Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

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18 February - 6 March 2022

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United We Shine

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UNITED WE SHINE

Our LGBTQI+ communities shine brighter when we rally together

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Parade

Parade

Our glittering celebration of diversity

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Party

Party

A playground of sensual celebration and joy

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Fair Day

Fair Day

proudly presented in partnership with American Express: An all-day rainbow extravaganza

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Laugh Out Proud

Laugh Out Proud

The queer comedy event of the year

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Sissy Ball

Sissy Ball

Soak in the essence of ballroom culture

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Paradiso Pool Party

Kaftana Pool Party

Mardi Gras Film Festival

Queer Art After Hours

Progress Pride Flag Raising

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News

Today is World AIDS Day

The AIDS crisis had a massive impact on the LGBTQI+ community. It decimated a generation of our community, it united us and it forced us to fight harder to have our voices heard.

2022 Tickets ON SALE NOW

Get ready to shine! Mardi Gras tickets on sale now! Don't miss the 2022 Mardi Gras Festival and the grand return of our community’s favourite events.

Sydney Mardi Gras comes home to the ABC

The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade will be broadcast on ABC Radio and ABC Television from next year in a three-year deal announced today.

Mardi Gras has enjoyed a fantastic partnership with SBS over the last eight years

Mardi Gras has enjoyed a fantastic partnership with SBS over the last eight years and while this chapter is coming to a close, we are proud of all we have achieved together.

Mardi Gras comes to Qudos Bank Arena Vaccination Centre for a fabulous Super Saturday

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) have joined forces for a fabulous Super Saturday vaccination drive at Qudos Bank Arena Vaccination Centre this Saturday.

Mardi Gras Parade returns to the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2022

A dazzling display of pride and self-expression will descend on the Sydney Cricket Ground once more.

Love Your Bookshop Day

Today is Love Your Bookshop Day, an initiative of the Australian Booksellers Association which aims to celebrate bookshops across the country.

NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS

American Express will today commence an exclusive three-year principal partnership with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Additionally, the company will partner with Sydney WorldPride in 2023 - tipped to be the largest event held in Sydney since the 2000 Olympic Games and a southern hemisphere first.

CEO UPDATES - SEPTEMBER 2021

We want to ensure LGBTQI+ artists and entertainers can get back to work, LGBTQI+ small businesses are thriving and importantly, inject a much-needed dose of vitality back into Oxford Street.

CEO UPDATES - ONE NATION'S BILL

It’s time for our political leaders from all sides of politics to join together to emphatically reject the findings of the report and oppose One Nation’s bill.

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Today is #WorldAIDSDay. The AIDS crisis had a massive impact on the LGBTQI+ community. It decimated a generation of our community, it united us and it forced us to fight harder to have our voices heard. At a time when pleas to health authorities were ignored, the community rallied together to call attention to the issue, and support one another through tough times.

To this day Sydney Mardi Gras continues to work closely with a number of community organisations to keep raising awareness about HIV, promote safe sex education and combat stigma directed towards our communities.

This is why World AIDS Day is so important. It’s a chance for us to remember its impact, to celebrate the lives of those who we lost, and reminds us of what we can achieve when we’re united.

👉 Read our latest piece on World AIDS Day in our bio.

WIN a Sydney WorldPride 2023 Rainbow Ticket! Enter via link in bio.

We’re teaming up with @amexau to give you the chance to win a Sydney WorldPride 2023 Rainbow Ticket - which includes double passes to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies as well as the Bondi Beach Party. All you have to do is sign up to the Sydney WorldPride Newsletter!

Link in bio for more details.

Today we commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), an annual observance that honours the memory of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) members of our community we've lost to violence.

Although we've made progress, TDoR is an important reminder that there is still a long way to go in the fight for equality.

Our friends at @aconnsw have recently launched @transhub_acon, a digital information and resource platform for all trans and gender diverse (TGD) people in NSW, our loved ones, allies and health providers.

You can find out more through the link in our bio.

