Forty-five years after the first Mardi Gras in Sydney, a group of 78ers will march for the first time in Melbourne's Midsumma Pride march this weekend to renew the bond between activists in the two cities.
LGBTQI advocacy groups, including Dykes on Bikes, welcomed the Australian Human Rights Commission's decision to reject an application by a Melbourne group to hold a 'lesbian born female' event that excludes bisexual and trans women.
A Melbourne-based group that applied for anti-discrimination law exemptions to hold a 'lesbian born female event' which excludes trans and bisexual women do not represent the broader lesbian community, Dykes on Bikes said.