Your guide to what’s happening in Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ community. From major gatherings like Sydney Mardi Gras and Fair Day & weekly open-mic events like Clapback at Ching-a-Lings, to profiles of inspiring locals like Fairah Nuff and her drag competition win, we celebrate the people and events that make our city vibrant. Find festival previews, community funding, and opportunities to connect.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has signalled its desire to move away from producing all of its events in-house, announcing it is inviting external promoters, community partners and creatives to co-produce “signature” celebrations while it focuses its energy on producing “hallmark” events alone.
Voting is now open for Sydney’s largest celebration of the drag industry, the DIVAs.
NSW Police has begun the process of consulting with LGBTQIA+ community stakeholders as it considers the findings and recommendations of the state’s gay hate crime inquiry that relate to how it operates.
A solo theatre show lands in Sydney this week that tells the story of a university lecturer who loses his job due to his homosexuality.
Sydney queer history and cultural centre Qtopia is one of the federal budget winners after the Albanese government agreed to allocate $1.5 million to it in the 2024-25 federal budget.
A new LGBTQIA+ music festival is set to take over Sydney later this year in what organisers say will be the largest of its kind in Australia in 2025.
Oxford Street’s Palms nightclub is set to turn up the heat on Sydney’s Sunday nights with the debut of its new weekly show Glamboyance: Cabaret Des Hommes.
North Sydney’s Ted Mack Civic Park will come alive with music, colour and community spirit this June as the local council hosts a Pride Picnic to celebrate Pride Month 2025.
Sydney’s inner west is about to get loud, proud and competitive, as Ruby’s Rumble Battle Royale kicks off at The Imperial Erskineville on May 15.
LGBTQIA+ adults across NSW who are seeking to return to study are encouraged to apply for one of three life-changing scholarships, with applications now open for the 2025 Education Fund from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association.
