Fair Day Stalls - Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

FAIR DAY 2024 STALLHOLDER DIRECTORY

With Fair Day 2024 unable to go ahead, we’ve pulled together the below directory of stallholders who were set to line the always-sunny Victoria Park.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have used the Fair Day application form to generate the below information. If you’re a stallholder and would like your listing updated, please contact us at fairday2024@mardigrasarts.org.au

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A BEAUTIFUL WEIRDO

Our Eco Glitter stall will be for the purpose of eco glittering patrons and selling our products throughout the day. A portion of proceeds will be going to our friends Queer Family and Tropical Fruits.

Alejandro Lauren

LGBTQIA+ plus black excellence art. It the form of contemporary expressionism.

Australian Queer Archives Inc

The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) collects, preserves and celebrates material from the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex, queer, Brotherboy and Sistergirl (LGBTIQ+) Australians. Established in 1978, we hold the pre-eminent research collection for LGBTIQ+ histories in Australia. We are a volunteer-run, non-profit, community-based incorporated association. We are located in Melbourne, Australia and are assisted by members and supporters around Australia and the world.

Aware Vintage Upcycle

Original, chic and sustainable jacket for the happy and bold!

Upcycle by hand with love and care vintage and pre-loved denim jackets with embroidery, appliques, crochet, paint, endless possibilities.

Belvoir St Theatre

Support our queer audience and staff by promoting all aligned theatre opportunities, pathways for artists, and share resources.

Chi Chi Charms

We will have a few thousand charms to choose from. We usually sell our charms in a box of 6-which will be available, but we will also be selling them individually. These charms can clip onto your clothing or you can wear them as jewellry too. It’s fun, colourful and hand-made. Our charms are mostly of penises, breasts and vaginas (handmade to reflect how unique all our bits are), but we are broadening our product to also have charms that aren’t body related. Fruits, tropical drinks, animals, fun sweet treats etc. Chichi stall will be shimmery and pink!

Chillout Daylesford

Our purpose is to promote our Regional LGBTIQA+ Festival that we hold over the March Long weekend in Daylesford Victoria. 2024 will be the 27th year we have held the event and it is the largest regional pride event in Australia.

coastal twist lgbtiq festival

A happier, healthier and more welcoming Central Coast.

Deeper Blue Ceramics

Handmade Ceramics for the home and body.

EcoGlitz

EcoGlitz® is a new amazing alternative to glitter products on the market.
EcoGlitz glitter gels are handcrafted in small batches with certified-organic plant ingredients and shimmering crystals.
EcoGlitz is better than biodegradable (biodegradable glitters still litter the environment if not composted properly!) the cream just dissolves and the quartz crystals simply return to nature, it’s like merely adding sand in the ocean.
The EcoGlitz range comes in 20 vibrant colours and will sparkle up your life… responsibly!

I LOVE JADDAN GREETING CARDS & GIFTS

LGBTQIA+ Greeting Cards, Coasters, Hand Fans, Trivet Tiles, Ornaments, Magnets, Shoulder Bags, Cushions & Accessories.

Indifferent Avocado

Bold and bright Earrings and accessories, handmade by myself in Dubbo, NSW. Each piece is handcrafted to ensure the highest quality. I have a new collection in the works for Mardi Gras 2024 to celebrate the theme “our future”.

JXK Creations

I make individual pieces of jewellery and accessories and would love to share my products as part of Fair Day. The products I will share at my stall will include earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, key rings, hair accessories (clips, combs, pins and barrettes). All items are made by me. Fair Day is an important community event in the Sydney calendar and one of the big events of Mardi Gras. I would love to be able to share my products on Fair Day. It is also a great opportunity to connect with people in my area. If I am accepted as a stall holder, I will make some special items for Mardi Gras and Fair Day.

Kids Kreative Sand Art

We are a market stall where we entertain children of all ages and abilities with coloured sand art interactive activities at your event the children or adults can select a picture card from our library of picture cards and colour it in with coloured sand or select a rainbow bottle where they design their bottle by layering coloured sand into their own unique design. We also sell take home sand art craft kits. We are a unique activity where the children are spell bound whilst they create their piece of art which they take home as a memory of their day and the event they attended.

Mark Anthony Collection

We will have a range of fun activities, product’s to match the fun, swimmers, sunglasses, fans and lots of love 🙂 We plan to connect with our community, build a sense of playfulness and help people to continue to look and feel proud.

Min Art

I’m a painter – I paint landscapes and portraits. My stall is to sell my original paintings and print reproductions of them. I want to share my art with my community.

MINAMI

All of our candle are unique, decorated and colorful. Handcrafted 100% Pure Soy Wax Candles/ Roll-On Perfume/ Room Diffuser in Carlton Sydney at my home studio. All of our products are Vegan friendly. Handcrafted in Sydney using Australian-sourced, The fragrances used are all high quality and manufactured in Australia. The decorative elements of the candles such as seashells and flowers are all locally sourced. For the Christmas markets, I intend to produce a special limited edition for Mardi Gras Fair Day 2024. Each products are carefully made at my home studio in Carlton, Sydney.

NUNGALA CREATIVE

The Nungala Creative product range reflects our ongoing commitment to the visibility, strength and empowerment of our people.

Established by proud Warumungu / Wombaya woman Jessica Johnson, Nungala Creative produces innovative content with a distinct Aboriginal voice. The brand has garnered an extensive network of co-creators and clientele through proven excellence across platforms – print, product, animation, illustration, social, broadcast and brand development.

Planetdwellers Travel

Selling and promoting LGBT+ Travel, tour and events as in previous years.

Qtopia Sydney

As Australia’s first Centre for Queer History & Culture, Qtopia Sydney is excited to be joining Fair Day for the first time! Come and visit our stall to learn about our opening exhibitions and ‘Live at Qtopia’ culture program. Chat with our team, grab some merch and learn how you can join is on our journey and be part of our story. Let’s make history together!

