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Stein took notes as students and community members voiced their feelings on everything from special interests to gay and lesbian issues...
Catholic countries the world over are celebrating carnival this month to store up the fun before Lent settles in. But in Sydney, the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is simply an excuse for the fun-loving city to throw a big bash. During the three-week-long festival more than 500,000 visitors and residents take part in one of the world's largest celebrations of queer culture, featuring drag-queen shows, coming-out theater, erotic poetry, porn readings, art exhibits, glamorous parties and lesbian rangers paroling the city's parks...
...past six months in a gym. Local shops are crammed with astonishing outfits that can only be described as fit for a queen. Even the elderly lady who runs the corner bookstore cashes in. "Well, dearie," she says, "we have everything here: books on leather, S&M, bisexual, lesbian, whatever...
...final weekend Sydney explodes in a riot of colored sequins, feather boas and fluorescent lights, as representatives of all aspects of gay life, from lesbian grannies to members of the Australian army, take to the streets for the annual Mardi Gras parade (this year on March 2). Dykes on Bikes, who traditionally lead the marchers down Oxford Street, rev up the crowd of more than 500,000, honking horns, raising fists and baring breasts along the way. They are followed by drag queens in full regalia and troops of shirtless muscle men dancing to the rhythms of Madonna, Cher...
Only members of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organization can purchase tickets to the dance party, but straight guests are welcome to join. While feathers and sequins are not out of place, the party outfit is best kept to a minimum. Since there are at times 5,000 heaving bodies heating up the main dance floor, false eyelashes don't stand a chance. One year, as the sky grew lighter and sweat-soaked dancers with platform shoes in hand and wigs askew stumbled from the hall, one fellow dressed in a tutu made out of plush koala bears...