Mardi Gras 2021: Celebrating identity and diversity at the SCG.

Things were a little different at this year’s LGBTQI+ Sydney Mardi Gras. To make the celebrations COVID-19 safe, the number of attendees was limited and the event was moved from Oxford Street to the Sydney Cricket Ground. Some argued that the Mardi Gras had lost its meaning.

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Hendri Yulius is a writer, public intellectual and activist.  On the eve of LGBTQI+ Sydney Mardi Gras he explained the real importance of the Mardi Gras and assessed the situation of the LGBTQI+ community in Indonesia. He explains why attitudes in Indonesia are more nuanced than is often presented in the media   

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Participants take part in the 43rd annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade at the SCG in Sydney, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Dikes on Bikes. Source: Image: AAP/Dan Himbrechts 06 Mar 21.