Queer Screen

Our stall will be promoting the Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024, raising awareness of our program and sharing information on our programs and opportunities for queer filmmakers. The stall will be run by our Board and Volunteers.

Shopfront Arts Co-Op

Shopfront will host a stall in the community section of Fair Day, with activities and giveaways that celebrate rainbow youth in our community. We are using the 2024 theme ‘Our Future’ to underpin our stall, and would like to encourage Young People to think about the world they want to see, and giving them information to find the communities that can help them get there.

The stall will have two main parts, a stall to sell art, badges and stickers created by Queer Young People at Shopfront along with a PRIDE range of Shopfront Merch, alongside some customised pieces by the artists who make up our LGBTQIA+ Advisory Panel. We will also be giving away rainbow art supplies. We view the stall as a place to hold conversations about the genuine value of the arts and creativity in improving the mental health of Queer Young People. The second aspect would be a ‘glitter/drag face painting’ set up which allows for Young People to sit down and engage in a deeper conversation as they get their face painted by an experienced queer social worker and arts facilitator.

The stall will be hosted by our LGBTQIA+ Advisory Panel as well as some Shopfront Staff, and will be proceeded by a series of events and workshops at Shopfront to engage our community in the lead up to Mardi Gras and Fair Day!

Smoke and Glitter Designs

We are an inclusive brand that allows you to sparkle and shine, while raising awareness and empowering those who choose to wear it.

Spunky Bruiser

At Fair Day Spunky Bruiser will be providing colourful, expressive, all gender , sustainably hand made clothing. We will offering custom made to order options on the day. Shopping with us provides an inclusive experience and we also offer discounts exclusive to Fair Day.

Stof Studios

My stall will be selling handmade jewellery, hair clips, bags and accessories. I make these all by myself in my studio with my laser cutter.

I plan on making one off elaborate headpieces exclusively for Fair Day as well as making custom word earrings on the day for people to customize in person.

For the display of the stall I have a table with custom built stands all painted pastel pink with a red foil curtain backing.

Studio Flos

I will be selling my own art and objects, including originals, prints, jewellery, home accessories, stubby holders, stickers etc. Everything is either entirely handmade by me or manufactured in Australia with my designs. My stall will be bold, colourful and shiny!

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir

The purpose of the choir stall is to promote the choir itself to prospective new members and to promote upcoming concerts. We also sell our CDs.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Inviting diverse members of our community to join Australia’s largest choral organisation. Meet and greet our staff and singers for a taste of what our 2024 season has to offer for both singers and audience alike.

The Fabulous Wonder Mama

Wonder Mama will be promoting her Drink and Draw Workshops and her Oxford Street Walking Tours as well as selling her self published story books and other merch!

Tinka & Co

My husband is legally blind after suffering a stroke. We adopted Tinka to help him with his recovery and started our Business almost 3 years ago. We make homemade dog treats, bandanas and dapper bowties and of course, we make pride products for everyone’s dogs. We hope to make Pride lead as well. We also sell Stroke Awareness Dog Biscuits which we donate money to the Stroke Foundation.

COMMERCIAL

Advanced Personnel Management (APM)

The purpose of APM’s Fair Day Stall would be to show APM’s support to the community and to help the community with our people and the services that we offer.

We will have various volunteers from our APM Pride Employee Resource Group actively involved in explaining our services, including information about employment services, disability services, rehabilitation /therapy, or APM’s other services which could be accessed by the greater LGBTIQA+ community.

In addition to this, our volunteers and Pride Group members would be able to answer any questions from the LGBTIQA+ community about how the group works at APM, and how APM supports it’s LGBTQIA+ employees.

We will also have some APM branded give aways or interactive element to show the business’s support of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Atomo Diagnostics

Atomo manufactures Australia’s only approved HIV Self Test. The test has been available for a number of years, but promotion and marketing activities were restricted up until the end of 2021. As a result, we are still looking to build awareness for the test. It presents people with an alternative path to testing, ensuring that individuals affected by HIV can take the next steps as soon as possible to ensure they can go on to live healthy and happy lives.

Australia Post

Community and team member engagement through inclusion and diversity.

Authentic Turkish Gozleme

We offer fresh to order Turkish Gozleme and chips on a stick.

Bar Positano

Deli Café Bar, Surry Hills ☕️

Bold Botanicals

We are all Queer-owned women small business owners.

Finding a vendor that supports LGBTQIA weddings can be a challenge, so we see this as a unique offering for our community to feel safe to discuss their upcoming plans and the legal requirements for a wedding. We want to create a zone about Celebrating Love and Special Events for our LGBTQIA+ community. We will be showcasing our work via printed imagery and engaging with visitors over the whole event with examples of our offerings.

Box of Marié

My 75 years old mum and I created and handmade our jewelry with passion and love.

All the jewelry made with natural gemstone and fresh water pearl which we hope they will bring confidence, happiness and positive energy to all our customers.

Brooklyn Boy Bagels

Brooklyn Boy Bagels is Sydney’s first true artisan New York bagel maker and bakery. Launched by Brooklyn-born food journalist Michael Shafran, we produce bagels using the time-worn traditional methods that have made NYC the bagel capital of the world. From kettle-boiling to hand-rolling, long cold fermentation and top-quality produce, we put our hearts and souls into our bagels. We don’t cut corners, so Australians can enjoy bagels the way they are meant to be: chewy, malty and with the necessary depth of flavour.

Chillato

Chillato serves gelato and sorbet, gelato sandwiches, shakes and cold drinks. We have a one of the kind truck that stands out in the crowd.

Crepe Lovers Sydney

At Crepe Lovers, we bring the world’s flavors together in sweet and savory crepes named after different countries. We’re committed to inclusion, offering gluten-free options at no extra cost, a variety of vegan and vegetarian choices, a Braille menu, and dedicated support for our customers’ needs.

We’re proud supporters of the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate diversity with colorful crepe designs during Pride Day event. At Crepe Lovers, everyone is welcomed, cherished, and celebrated, as we believe in the power of unity and acceptance.

