Parade Day in Sydney:
Over the weekend, I
was lucky enough to fly back to Sydney to attend the Mardi Gras parade! Oh, not
only did I attend the parade, but I marched in it! For those of you who do not
know, the Mardi Gras in Sydney is like San Francisco’s Pride! When I arrived in
Sydney on Saturday afternoon, I could already feel the buzz of excitement on
Oxford Street. Queer-looking people were everywhere! All the shops were adorned
in rainbow colors and many of them had “Happy Mardi Gras” displayed on their
windows. The ATMs… well, just take a look:
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| Sydney Mardi Gras |
And look at the
receipt I got from the ATM!
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| Sydney Mardi Gras |
I marched with Dayenu,
an organization established to meet the needs of Jewish gays, lesbians,
bi-sexuals, trans and intersex people, as well as their friends, families,
partners and other supporters. They provide outreach through education,
information, resources, social activities and other events.
We met a couple hours
before the parade began in order to get all sparkled up and to rehearse our
dance to a remix of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You!” I could go into
much more detail, but I will spare you and just give three highlights:
- Making awesome friends (my favorite were the three older ladies I got drinks with).
- Walking around before the parade and seeing all the awesome floats!
- Getting the biggest rush marching past thousands of people who were screaming and out there to support us!
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| Grocery Store Celebrations! Happy Mardi Gras |
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| Favorite friend of the night! |
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| Too much! Oh too much! |
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| You Have the Right to Remain Fabulous |
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| More friends |
On Sunday morning I
slept in, worked on my paper, ate Moroccan food with my friends, watched Tangled, and went to bed. Monday morning
I flew back to Brisbane at 6am and was in class at 9am—ta-da!
The End!
PS: Australia is
awesome!