What is it like to attend Australia's LGBT Mardi Gras?

Hundreds of people attended the Sissy Ball, sponsored by Red Bull, part of Sydney's Mardi Gras, the city's premier gay pride event. Credit Brook Mitchell for The New York Times. read more

I've never watched it from the sidelines, but I was in it once. My husband and I were initially heading down there to watch the parade and go to the big after party. read more

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, at one stage temporarily the Sydney Mardi Gras, or locally Mardi Gras, is an annual LGBT pride parade and festival in Sydney, Australia, attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and overseas. read more

The world-renowned pride parade for Australia’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex, trans and queer community wound its way through the streets of Sydney with 184 floats, 12,000 participants and hundreds of thousands on the sidelines. read more