Cybershop Australia

We sell alternate fashion and accessories with a huge range of LGBTQIA+ products. Our range is colourful and perfect for a fun day out at Fair Day.

Dippin Dots

Dippin’ Dots is a very unique ice cream snack (very different to soft serve – think little balls of ice cream) that comes in 10 delicious flavours including gluten free, dairy free and vegan friendly options.

We love attending Fair Day as our product is always so popular amongst your guests and nice and refreshing on such a hot day!

fresh lemoande by citrus and sugar

We are the vendor sell the fresh lemonade of course 100% VEGAN friendly.

Come with assorted fruit flavor all made with 100% fresh fruits such as strawberry, blueberry, mango, guava, lychee, blueberry and passion fruit.

(some of our fruit might change depend on season)

We are proudly serving our drink as juice which is no artificial, no preservative and no concentrate, only the fresh fruit and produce from the market which make our drink so delicious and tasty.

Each of our ingredient are grow up in Australia and local produce.

Gavin Ooi Pty Ltd t/a May’s Malaysian Hawker

Our menu is vegan, vegetarian and gluten free friendly. Our dishes are allergen free (Peanut free and crustacean free). Our freshly wok cooked dishes include Mee Goreng, Nasi Goreng, Singapore Noodles, Char Kway Teow, Char Beehoon, Fried Radish Cakes and yummy Mi Goreng Fries!

Get Frozen

Get Frozen is a brand new, professionally, and purpose-built trailer designed for servicing and supporting high volume, high turnover events. As part of a joint venture with Coca-Cola Euro Pacific supplying only Coca Cola Frozen beverages and their range of bottled products we provide the world’s most recognised beverage solution in frozen and bottled versions.

Hillview Fine Foods

Hillview Farms are dedicated to providing farm fresh food that’s good for you, farmers, our planet and communities.

Ho Chak Pty Ltd

Bao Dao wheel cake are fun and handy pancakes filled in with traditional Asian red beans, custard, chocolate, green tea,cheese and more! We love to share the joy and happiness of our wheel cake!

Japanese Pizza OKONOMIYAKI

Let people know real Japanese Street Food OKONOMIYAKI.

Kenya Tea Bags Pty Ltd – Chips On A Stick

A whole potato spiralled on a stick is dipped in a special secret batter, fried and served to you with a choice of 10 mouth watering seasonings.

A definite crowd pleaser filling bellies all around Australia at festivals and various events. We haven’t met a family member who said no to a spiralled potato yet.

Li’l Groovers Pty Ltd

The Citrus factory hand shakes our fresh lemonade within a cocktail shaker using 100% juice. Our pine-lime-ade is one of a popular items at fair day.

Lil Miss Piggy

Lil’ miss piggy is a quirky eclectic restaurant serving a sophisticated modern Australian take on traditional Middle Eastern cuisine. Serving only the freshest ingredients for breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Morning Choose Love Pty Ltd

I would love to sell coffee (lots of iced coffee) and a small selection of baked goods. I did Big Gay Breakfast last year and we had a great time. The stall would be in collaboration with Kings of Joy – a Drag King 6-week program. There would be Drag Kings running the stall as well as getting sign ups to the pay it forward Drag King program where brand new Kings get to be coached and choreographed before performing for the very first time at Queers of Joy. It would be a very wholesome fun stall with coffee!

Paint Splice

To promote our LGBTQIA Paint & Sip experience with a difference. Our stall will include examples of our artworks to promote our events such as Drag Queen and Male Model paint & sip sessions.

Pro Catering Service

Freshly made Turkish Gozleme.

SAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Intertech is a group for all LGBTQIA+ techies in Australia, members and community allies. We’re passionate and committed to promoting LGBTQIA+ diversity and inclusion through developing, connecting and supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals and organisations in the tech industry.

The Gnocchi Way

The Gnocchi Way is dedicated to providing our customers with the greatest traditional Italian gnocchi made from high-quality ingredients. Our gnocchi is produced with a family recipe that has been passed down through generations, giving our gnocchi the greatest flavour that gnocchi can have.

The kofte lab

Tasty Turkish Street food, with a menu including succulent kofte (meatballs), chicken fillets or classic charcoal skewers served with chips and salad, our veg and vegan options include chargrilled vegetables with special homemade tomato sauce served with chips and salad.

The Vegan Paella

We are a Vegan business. We only cook Vegan Paellas. Many people are looking for healthy food and we think that we can offer them the opportunity to eat and stay healthy. We have many customers coming every month to our Stall at the Sydney Vegan Market to get Vegan paella. We cook two different flavours of paella, one is the traditional Spanish with potato, onions, red capsicum and flat beans, and second one with 10 vegetables.

Wagyu Blacks

We are the Gold Coast, Brisbane & Sydney-based Japanese catering food stall company, WAGYU BLACKS.

Experts in selling tasty foods at major events, festivals & private parties across Australia.

Our unique menu consists of Wagyu Wrap, Long Chips (our take on loaded fries), and Wagyu Long Skewer – all with an Asian fusion twist.

We pride ourselves on providing a combination of luxurious taste and delicious fresh food to customers looking for something new and different.

Yan’s Asian Caterer

BBQ Dumplings (Pork, Chicken and Vegetable)
Pork Buns or Veggie Buns
Spring Roll
Fried Noodles(Chicken or Vegie)
Porwn Dumplings
Chicken with special sauce
Soft Drinks

Z. Golden Land Pty Ltd – YUMMY TIME DUMPLING

Pan Fried Pork and Chives dumplings $18/13 pcs

Pan Fried Vegetarian Dumplings $18/8 pcs

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Business Association (SGLBA)

Fair Day attendees will be able to visit the SGLBA stall to find out more about the organisation, sign up, network with Members, have the chance to win great prizes and donate to the SGLBA Education Fund.

Star Observer

We plan to hand out the latest issue of the Star Observer magazine throughout the day.

