The cruise line is courting the LGBTQ+ market with five cruises planned over the next 15 months.
Organisers said they knocked back 30 per cent of applications due to high demand as Sydney prepares to host WorldPride.
WorldPride comes to Sydney next year. But there is early disquiet about exorbitant and exclusionary pricing for key events.
The event’s three-day human rights conference has come under fire for its $1500 fees,but organisers say other major events are free.
People from all over the state gathered on Friday to celebrate progress,44 years after the historic Mardi Gras march in 1978. Let’s look back at that fateful winter’s night in June when a revolution was born.
The state government is banking on a visitor spend of more than $100 million when Sydney hosts WorldPride early next year.
A crowd of almost 40,000,including Gladys Berejiklian and Alan Joyce,turned out at Moore Park for the event’s 44th iteration.
This year’s Mardi Gras featured 161 parade entries and 5800 people marching in front of an expected crowd of 40,000 spectators.
After a year plagued by lockdowns,COVID-19 and the religious discrimination bill,almost 50,000 spectators will make their way to the SCG on Saturday to celebrate diversity and queerness at the 44th Sydney Mardi Gras parade.
Full-time drag queen Maxi Shield won’t stop talking. Now she’s putting that voice to use to stop domestic violence.
Mardi Gras has attracted more corporate money during the pandemic but not everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community welcomes the presence of big business.