That really takes the biscuit.
Follow our live coverage as thousands of people prepare to march down Oxford Street for the 48th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.
After this year's Mardi Gras after party was cancelled due to budget issues,we ask revellers who their dream headliner would have been.
Had the two men,who at the time were not out,not travelled to Sydney’s Oxford Street that night in 1996,“it might have just been a friendship”.
Mardi Gras organisers have kicked out the Pride in Protest group after it made social media posts claiming a Jewish float supported genocide.
Often referred to as “late in life lesbians”,women who come out in midlife have experienced increased visibility over the past 20 years.
Chelsea Heath,32,grew up in the only biracial family in her small rural town in Victoria.
Amid reports of violent hate crimes against LGBTQ people,the parade defiantly – and fabulously – turns 48 on Saturday.
Read our guide to the road closures,major events and 24-hour public transport options for the annual Mardi Gras Parade.
The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade began nearly 50 years ago with the rallying cry “out of the bars and into the streets”. Now the Oxford Street route will be recognised for its significance to Australian history and culture.