PridePoint

PridePoint is a trans-owned business selling a wide range of pride products. We specialise in selling flags and pins for identities that are typically excluded from pride merchandise and are proud to sell the widest range of pride flags in Australia – currently stocking 160 different flag designs.

LUCIO PIZZERIA

TRADITIONAL NEAPOLITAN WOOD FIRED PIZZA .

Spooning Around Pty Limited – CULTURED CRUST

Transforming the humble classic cheese toasties into a Gourmet Grilled Cheese Toastie using the finest of ingredients and a selection of curated cheese on an artisanal sourdough bread. Also on offer a homebrewed Iced Tea

YHA Ltd

YHA Australia is a for-purpose, membership-based organisation, providing curious travellers with low cost, quality short-stay accommodation at destinations across Australia.

For over 80 years, YHA has been a strong proponent of an open and accommodating world for travellers from all walks of life, regardless of their colour, creed, race, religion, age, gender, ability or sexual orientation.

Since its very beginnings as a hostelling pioneer, YHA has sought to connect people across borders, promote tolerance and understanding, and create communities of people of disparate backgrounds.

YHA has a track record of pushing for positive change in the travel and hospitality industries, making strides in a number of areas including sustainability and regenerative travel, and the support of Indigenous tourism.

For Fair Day 2024 we want to promote our commitment and belief that everyone should travel, see the world and the people within it to grow and strengthen understanding, knowledge, connections and that everyone is equal in safe, friendly and inclusive places.

Points of Difference Travel & Events

Our stall will be promoting LGBT+ tours, events and travel experiences, including Gay Ski Week Australia, the Island Fruits Gay Group Cruises and the P&O Pride Cruise.

Yiayia’s Honey Balls

We would love to attend to support Fair Day, we are confident that people would be attracted and excited to have our product and it would be great product exposure. We have two option that we can serve our greek donut balls.

Community Group

AEU NSW Teachers Federation

NSWTF stall will have members of our LGBTIQA+ group volunteering to celebrate and show support to LGBTIQA+ communities. For many of out members it is a way to connect with other LGBTIQA+ teachers, as well as show our support to LGBTQA+ families, students and other workers.

We will have NSWTF branded progress pride tablecloth and rainbow decorations, handouts/links to LGBTIQA+ inclusive learning resources, handouts/links to LGBTIQA+ support documents for teachers re workers rights, information about workers rights/links to current campaign, badge maker with LGBTIQA+ themed imagery,

Building Pride

The Building Pride stall will have 2 main features: 1) Photo zone and 2) Interactive word ribbon canopy. The photo zone will feature a Building Pride backdrop and feature a rainbow skyline (e.g. Melbourne or Sydney, respectively).

The Interactive word ribbon canopy will encourage participants to write a key word or phrase on various rainbow-coloured ribbons to answer/respond to a key question like “What does an inclusive future look like to you?”

Participants will then tie them onto the canopy to showcase their commitment to an inclusive future.

Our stall will also feature an assortment of sustainable merchandise for individuals who interact and participate in our stall.

Bush Lemons – Blue Mountains Lesbian Bushwalking Group

Our stall will have information on our bushwalking group and information on bushwalking and the Blue Mountains. We will have a small selection of our merchandise (caps, buffs, socks for sale).

Dykes On Bikes Inc.

At the stall we have Dykes On Bikes merchandise for sale, where we take payments via Square or Cash. We also manage membership signups and renewals for our club at this event. We have a few of our members motorbikes on display for people visiting Fair Day to pose with for photos, and usually one motorbike that they can sit on for photos for a gold coin donation which goes towards our choses charities for the year. The Dykes On Bikes stall has been a well-known landmark for visitors to Fair Day for many years now.

Fetish Australia

We plan on having posters of kink and fetish events from across Australia on display at our stall. There will be QR codes on the posters with links to more info about the event. We plan on doing fund raising for our float by selling raffle tickets and by playing some fun games.

Girl Guides NSW, ACT and NT

Girl Guides NSW, ACT and NT will be demonstrating our support for the LGBTQIA+ community and increasing general awareness of Girl Guides and our mission through our participation in Fair Day. We will have crafts that are based on Guiding traditions (eg. friendship bracelets) available as give aways for members of the public, and will be selling pins and badges. Badges are an important part of Guiding traditions, and we look forward to sharing this with the Fair Day community.

International Grammar School

We would like to demonstrate our support for the rainbow community, particular Rainbow Families. Our motto is ‘ Unity Through Diversity’ and we have a history of being a welcoming and embracing community for students and families from every different background. Our school would like to be as near to the Rainbow Families stall as possible in order to support them and to give out information and advice about our community and our school.

MAG Sydney Inc

The stall will feature our Mature Age Gay banners and signs. Our purpose is to provide information on our Group, the Group’s meetings and activities, and the Group’s history as we have just celebrated our 32nd Birthday, We will direct intending members to our reworked on website, which contains all necessary information. We will have bric-a-brac for sale. We benefit greatly from people who become members on the day.

Pride History Group Inc

We are the Gold Coast, Brisbane & Sydney-based Japanese catering food stall company, WAGYU BLACKS.

Experts in selling tasty foods at major events, festivals & private parties across Australia.

Our unique menu consists of Wagyu Wrap, Long Chips (our take on loaded fries), and Wagyu Long Skewer – all with an Asian fusion twist.

We pride ourselves on providing a combination of luxurious taste and delicious fresh food to customers looking for something new and different.

Pride in Law (NSW Chapter)

BBQ Dumplings (Pork, Chicken and Vegetable)
Pork Buns or Veggie Buns
Spring Roll
Fried Noodles(Chicken or Vegie)
Porwn Dumplings
Chicken with special sauce
Soft Drinks

Pride WA

Pan Fried Pork and Chives dumplings $18/13 pcs

Pan Fried Vegetarian Dumplings $18/8 pcs

Rainbow Racquets Squash Club

Sydney Quiet Queers

We are a small community group which aims to connect people who are not loud.

