First Nations people will lead the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on Saturday 2 March to highlight our proud history and our ongoing fight for equality.
Our float this year is a play on the overall Mardi Gras theme of, Fearless, our float is branded, Always was, Always will be, Fearless! It is created and led by First Nations people of diverse gender and sexuality, together with family, friends and supporters. The theme highlights the ground-breaking work our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTI peers did to pave the way for us today. We pay homage to those who were Fearless in a time when it was neither popular nor fashionable to do so.
Our key messages are:
· Visibility
· Blak Fearlessness
· Resistance
· Always was, always will be fearless
The entry is proudly supported by the Aboriginal Project at ACON, NSW's leading HIV prevention, HIV support and LGBTI health organisation, to facilitate First Nations people's awareness of and access to ACON's LGBTI health promotion work and HIV services.
