when: 23 - 28 February 2023 | venue: Taylor Square | cost: Adult: $20 | Concession: $10 | address: Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 | tickets: https://prideamplified.au/events/bus-tour-with-sydney-pride-pioneers/
published: 20 Feb 2023, 5 min read
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The tour will include commentary and talks outside the bus at key sites, following the route of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on 24 June 1978.
LGBTQIA+ activism in Australia did not start in 1978. The first activist organisations were the Australasian Lesbian Movement (originally the Daughters of Bilitis named after the US organisation); the ACT Homosexual Law Reform Society formed in 1969; and CAMP Inc., established in 1970, which became the main activist organisation.
While there were arrests at the early 70's gay and lesbian demonstrations, the incidents surrounding the first Mardi Gras were the most significant and far reaching in Sydney's queer history. The difference was the scale of police violence and number of arrests. Over the course of three months in 1978, a total of 178 activists were arrested. This was our Stonewall.
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The tour will include commentary and talks outside the bus at key sites, following the route of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on 24 June 1978.
LGBTQIA+ activism in Australia did not start in 1978. The first activist organisations were the Australasian Lesbian Movement (originally the Daughters of Bilitis named after the US organisation); the ACT Homosexual Law Reform Society formed in 1969; and CAMP Inc., established in 1970, which became the main activist organisation.
While there were arrests at the early 70's gay and lesbian demonstrations, the incidents surrounding the first Mardi Gras were the most significant and far reaching in Sydney's queer history. The difference was the scale of police violence and number of arrests. Over the course of three months in 1978, a total of 178 activists were arrested. This was our Stonewall.
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Bus tour with Sydney Pride pioneers 2023 is on 23 - 28 February 2023. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Darlinghurst.
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