Among the 12,000 people set to walk,dance and ride down Oxford Street,some have travelled further than others as Sydney – and Australia – shows itself off to the world.
After its heyday in the ’80s and ’90s,Sydney must now compete with many other global cities as a hub for queer people. Do we still stack up?
The opening event in The Domain kicked off 17 days of LGBTQIA+ fun and festivities.
Road closures will start at 2pm. Here’s how to catch a bus,train,light rail or drive through the city,east and inner west on Saturday.
The biggest ever Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will feature 208 floats as the parade returns to Oxford Street for the first time in three years.
CCTV cameras that track crowd moods and density will be used at the Mardi Gras Parade,as well as mobile phone counting hardware.
The chief executive of Sydney WorldPride vividly remembers her first encounter with Oxford Street.
As tribute to both loving and fighting,this exhibition pays homage to the LGBTQ community’s path to pride.
Three years after he first attended the parade,the popular News Breakfast meteorologist is now co-hosting the broadcast of the Oxford Street event.
Now a journalist and newsreader,he once dreamt of being a pilot.
Pride events are meant to be a celebration of diversity. But for many members of the LGBTQI+ community,it can be a time of heightened body anxiety.