In 1978, more than 1000 people moved down Oxford Street demanding for an end to police harassment and discrimination. Twenty years have passed, has the role of Mardi Gras changed?
Some 22000 people crammed onto the Opera House steps and into the forecourt to celebrate the launch, jump-starting three weeks of parties, shows and happenings.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It's s a celebration of gay and lesbian pride, tolerance and diversity, but the emphasis is on fun, and with 25,000 people going you'd be hard pressed not have any.
Meet Singapore-born lesbian filmmaker Madeleine Lim, an independent filmmaker and co-founder of SAMBAL (Singaporean & Malaysian Bisexual Women and Lesbians) and the US Asian Lesbian Network in the San Francisco Bay Area where she now lives.