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To celebrate Fair Day 2022 getting a big shining green light from NSW Health, we're extending the stall application deadline until 1pm AEDT Thursday 2 Dec! Don't miss your chance to be part of the picturesque park-side return of one of the community's favourite events.

Find out more through the link in our bio!

#MardiGras2022 #UnitedWeShine #FairDay2022

We're live! 🎉'

Current Mardi Gras members can now access pre-sale tickets to all events across our 2022 program.

If you're not already a member, our Principal Partner American Express has pre-sale access to Parade and Party for their Card Members.

You can find both our Member and American Express Card Members pre-sale links in our bio!

Both pre-sales are running for 72 hours, unless exhausted earlier.

You've probably heard the news, our 2022 Festival lineup is out and it's jam-packed with all your favourite Mardi Gras events! There's still time to get involved, we're accepting Parade and Fair Day stall applications until this Monday 15 Nov.

To soak up the spotlight at our closing weekend events, auditions are now open for our community performers closing 28 Nov.

All the details including how to apply, cut-off times and more are available in the link in our bio 🥳

#MardiGras2022 #UnitedWeShine #SGLMG #MardiGrasParade #MardiGrasFairDay

Proud moment 🌈 Sydney Mardi Gras has been nominated best entertaining program for the 2021 Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts Awards!

The prestigious @aacta Awards will honour Australian television, film, and digital entertainment performers and creatives for their remarkable achievements over the past year. The ceremony will be held at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Wednesday, December 8!

We are opening Expressions of Interest to those in our communities who would like to be involved in the major group performances that take place during the closing weekend of Mardi Gras; upholding a longstanding tradition of protest, cheekiness, celebration and most of all, pride, through performance.

If you have big dreams of performing before a large crowd of your nearest and dearest, these Mardi Gras 2022 performances are for YOU! ✨

Link in bio for more information.

Registration for Mardi Gras Festival events is now open! We're planning a brilliant 2022 season, with the Festival running from February 18 until 6 March 🌈

Many promoters and community groups are using their inspiring optimism and creativity in reimagining events to comply with the limitations that COVID-19 regulations present. We encourage everyone to celebrate our communities in 2022 through arts and culture.

Register your event and be part of our festival celebrations. Link in bio for more information.

📸 from Queer Art After Hours 2020

Fair Day is home to a colourful and eclectic market where stallholders can connect with the LGBTQI+ community 🌈

Sydney’s most vibrant LGBTQI+ community event is looking to return to the picturesque Victoria Park on Sunday 20 February 2022 for an all-day rainbow adventure for the whole family.

We are now accepting Expressions of Interest from stallholders for Fair Day 2022. Link in bio for more information.

Today we're celebrating Intersex Awareness Day! Intersex people have innate sex characteristics that don’t fit medical norms for

It's #AsexualAwarenessWeek! Take some time to celebrate and recognise the broad spectrum of the asexual community.

Whether you're demisexual, grey-asexual or other asexual spectrum friends, there is no “right” way to be asexual - only what feels right to you!

The @australian_asexuals group hopes to connect the wider Australian asexual community together and link communication within the smaller groups around the country. Follow them now!

We simply couldn't do it without them 🙌 Mardi Gras relies on thousands of volunteers to make our world-famous festival and events the success that they are each year.

When you volunteer with Mardi Gras, you’ll be making not only a difference for the organisation but also the wider community for which we serve.

Volunteer opportunities for Mardi Gras 2022 are now open. Link in bio for more information.

Happy International Pronouns Day! 🌈 Often, people make assumptions about the gender of another person based on the person’s appearance or name. Asking and correctly using someone’s pronouns is a positive way to respect them and create inclusive spaces.

If you realise that you've made a mistake after a conversation has ended, apologise privately and move on. You can also jump-start the overall learning curve by educating yourself and others around you!

As Sydney prepares to host WorldPride in 2023, the world’s eyes will focus on the state’s record on LGBTQI+ rights. It’s a significant opportunity to push for changes to laws to achieve full equality for our communities.

