The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

The 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras live Saturday 6 March 6pm AEDT on SBS On Demand or catch the full parade at 7:30pm on SBS and NITV.

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Everything you need to know about the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Everyone is having to do things a little bit differently this year, and the Mardi Gras team is no different.
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Rita Ora headlines a 'Big' 2021 Mardi Gras line up

Rita Ora to head a star-studded line-up including Electric Fields, G Flip and Montaigne.
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I was an Anglican priest, transitioning was like being released from prison

"Transitioning has enabled me to be open to (unconditional love). God loves me just as I am. This is how he created me."
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Here are some of the best Sydney Mardi Gras costumes of all time

Looking for inspiration ahead of the March SCG parade? We've got you covered.
HISTORY

Pink triangles, the rainbow flag and other symbols of the LGBTQIA+ movement

Throughout the early years of gay liberation, activists largely used the pink triangle to identify themselves and the movement. The symbol stood out when worn,...

Queer Love in Colour

We celebrate the voices of emerging queer writers in this special memoir collection curated for Mardi Gras.

QUEER WRITERS

My partner and I were the only gay dads we knew who looked like us

The journey to parenthood for this Asian Australian gay man was a dance with swirling papers.
QUEER WRITERS

My single mum celebrated my queerness

Being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community and having an ethnic background has its own demons to battle but I don’t think I could have picked a more amazing supporter...
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I tried to be a 'homie', but I just wanted to listen to Britney

"I was black. I was gay. I was living in bloody Adelaide!"
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Dancing bharatanatyam helped me come to terms with being gay

The life of a teenager, especially a closeted one, is filled with confusion – dance was one thing that always made sense.
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I lived in the wrong body for years. Now I'm finally free

I thought that everyone had just made a huge mistake, that I had somehow been incorrectly labelled a boy by some doctor.
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Queer Love In Colour

More stories from emerging LGBTIQ+ voices. 

QUEER WRITERS

My neighbour was the gentle 'Hagrid' I needed to make sense of being a gay kid

Vin. My gentle giant, my confidant, the only person to whom I’d let my queerness slip.
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I was a Judy Garland-loving kid and my country dad was my biggest supporter

On paper my dad and I should have been at odds. My dad had lived in this small country his whole life. He was a tradie and high school woodwork teacher. A big man...
QUEER WRITERS

Football was the closet I hid in as a gay kid in the country

Playing football had become a way of keeping up appearances. I found guys were hesitant to challenge my sexuality if they saw I was participating in the same...
Pride

The moments my race, gender and sexuality collide

Throughout my late teens and early 20s, the first response I usually got when I came out to people was, ‘What does your family think?’
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Dance helped me come to terms with my non-binary body

When tackling dysphoria, the solutions often only comprise of hormones and gender affirming surgery. For many trans people, these are not viable options due to...
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