Sat, 02 Mar
|Oxford Street
Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2024
Time & Location
02 Mar 2024, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Oxford Street, Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
About the event
Event description:
In response to the 2024 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras theme Our Future, Selamat Datang presented “BE BRAVE – We Will Stand Here All the Same.” The concept carried a message of both defiance and hope: standing proudly in who we are while imagining a future with greater acceptance, visibility, love and equality. We called for a future where people can live authentically without fear of discrimination or persecution.
What we achieved:
We successfully secured a competitive Google Australia grant through Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, enabling us to take our parade participation beyond a community march. The funding allowed us to bring Kai Mata, a professional openly lesbian Indonesian musician, from Indonesia to Sydney to participate and march alongside our community. This was a significant milestone for our grassroots group, demonstrating our ability to secure competitive external funding and bring an international Indonesian queer artist to Australia…