LGBTIQ+ community and allies marched up Oxford Street in a celebration of love and community.
The annual parade as part of the Mardi Gras festival carried a tinge of sadness in mourning couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, who were allegedly murdered last month by a serving police officer.
Parade-leading motorcycle club Dykes on Bikes revved up engines and the crowd as the festivities began, later pausing in Taylor Square in recognition of the pair.
Dykes on Bikes opened the the 46th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Pride in Sydney. Source: AAP / Steven Saphore
Marchers in the Sydney Swans float wore black armbands in memory of AFL umpire Baird.
This year's Qantas float paid tribute to Luke Davies. Source: AAP / Steven Saphore
R rated pictures of Mardi Gras
by: LittleRedFish
posted on: Feb 24,
Okay, I can't show most of the pictures I took on Mardi Gras date down in the French Quarter on this site.
Warning they do show a little flesh, it's just part of Mardi Gras in the French Quarter. If anyone wants to see them I'm encluding my flickr link.
Comments are welcome. Just we need to keep it clean.
Cheers,
Rach
by: Silvertone
posted on: Feb 24,
Okay, I can't show most of the pictures I took on Mardi Gras night down in the French Quarter on this site.
Warning they do show a little flesh, it's just part of Mardi Gras in the French Quarter. If anyone wants to see them I'm encluding my flickr link.
Comments are welcome. Just we need to keep it clean.
Cheers,
Rach
Ha Ha Ha we need dirty :lol:
by: LittleRedFish
posted on: Feb 24,
Okay, I can't show most of the pictures I took on Mardi Gras day down in the French Quarter on this site.
Warning they do show a brief flesh, it's just part of Mardi Gras in the French Quarter. If anyone wants to watch them I'm encluding my flickr li
In pictures: All the colour, culture, and community at Sydney's Mardi Gras parade
The confetti and glitter are settling on another Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras after tens of thousands partied through the LGBTIQ+ community's night of nights.
More than 11, people marched, danced and rolled their way through Sydney streets for the 47th Mardi Gras Parade, putting on Australia's rich and diverse queer culture.
Groups representing rainbow families, transgender people, LGBTIQ+ people with disability, and those with a profound love for deafening motorcycles were among more than distinct communities and corporations adding to the colour of Saturday night.
People of all abiltiies took part in the 47th Sydney Gay and Female homosexual Mardi Gras parade. Source: Getty / Brook Mitchell
Dykes on Bikes are usually the first part of the annual Sydney Mardi Gras march that spectators see or hear. Source: AAP / Steven Saphore
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