Sydney Rams Tenpin Bowling Club Inc

Sydney Silverbacks Wrestling Club

Our LGBTIQ+ wrestling club is intended to be in the Sports Village. We will have a stall selling merchandise, promoting our club and performing wrestling demonstrations on wrestling mats that we will bring. Ideally there will be some space next to the stall we can lay these wrestling mats down to promote our sport. There will be signage and most likely a competition/raffle. This event feeds into our Beginners Workshop that is held shortly after Mardi Gras in March.

The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) New South Wales Regional Meeting Incorporated

YHA Australia is a for-purpose, membership-based organisation, providing curious travellers with low cost, quality short-stay accommodation at destinations across Australia.

Since its very beginnings as a hostelling pioneer, YHA has sought to connect people across borders, promote tolerance and understanding, and create communities of people of disparate backgrounds.

Trikone Australia

Our stall will be promoting LGBT+ tours, events and travel experiences, including Gay Ski Week Australia, the Island Fruits Gay Group Cruises and the P&O Pride Cruise.

Community HEALTH

ACON – ACON Village

ACON’s Village will share information and resources about health for our LGBTQ+ communities. We’ll have a chill-out space, about 10 stalls, and roving volunteers encouraging Fair Day attendees to complete the periodic survey about their health.

ACON – LGBTIQ+ Domestic and Family Violence Interagency

To represent LGBTQI+ Domestic Family Violence (DFV) Interagency promoting not only the interagency but also the individual LGBTQI+ friendly services for all across the state. There will be information via brochures and cards for various services and small activities to increase engagement.

ACON First Nations Health Programs

The ACON First Nations Health Programs Stall will be focused on health promotion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The stall will include information on STI’s and Sexual Health, Promotion of the SWASH Survey, Safe Sex Packs and more!

AH&MRC of NSW

We want to give out merchandise and free resources for sexual health. As well as provide additional information about our member services and what they can offer the Aboriginal community.

ANTRA

ANTRA wishes to attend the Fair Day to promote space and visibility for Queer Chinese in Australia. We will be celebrating the Lunar New Year at the stall with cultural giveaways and rainbow dumplings!

Australian Asexuals

Australian Asexuals are a community committed to raising awareness, removing stigma and creating a unified community for asexuals and anyone looking to learning more about this small part of the queer community.

Black Dog Institute

The BDI stall will be comprised of volunteers that will be improving the visibility of BDI to community. BDI representatives will be engaging the LGBTQIA+ community with available mental health resources, online information packs and consulting community through a survey to identify gaps in mental health resource needs. As a registered charity, we will also be accepting donations at the stall.

As part of BDI’s collaboration with Colours of Our Community (including an accepted Mardi Gras Parade float and photographic exhibitions during the festival), the stall will also display a selection of printed photos from prominent Mardi Gras photographers. This will showcase the importance of community connection and visibility for mental health, and create a throughline for the bundled activation with Colours of Our Community.

BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation

We will provide information about BlaQ and give away small merchandise items, along with doing a membership drive. We will also have a few premium items to sell and will be encouraging donations on the day.

Bobby Goldsmith Foundation

Our primary purpose is to raise awareness of BGF’s support services and provide crucial information on healthcare, support, and advocacy for the community. The stall will feature friendly and knowledgeable staff who offer guidance and answer queries, ensuring attendees have access to the resources they need.

BreastScreen NSW Sydney Local Health District

The BreastScreen NSW (Sydney) van provides free breast screens for the early detection of breast cancer.

Canteen

We are eager to turn up as an ally and to ensure LGBTQI community (who face additional and unique challenges through a cancer experience) are aware of support. We will sell bandannas and merchandise, may do giveaways, have some low key games and provide information to people about our services. We will have staff and some of our young leaders there to participate in holding the stall.

Counterpoint Community Services

Counterpoint aim to engage the community with a positive self empowering message that, “together we can”, which is at the core of our ethos.

We wish to create greater awareness of the services we provide to the LGBTIQ community.

Promotional material will feature messages of self expression, self love and positivity.

Equality Australia

Our purpose for Fair Day will be to attract more supporters, including more sign ups to our TransEquality work, increasing our engagement with the community and also attracting more interest to the initiatives within our campaign, of TransLeading for trans and gender diverse people, TransConnecting for allies, and TransRights – the space to for legal and policy reform for trans lives.

We will have some promotional material and signage of TransEquality.

everyBODYwelcome! Inclusive eating disorder & body image supports

Research suggests that people who identify as gender non-binary or transgender are at two-to-four times greater risk of eating disorder symptoms or disordered eating behaviours than their cisgender counterparts. We also know that many people never seek support or receive treatment, and this unspoken illness can be very detrimental to the long-term physical and mental health of the individual, their families, and the community.

Experiences of weight stigma, body shame or other negative emotions such as guilt cause trauma and contribute to the onset of eating disorders and increase disordered eating. Experiencing a health care provider as stigmatising or discriminating about either weight or gender identity makes seeking help incredibly difficult, can result in delayed or prevented access to appropriate treatment or may result in disengagement from much needed interventions and supports once accessed.

People with a lived experience of an eating disorder within the LGBTQIA+ community and their families and supports have shared insights with our organisations about their unique experiences of illness, access (and barriers) to appropriate supports and recovery. These stories help us to better understand how as organisations we can be helpful throughout treatment and recovery, remembering every single person’s experience is different and valuable. Consultation and collaboration within our community also enables us to build better clinical awareness, training, research, and opportunities for better access to individually tailored, inclusive care.

The everyBODYwelcome! collaboration will present a stall that provides free access to the key resources from each of the national organisations involved. We will work together to provide clear information to the community, such as where people can seek advice or health if needed for themselves or a loved one, and there will be representatives from the different organisations throughout the day if anyone would like to have a direct conversation.

