Mark Gillespie writes about the inaugural radical 78er History Walk, where he links past struggles to the present, including the ongoing police violence against peaceful protesters.
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Jamil Stone attended the launch of multidisciplinary writer Fiona McGregor’s latest book, The Trap, which is set on 1942 and based on historical events.
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Wendy Bacon interviewed five people and watched videos that show NSW Police attacking and forcing people out of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade without justification.
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Chris Minns apologised to the 78ers in 2016 about police violence. Barbara Karpinski writes that police are still traumatising youth at an ever-increasing rate and that Mardi Gras has to acknowledge this.
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A screening of the award-winning film Riot was held to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the 1978 Mardi Gras. Rachel Evans reports.
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Racism and homophobia are on the rise. Millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) and sex and gender diverse identifying (SGDI) people face life-threatening persecution. About 2.7 billion people live in the 76 countries that criminalise homosexuality. The death penalty for homosexuality is applied in Iran, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen. In China, several hospitals use electric shock therapy as “anti-gay treatments”.
