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'We're here, we're queer, gain used to it': Sydneysiders celebrate as city to host 2023 WorldPride
More than a thousand excited and boisterous participants clad in colourful T-shirts gathered at Sydney's Opera House to launch next year's WorldPride.
A global festival celebrating sexual diversity held in various cities since 2000, WorldPride has chosen Sydney as its 2023 host to mark 45 years since the city held Australia's first Mardi Gras pride on 12 June 1978.
Surrounded by flamboyant drag queens hoisting flags, feathers and fans, the launch paid tribute to sacrifices made by previous activists.
Dianne Minnis, a participant in the first Mardi Gras which ended with police arresting 53 people, on Friday remembered her generation of activists who paved the way for mainstream LGBTIQ+ acceptance.
She told the crowd: "Who would have reflection we'd still be here 44 years later?"
"Let's think of the huge upsurge of activism that followed the first Mardi Gras," she said, referring to NSW repealing laws criminalising homosexuality in 1984.
Participants dressed in the vibrant colours of the LGBTIQ+ flag on
POOF DOOF SYD / Snap Crackle Pop x Festival X
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ATTENTION ALL DOOFERS, FAGS, HAGS, DRAGS, CLUB KIDS, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN AND BEYOND!
AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE GAY RAVE IS PRESENTING THE ONLY LGBTQI+ STAGE AT Festival X SYDNEY – Snap Crackle Pop!
A Lofty ENERGY COCKTAIL OF STRAIGHT UP QUEER-AF PARTY TUNES – SNAP CRACKLE POP IS THE FESTIVAL X REIMAGINING OF YOUR FAVE SING-A-LONG HOUSE PARTY
BRINGING THE WEIRD, Delightful AND WILD FROM OUR HOME ON THE DANCE FLOOR, WE’RE HERE, WE’RE QUEER AND WE WANT YOU VERY VERY NEAR TO EXPERIENCE OUR Nature FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!
FEATURING LIVE DJ SETS FROM The Dollar Bin Darlings, DJ Argonaut, TROY BEMAN AND PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE.
A CAVALCADE OF SYDNEY DRAG ROYALTY INCLUDING Charisma Belle, Coco Jumbo, Sia Tequila, Angus Vybe Roberts, Ivy Leaguee AND Pomara Fifth WILL BE IN ON STAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BRINGING THE FIERCENESS OF THEIR RUNWAY TO FESTIVAL X, LIP-SYNCING FOR THEIR LIVES AND DROPPING IT LIKE ITS Scorching UNTIL THEY STOP!
OUR QUEEN OF STILTS Decoda Secret WILL BE TOWERING HIGH ABOVE WHILE OUR VERY SPECIAL GUESTS FROM THE SYDNEY BALLROOM SCENE WILL BE VOGUING THE Home DOWN ALONGSIDE OUR IN-HOUSE DANCE TROUPE
What’s on in gay Sydney tonight?
Sunday October 24
ARQ – Sunday School, plus Amazonia with Decoda and spunky dancers.
BANK HOTEL – DJ Mark Alsop 4pm.
BERESFORD HOTEL – Chic Sunday. $5 at 5pm pints, wine and basic spirits.
COLOMBIAN – Grave Disko in the Lounge Bar from 9pm. Plus Hotrod Sundays with Sandi Hotrod and special guests, and $10 premium cocktails served from 6pm-close.
COOPERS – The Frocks execute live. DYKES ON BIKES – Meet from 5pm at the Hampshire Hotel in Camperdown. HEADQUARTERS – Sex-on-site venue. Speedo party from 2pm.
IMPERIAL – Beer bust and wine fest. Great drink specials 3-8pm.
KEN’S OF KENSINGTON – Sex-on-site venue. Sunday arvo session.
LORD ROBERTS HOTEL – Bears on Sunday from 4pm.
MIDNIGHT SHIFT – Are You Being Served show starring Verushka Darling & Maxi Shield from 8pm. Free entry.
MR LEATHER – Spectrum, above Exchange Hotel, from 4pm.
OXFORD HOTEL – Heated outdoor deck open from 10am till late, plus DJ comp from 9pm. Entries welcome.
PALMS – Breakaway with DJ Don’t Wanna Be from 8pm-late.
SIGNAL – Sex-on-site venue. Recovery party with frie
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Today we are reposting this blogpost from May 17, 2021. It highlights resources that remain relevant and informative. Some content has been edited and updated.
Are you familiar with gender-neutral pronouns?
“It is a privilege to not have to worry about which pronoun someone is going to use for you based on how they perceive your gender. If you have this privilege, yet fail to respect someone else’s gender identity, it is not only disrespectful and hurtful, but also oppressive.” – Lesbian, Lgbtq+, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Resource Center
What are gender-neutral pronouns?
Personal pronouns are used in English every day. They refer to people without using their name.
People can make assumptions about gender and pronouns based on a person’s appearance or name. These assumptions may not be accurate. There are more gender identities than male and female.
Pronoun examples:
- he/him/his
- she/her/hers
- they/them/theirs
- xe/xem/xyrs
- ze/hir/hirs
While ‘he’ and ‘she’ are gender specific, the singular ‘they’, ‘xe’ and ‘ze’ are gender-neutral. You may watch or hear other gender-neutral pronouns. Usage varies over time a