We will decorate one of the provided stalls with a collaborative everyBODYwelcome! Banner with additional banner representation from each of our national organisations. We will provide free handouts with key contact information and QR codes directly to each organisations websites, including directly links to the Butterfly National Helpline, treatment services database, and family/carer support groups. Our stall volunteers will include people from the LGBTQIA+ community from each organisation. Our aim is to provide visibility representation, awareness, understanding and support for people with a lived or living experience of eating disorders within the community.

headspace

Headspace is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. We know it’s important to have a safe space to feel like you can be your full and true self. If life becomes overwhelming, know that headspace is a safe space for you to come and talk about everything you’re going through. We’re helping thousands of young people from the LGBTIQA+ community get the support they need.

Hey Fella

Hey Fella is an online telehealth clinic for gay men offering accessible healthcare Australia-wide! Run by LGBTA doctors and team – we provide a safe space for gay men to seek healthcare including PrEP, STI Testing, and doctor consultations. We aim to help make health care more accessible to all gay men and help reduce accessibility challenges.

We plan on engaging with the community at our stall including having our team and doctors there to meet the community and answer questions. We have attended Brisbane & Perth Pride with a similar model and love the grassroots community engagement.

Legalise Cannabis NSW Party

Our stall will be an information stall & we will be selling merchandise such as T-Shirts, Tote Bags, Stickers, Vintage Postcards, Posters and Badges. Our stall will be used as a means to reduce cannabis stigma. We would like to foster an open dialogue within the community to normalise the responsible adult use of cannabis. We will be sharing global research and information on the impact of legalised adult cannabis use on society.

We will be actively challenging the stigma surrounding cannabis and promoting it as a legitimate topic for discussion.

No Milk In My T

No Milk In My T is a brand that provides financial and social support for the trans and gender diverse community, through the sale of our t-shirts and merch.

The No Milk stall will be selling fundraising t-shirts to raise money for the No Milk ‘champion’ – a trans person in the community who needs financial help to access gender affirming surgery. It will also be promoting brand awareness, and support for No Milk to keep supporting new champions needing help to access surgery, through No Milk’s popular ‘trans animal’ designs.

No Milk is a trans-owned brand that focuses on bold visibility through design.

NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association

The NSWNMA, (IEU) NSW/ACT Branch, Nurses & Midwives Health, and Teachers Health, will be actively engaging with nurses, midwives, teachers and members of the broader public.

Together, we will be raising awareness of the key issues in the health and education sector, with particular focus given to those matters impacting LGBTQIA+ communities.

Our stall will be divided into three sections, one each for the unions, and another shared by the health funds.

Pull up banners and complimentary merchandise will be available to help attendees identify our representatives.

We hope to educate attendees on the importance of joining their respective unions and health funds. This is a valuable opportunity to educate others on the shared goals of progressing the fight for equality, and how this can continue in health and education.

Social justice and equality are core union values, and we look forward to championing this at Fair Day and beyond.

NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service

We will provide information about registering for organ and tissue donation. We will bring appropriate merchandise and several volunteers who will engage with attendees, providing an immediate opportunity for them to register their interest in donation. Our attendance at Fair Day is informed by research we undertook with the LGBTIQ community in partnership with ACON.

One Door Mental Health

One Door Mental Health is a leading specialist mental health provider in NSW. The purpose of the One Door Mental Health stall will be to promote our mental health supports, including carer support for mental health carers/families, psychology and clinical services, psychosocial programs, and NDIS services. By raising mental health awareness, we hope to reduce stigma and contribute to a world in which people living with mental illness are valued and treated as equals.

Paddington Doctors

An new LGBTQ+ friendly GP clinic in Paddington with 2 gay GPs providing healthcare to people who live and work in the Eastern Suburbs.

Positive Life NSW

As a peer-led and run not-for-profit community organisation, we raise awareness around HIV to the mainstream public and LGBTQIA+ community, and offer opportunities for community members living with and affected by HIV to ask questions and have conversations about all aspects of living with HIV. We have requested a double space with 2 trestle tables (1.8m x 95cm x 75cm) as we are very keen to re-create a ‘Poz Lounge’ beside our single stall as we have done in previous years, located under the trees to maximise shade on the edge of Victoria Park along City Road, just up from the City Road/Cleveland Street entrance. We would like to ensure there is some space beside our stall to recreate this safe space without being close up against another stallholder.

Our Poz Lounge has two large umbrellas and comfortable seating for people living with HIV to take a break during Fair Day. This space has proven very popular amongst our community as it responds to the needs of people living with HIV by providing a safe space to rest and relax, where they were able to take their HIV medication in an understanding place, speak with peers and share their experiences with staff and other peers living with HIV.

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION RELATING TO CANCER AS IT AFFECTS LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY.

R U OK?

Our mission is to inspire and empower people to meaningfully connect with those in their world and lend support when they are struggling with life. At Fair Day we hope to engage with members of the LGBTIQ+ communities within our stall with a conversation corner.

Rainbow Fertility

Our stall serves as a place for Fair Day attendees to gather information about LGBTI+ fertility. We’ll have members of our team, including nurses, ready to discuss potential paths to parenthood and the services we provide. We also offer services for gender diverse patients who are looking at egg or sperm freezing. We will have information packs about Rainbow Fertility and LGBTI+ fertility available for attendees to take home.

Rigpa Sydney

Rigpa Sydney is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre located in Australia St, Newtown. As part of the Mardi Gras festival, we will be hosting an interfaith evening in support of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our stall will include a range of Buddhist books, shrine items and Buddhist decorative items for sale. We will be giving out a flier detailing both the interfaith evening and our broader program.

Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Services SESLHD

The sexual health and blood borne virus SESLHD stall will provide sexual health information as well as engagement activities, and provide information on how to access services in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (or direct them where to go if they are from other areas of NSW) and answer any sexual health related questions.

St John Ambulance NSW

St John Ambulance will be doing a similar stall to World Pride 2023, with members on hand to talk to members of the public about First Aid, Training and options to volunteer with St John Ambulance. We will also be promoting our first aid training courses and selling our St John Ambulance first aid kits.

