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  2. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ history and culture. [22]The term Mardi Gras derives from the celebration on Mardi (French for "Tuesday") when Gras (French for "fat") is eaten prior to the Christian abstinence period of Lent preceding Easter.

  3. 78ers - Wikipedia

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    The first Sydney Mardi Gras was an evening street protest in support of gay and lesbian rights along Oxford Street in Sydney on 24 June 1978. [1] [2] [3] The protestors were assaulted and thrown in gaol, with many affected by the trauma for years afterwards.

  4. Gay Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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    Sydney Mardi Gras, in Sydney (formerly known as Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras) This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 14:05 (UTC). Text is ...

  5. Sydney parks cordoned off, Mardi Gras event cancelled after ...

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    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day event scheduled for Sunday, which usually draws tens of thousands of revellers, was cancelled after traces of asbestos were found around the venue.

  6. LGBTQ culture in Sydney - Wikipedia

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    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world. The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras festival in Sydney, [7] is attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and overseas. One of the largest such festivals in the world, [8] Mardi Gras is the largest Pride event in Oceania.

  7. Bronte Pictures To Produce ‘1978’ About Sydney Mardi Gras ...

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    The screenplay will take in the key narrative moments in the birth of Sydney’s gay and lesbian Mardi Gras and reimagines them in musical form. […] EXCLUSIVE: Australian outfit Bronte Pictures ...

  8. Mardi Gras Film Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Mardi Gras Film Festival is an Australian LGBTQ+ film festival held in Sydney, New South Wales annually as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations. It is organised by Queer Screen Limited, a non-profit organization, and is one of the world's largest platforms for queer cinema.

  9. Rat Parties - Wikipedia

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    The RAT parties and Sydney Gay Mardi Gras Party and Sleazeball were forerunners of the dance parties and raves of the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the early 1980s pub rock in Sydney was still the mainstream, and dance music was a relatively underground phenomenon, with venues such as Stranded and later Patchs in Sydney pioneering dance ...