🌈 We're joining forces with @equalityaustralia and NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby to ensure our movement for equality is stronger than ever, sending a clear message to our leaders that every person in NSW deserves to live, work and study in dignity and respect.

Join us to demand NSW politicians #ActForEquality. Link in bio for more information.

It's happening! Mardi Gras is returning in 2022 🌈✨

Each year, for 44 years, nothing has stopped us from gathering to celebrate together, to call for change and to remember those who came before us. The @ourscg gives us the best chance for the Parade to proceed safely, no matter the COVID situation next year.

Tickets go on sale Monday 15 November. Join our waitlist to receive a reminder about tickets and ensure you’re front of the queue once they become available!
https://www.mardigras.org.au/ticket-waitlist-2022

Today we're celebrating the milestone of every LGBTQI+ person who decides to openly live as their authentic self.

On #nationalcomingoutday, we’re also reaffirming our support for every member of our community, wherever they are on their journey.

Sometimes coming out as LGBTQI+ can be a lifetime process and it’s completely fine if you’re not ready to the take the next step.

Just a reminder, you aren't alone. It gets better! 🌈

Today is Love Your Bookshop Day, an initiative of the Australian Booksellers Association which aims to celebrate bookshops across the country. Here at Sydney Mardi Gras we give a shout out to Sydney’s LGBTIQ+ specialist @bookshopdarlo which will celebrate its 40th birthday in business next year.

The Bookshop Darlinghurst buyer Graeme Aitken (his/him) is making the browsing easier by recommending five new Australian titles that he has read or which are proving popular in-store.

✔ This Much is True By Miriam Margolyes
✔ Tank Water By Michael Burge
✔ Anything but Fine By Tobias Madden
✔ All About Yves: Notes from a Transition By Yves Rees
✔ A Secretive Life By Sara Hardy

Link in bio for more details!

Chase the rainbow! 🌈 This week Randwick City Council councillors voted unanimously to make Coogee Beach's rainbow walkway permanent!

The 50-metre rainbow walkway was painted in time for the opening of Sydney Mardi Gras earlier this year. Randwick City Council said that it’s in support of the LGBTIQI+ community to keep celebrating pride, diversity and inclusiveness.

This is the third rainbow installation in a large public space in Sydney. Prince Alfred Park in Surry Hills also unveiled its rainbow path in the lead up to Mardi Gras this year making a tribute to Australia's marriage equality. In Darlinghurst, the rainbow crossing was permanently installed in 2019 and it’s still shining today!

Rising against One Nation’s damaging education bill 🚫 This time we're joining NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby to continue our efforts to stop One Nation from harming our education system and the wellbeing of our LGBTQI+ youth.

The Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill is:
✔️ discriminatory and cruel
✔️ incompatible with existing laws and protections
✔️ injurious to fundamental human rights, including freedom of expression
✔️ harmful to teachers, students and education in NSW
✔️ unnecessary and, in some areas, incoherent

We’ll keep you informed once we have more updates!

Restoring our night-time gaybourhoods 🌃🌈 Recently, we were invited to participate in the NSW Government’s 24-Hour Advisory Group, which has been tasked with re-investing in Sydney’s night-time economy, once restrictions are lifted.

We are committed to restoring the vibrancy of our night-time gaybourhoods and ensure our community doesn’t get lost in the conversation.

We want to ensure LGBTQI+ artists and entertainers can get back to work, LGBTQI+ small businesses are thriving and importantly, inject a much-needed dose of vitality back into Oxford Street!

Podcast in the making! 🎙️🌈 While we are well known for our annual Parade and Festival in Sydney, the work we do never stops!

We're working on our very first podcast series and we couldn't be more excited! As always, we'd love your input and thoughts on this project.

👉 What topics would you find interesting to hear about in our podcast? We would love to hear all your suggestions. Please head to our stories or leave your comments here.

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First Nation

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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, who are the traditional owners of the land on which our celebrations are held on.

We pay our respects to elders past and present and extend that respect to other First Nations peoples.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.

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