We found with our previous stall people had a number of questions around first aid and care for their families and friends and the stall prompted them to think about being prepared and update their skills in the event of an emergency.

This was also a wonderful way to talk about our volunteers and the health services that St John Ambulance does provide to the public at a community level and engaging people about getting involved.

Sydney Bi+ Network

Sydney Bi+ Network is a volunteer-run grassroots organisation dedicated to improving the wellbeing of bi+ people through community building, education, and advocacy. Our stall will focus on sharing information about our organisation, our current initiatives, and how community to get involved. Information will be available to people via QR codes. This information includes We plan to promote bi+ visibility, bi+ inclusion, and bi+ pride through conversations at our stall with community members. We will also have bi+ merch available (including tote bags, temporary tattoos, tote bags, and badges). We will have a badge maker on the day so that people can make their own bi+ pride badges. We also hope to have music playing through a small bluetooth speaker with a playlist comprised of bicons, and LGBTQIA+ anthems.

Sydney Local Health District

The SLHD Fair Day presence for 2024 will consist of a Fair Day stall which will undertake general health promotion, community engagement with free fruit and rainbow coloured collateral; and promotion of district services including community participation, patient experience and workforce/recruitment.

Taylor Square Private Clinic

We hope to have 2-3 staff present on various shifts over the course of the day. We will provide preventative health advice as well as links to other important services such as community mental health and drug and alcohol services. We are keen to promote sexual health testing as well as HIV Pre Exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

THE GENDER CENTRE INC

The stall will be staffed by staff members volunteers, board members and parents providing information on what the service provides.

The George Institute for Global Health

Join Us would like to attend the Mardi Gras Fair Day to speak with attendees about participating in health and medical research that is relevant to them. Our noy-for-profit register is completely fee-free, with users easily able to opt-out at any time. Our team will provide attendees with informational brochures, and have tablets on hand to sign up interested persons. Each registration takes approximately 5 minutes. Attendees will be offered individually wrapped sweets, but we do not provide any incentives for registration. The Join Us Register allows people the opportunity to learn more about themselves and their bodies, the possibility of improving their individual health outcomes due to monitoring and screening by medical professionals, and to connect with their larger community and contribute to the national research effort. We have attended other community events including farmers’ markets, university open days and local council events in the effort to engage the greater Australian community to health research.

The Twenty Ten Association

Twenty10 is a space where young people and their families, carers, supporters and communities can come and grab resources, find out about Twenty10’s programs, register to be in our Parade entry and meet other young LGBTIQA+ people.

Wellspace Australia

Meeting place for LGBTQIA+ people with a disabilty to learn about free community supports that are available to them.

We also provide free inclusion training to community organisations to ensure they are employing best practices to be a safe space.

Western Sydney Local Health District

Health promotion stall to raise awareness of sexual health, BBV and STI and to promote free sexual health services in Greater Western Sydney and Northern Sydney.

FASHION

ARMY OF MEN

For the past 5 years, we’ve now been coming to Fair Day to hold our once a year annual Sample Sale. It the one time of the year that customers can browse our products and pick up a bargain as it is the only time and place we ever have a sale on our products. We will be coming with a stall full of handmade leather harnesses, jockstraps, and other party accessories.

Arte Moda

Bright pink marquee with 3 trestle tables that display our UV400 funky designer sunglasses. The sunglasses are not cheap throw away and made to last and keep. I will be doing another Mardi Gras range to complement this years theme as well as the popular rainbow MG designs.

Bagheera Pty Ltd t/a Bands of Courage

We make glass, fabric and recycled gold jewelry for causes and plant 10 trees for each piece we sell. Our designs are inspired by endangered animals and places and we spend all day talking about animals and climate change. Tree planting employs over 100 full time people. Our jewelry is all handmade and creates another 19 full time jobs. We’ve planted almost 800,000 trees. We educate people all bands come with their endangered animal gift card and their 10 tree planting certificate. We are totally passionate about the environment and are about to start recycling our bands as a way of planting more trees. We would like if possible to be in a stall next to Cindy and Artemoda (of any size) and then we can help each other as we do at other markets.

Bonji

Bringing you unique wearable Art, Bonji is an alternative fashion label influenced by Art and Australian culture.

DEADLY PTY LTD t/a Haus of Dizzy

At the helm of Haus of Dizzy, proud Wiradjuri woman Kristy Dickinson creates bold, playful, statement-making jewellery that celebrates and honours Indigenous culture—imbuing a sense of empowerment and joy within everybody who wears it.

Often featuring powerful political and social messages, each Haus of Dizzy piece is designed, laser-cut, hand-painted and assembled in the company’s studio, located in Fitzroy, Melbourne/Naarm.Dickinson has been making jewellery for 20 years and founded Haus of Dizzy in 2015 after recognising a lack of representation within the world of jewellery and fashion accessories. “I created the Indigenous pride collection so Mob could show their pride in a cool, fun way and allies could support and open a dialogue around Indigenous issues.”

Using mirrored acrylic, glitter, dynamic patterns, and alluring takes on the Aboriginal flag, Kristy achieves her goal of “bringing social, political and environmental issues to the forefront” by way of colourful, vibrant accessories.

Available at many online retailers and museums throughout Australia, New Zealand and the USA (including The Iconic, Melbourne Museum, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art and more), Haus of Dizzy has been seen on the likes of Ms Lauryn Hill, Lala Hathaway, Drew Barrymore, Miranda Tapsell, Shareena Clanton and Kaiit.

Beyond their commitment to encouraging crucial dialogue, Haus of Dizzy takes part in social and political action; collaborating with non-profit organisations such as AYCC (Stop Adani Movement), SEED MOB (Water is life), Sydney Mardi Gras, Djirra, NAIDOC and the YWCA.

