Perrottet,Dutton skip Mardi Gras as Albanese becomes first sitting PM to march

Perrottet,Dutton skip Mardi Gras as Albanese becomes first sitting PM to march

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.

  • byMichael Koziol

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  • byBillie Eder
How your phone and mood will be tracked at Mardi Gras
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How your phone and mood will be tracked at Mardi Gras

CCTV cameras that track crowd moods and density will be used at the Mardi Gras Parade,as well as mobile phone counting hardware.

  • byBen Grubb
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Charli XCX’s ‘sellout album’ worked,so why is she disappointed?

The pop star topped the charts - not that she seems to care.

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Australia can be LGBTQI rights champion in Asia-Pacific
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Australia can be LGBTQI rights champion in Asia-Pacific

Australia must use its clout and its money to push for progress on LGBTQI rights,activists say,with Foreign Minister Penny Wong singled out as ideally placed to drive change.

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Lobbying and eucalyptus leaves:The inside story of how Sydney won WorldPride

Much like the Olympic Games,cities that want to host the world’s largest LGBTQ event have to fight for it. This is how Team Sydney prevailed.

  • byMichael Koziol
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The Bollywood show where some actors can’t give their surnames

The Bollywood show where some actors can’t give their surnames

For 15 years,Sydney-based Trikone has provided support for queer people of a South Asian background who fear they will not find acceptance elsewhere.

  • byMary Ward
The dating app switch that helped Casey Donovan finally find love

The dating app switch that helped Casey Donovan finally find love

After years of heartbreak,the former Australian Idol winner set her search to “women only” and met her new partner.

  • byMichael Koziol
Why Kate Wickett is certain Sydney’s gay mecca won’t disappoint

Why Kate Wickett is certain Sydney’s gay mecca won’t disappoint

The chief executive of Sydney WorldPride vividly remembers her first encounter with Oxford Street.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Pride and protest:A fabulous grand history of Sydney’s queer past and present

Pride and protest:A fabulous grand history of Sydney’s queer past and present

As tribute to both loving and fighting,this exhibition pays homage to the LGBTQ community’s path to pride.

  • byBillie Eder
He’s been abused,but that won’t stop ABC’s Nate Byrne heading to Mardi Gras

He’s been abused,but that won’t stop ABC’s Nate Byrne heading to Mardi Gras

Three years after he first attended the parade,the popular News Breakfast meteorologist is now co-hosting the broadcast of the Oxford Street event.

  • byBridget McManus