Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) have abandoned plans to put in an expression of interest for the former T2 building in Taylor Square, hoping instead to retain their current space on the corner of Oxford and Palmer Streets.

This year’s Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and after-party has been hailed a success with over 9,000 participants on almost 110 floats creating a line of glitz and glamour up Oxford Street and Flinders Street, with messages reminding the community about equality and the need for acceptance and not discrimination.

With the excitement near palpable, the sequins flying, and toned bodies being put through their dance moves one final time, more than 10,000 people from the LGBTIQ community and their friends and allies are preparing to march at tonight’s eagerly awaited Sydney Mardi Gras Parade as the festival celebrates its 35th birthday.

SYDNEY: After receiving a torrent of criticism for not backing the rainbow crossing launched on Oxford Street yesterday morning, several City of Sydney councillors, including high-profile Liberal councillor Christine Forster, have defended their commitment to the local LGBTI community and have said the only reason they opposed the initiative was due to a lack of transparency by Lord Mayor Clover Moore.

SYDNEY: The City of Sydney is now accepting expressions of interest from applicants willing and able to run the performance space at Potts Point’s Reg Murphy Centre.

SYDNEY: It seems Sydneysiders and many more across the country have already fallen in love with the rainbow crossing installed across Oxford Street at Taylor Square overnight.

SYDNEY: A milestone collection of LGBT oral histories completed by Sydney’s Pride History Group will be officially launched late this month by NSW Governor, Professor Marie Bashir, and Lord Mayor Clover Moore.

SYDNEY: From its beginnings as a protest against police brutality and corruption to the “creative, celebratory, glamorous” event it has become today, 35 years of Sydney Mardi Gras history is now open to the public following the launch of Australia’s first gay and lesbian museum on Oxford Street this week.

With the party season well and truly heating up and Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations just around the corner, police and the City of Sydney are encouraging the public to plan ahead and stay safe during the holidays.

The future of Oxford Street is literally set to look a little bit brighter with two busy intersections to be painted the colours of the rainbow to recognise the positive and long-lasting influence the LGBTI community has had in the area.

Oxford Street business owners and residents from Paddington and Darlinghurst are breathing a sigh of relief after Roads Minister put a halt for the time being on plans by Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) to install a dividing fence in the middle of Oxford Street.

Local residents and businesses on Oxford Street are up in arms over a proposal by Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) to install a dividing fence along the precinct’s median strip.

After being officially sworn in the day before as the state’s newest member of Parliament, Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich was warmly welcomed by his new colleagues and a packed public gallery early on Wednesday evening after delivering his maiden speech inside the bearpit.

Plans for a Mardi Gras museum on the T2 site at Taylor Square remain up in the air after a City of Sydney council meeting this week resolved the space be put aside as a bike hub before a late amendment by newly elected Liberal councillor Christine Forster ensured other community purposes for the building, including a museum, will still be considered.

Former Australian Marriage Equality national convener Alex Greenwich will now move into his new offices inside State Parliament after he put pen to paper on Thursday during the official declaration of his resounding win at last month’s by-election for the state seat of Sydney.