Through behind-the-scenes fundraising, collaborative work and their statement-making accessories, Haus of Dizzy continues to celebrate, support and contribute to Indigenous cultures. Whether it’s the neon “Cool Aunty” earrings, sparkly Aboriginal flag hairpins, glossy Bamboo Hoops, Sunflowers, Spaceships, Lightning Bolts or other resplendent designs, Haus of Dizzy products facilitate conversations and attract attention for all the right reasons.

Dorky Dragon

Our primary products, the heart and soul of Dorky Dragon, are our 3D printed earrings and ear cuffs. Each pair is meticulously designed, 3D printed with precision using PLA, hand-painted with love and care using acrylics, and protected with a resin coating. Our signature quirky googly eyes add a playful twist that makes our jewellery stand out in a crowd.

All of our earrings are crafted with surgical stainless steel findings and coated in a skin safe resin to ensure comfort and safety for the customer.

But we don’t stop at earrings alone. Our cheeky designs have inspired a range of other products, including keyrings, badges, festival wear and headpieces, ensuring that there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

GALI Swimwear

Our stall will GALI Swimwear swim briefs, swim shorts and sand free beach towels.

Last year our stall focused on brand activation of GALI Swimwear, which included the sale of our Gathering Pipis pride design. This year our stall will focus on launching an expansions of our pride designs – created by gay First Nations artists Jake Simons.

GRAMERCY COUTURE

Boho Sassy Clothing & Accessories “Express your mood in style”. Australian Owned & Operated since 2011.

Isadora Nim

Isadora Nim crafts made-to-measure suits, solely aimed at supporting women and non-binary community members to feel fantastic in what they wear.

At similar events, our stalls provide the opportunity to meet with community members, highlight us as an option and take them through our process. We have fabrics and suits for them to look at on the day but we do not “sell” at the market. It is a soft way for community members to explore the options available to them and meet with the team in a comfortable environment.

Maine and Mara

MAINE+MARA accessories are designed for the bold and the brave. A unique collection of edgy statement jewellery handmade in Sydney. Championing colourful, contemporary aesthetics, each distinctive piece of wearable art tells a story. Each piece is handmade with the intention of uplifting its wearer and inspiring the celebration of individuality and strength. MAINE+MARA is bringing the fire with fierce yet feminine, badass jewellery, made to move and designed to stand out. Our stall will show case our LGBTQIA+ collections.

National Fashion College

NFC store promoting and advertising our program, along with our community.

Perez Trading

Perez Trading is a Sydney-based business specialised in the importation and promotion of handmade Panama hats.

Qweer

We are an LGBTQIA+ clothing label and everything is designed by a homo. All of our hats are embroidered in-house by us and our t-shirts and crops are all hand tie-dyed and screen printed by us in our studio. We make our designs in small batches so there’s no excess wastage and we’re able to keep designing fresh pieces. As our tees are hand tie-dyed, every piece is individual and unique. We plan on attending Fair Day to showcase our new summer collection and get some feedback from customers.

Rude Rainbow

We specialise in festival accessories such as party fans, hats, eyewear, bandanas, beach towels + more. The designs are inspired by a broad range of pop art, rainbow and often cheeky prints and colours to ensure our customers really stand out in a crowd. Rude Rainbow is an out and proud queer brand embracing the fun-loving ‘joie de vivre’ and diversity that makes our rainbow community so wonderful. Our stall has been at fair day the last 3 years and we are always received incredibly well by the community with our party fans completely selling out last year by 4pm. Fair day attendees love to complement their outfits with our range of colourful accessories and party fans.

Runamok Clothing

I design and make fun festival clothing for inclusive sizes and people designed for comfort and to get a lot of fun wear out of to stand out in a crowd. I also do custom orders. I also have a small range of accessories to complement my clothing that I don’t make.

Stockups

The stall will be used to showcase and sell our Stockups clips. The clips provide extra comfort to anyone who wears stockings or shape wear, it is attached to the top of the stockings/shape wear around the waist and then hooks over the bra band that goes around the body. This stops the stockings/shape wear slipping, rolling or falling down the waist area and keeps them high up where they should be under the bra band. The main purpose for attending is to sell our stock but also generate awareness of the brand and product as we are new to the market and know that there are many members of the LGBTQIA that would be interested in purchasing from us and think its a good way for us to display that we are a business in full support of LGBTQIA communities.

SUGAR PLUMP FAIRY DESIGNS

This is a great way to expand the audience for my brand. I will be producing brand new designs that will be available here first. I’ll have tees hanging from the stall bars and folded tees for perusing on the front table. I will have branded banners displayed.

You Girl Boy

You Girl Boy is planning to show off some of our wears.

We are all about having fun by offering clothing giveaways completion “go in the draw to win a free garment”.

Also we may have free a giveaways on the day, that are inline with Fair Day.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT

We will be providing ALS branded merchandise, information about our services and taking referrals for our fines clinic.

Acceptance Sydney for LGBTIQ+ Catholics

The Rainbow Christians stall will have representatives from numerous Rainbow Christian groups [e.g. Catholic; Uniting; MCC, Ambassadors and Bridge Builders International (ABBI)] and others. Each group will have literature on their group and the stall will be adorned with a new banner specifically made for the stall – “Rainbow Christians”.

The aim of the stall is to be present and offer people at Fair Day the opportunity to know that these great “rainbow groups/organisations” exist should people want to explore and/or reunite with their Christian faith.

Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International is a human rights organisation which has been campaigning for human rights since 1961. Rainbow Amnesty is Amnesty International’s NSW LGBTQIA group that campaigns for human rights of LGBTQIA people. At our stall we will be engaging with the community and asking for petitions to be signed.

Arc @ UNSW Limited

Our stall will focus on raising awareness around being queer in a higher education setting. We would like to gameify a pledge to be strong advocates for the QC through a spinning wheel or similar. By working with everyone from queer researchers at UNSW to present their work, drive research participation and showcase their achievements to a wide audience, to the student Queer Collective we aim to demonstrate the breadth of opportunities available for queer students at our institution.