Ken Davis argues that in the lead-up to the 49th Mardi Gras parade, the fight is about the spirit, soul and identity of the parade, and the independence of a key community and social justice movement event.
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There are four vacant Mardi Gras board positions to be filled, as well as nine resolutions, including for Mardi Gras to disinvite NSW Police from marching in a formal parade float. Troy Thrace explains why Pride in Protest is campaigning to reclaim Mardi Gras’ protest history.
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Photos from Trans Day of Resistance rallies in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney.
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A lively Trans Day of Resistance march took off down King Street after a rally at Newtown Pride Square. Peter Boyle reports.
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The University of Sydney’s threat to suspend Luna, a transgender refugee, for writing pro-Palestine messages on a whiteboard has drawn attention to its repression of campus activism. Pride in Protest reports.
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More than 1000 people protested outside the NSW Labor conference at Sydney Town Hall, demanding it stop arming Israel and supporting genocide in Gaza. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Despite much contention the New South Wales Police Force joined the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Paul Gregoire reports.
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A forum hosted by Green Left highlighted ongoing struggles by LGBTIQ radical activists in a highly corporatised Sydney World Pride.
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Isaac Nellist reports several hundred protesters marched down Oxford Street to celebrate the LGBTI community as well as protest the Religious Discrimination Bill and the corporatisation of Mardi Gras.
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A well-attended Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras annual general meeting voted overwhelmingly against the exclusion of activist organisations, Rachel Evans reports.
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The Green Left Show features Charlie Murphy of Pride in Protest.