Unremarkably Gay: Post-Gay Life in Sydney
Unremarkably Gay: Post-Gay Life in Sydney

Summary/Abstract: In the late Australian summer of 2008, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrated its 30th Anniversary. What had begun as a haphazard and almost accidental political protest in 1978 has evolved into a highly successful street parade: this year, over 350,000 spectators watched 10,000 participants stride through the streets of inner-city Sydney. “We couldn’t be happier with our 30th Anniversary season,” the General Manager of Mardi Gras declared to a local gay newspaper, before adding: “As you can imagine I am thrilled to bits and also very relieved!”1

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