About 10.45am on Friday, I received the following text message from a friend and former colleague. "Watching you on tv xxx move out from behind Nat where do I buy merch?" Shortly afterwards, she added, "Ps I'm in WA forgot time difference". If you look closely at the video below, you'll see me as a … Continue reading Mardi Gras
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“It’s all going so fast”, I said to my colleague to the left of me. We were walking / marching / dancing along Oxford Street, as part of the "ABC Pride" float in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Even though ABC Pride is a staff-led initiative (it was not an “official” ABC float), … Continue reading ABC Pride in the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade
Around mid-afternoon I took a break from activities at Sydney Mardi Gras Fair Day, and went for a walk down the street. I'd been at Fair Day for a few hours, working on the stall we have, raising awareness and raising funds for ABC Pride's float in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. ABC … Continue reading Mardi Gras Season
Though I never made it to the street parade this year, and I didn't get to see Cher perform at two o'clock in the morning (or something stupid like that), I have some wonderful memories of this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Going back to the very beginning, I was very pleased to … Continue reading Mardi Gras
"What are your plans for Mardi Gras? Are you going to the parade? Are you going to the party?" have been the questions colleagues have been asking me over the last couple of weeks. When I've told them, "I'm actually a little shy, I'm not very good with crowds", they've seemed a little disappointed. But … Continue reading Pump Up The Jam