Following the removal of the Sydney’s iconic rainbow crossing, City of Sydney Councillor Linda Scott has called for the erection of a flag pole in Taylor Square.

Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to gather at Taylor Square tonight for a protest march against alleged police brutality at the Mardi Gras Parade last Saturday night (March 2).

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: 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.

The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) has thanked the LGBTI community as well as local businesses for the generosity shown to the longstanding HIV charity over this year’s Sydney Mardi Gras festival.

SYDNEY: As the days edge closer to the Sydney Mardi Gras parade, ACON will team up with police from a number of local area commands to take part in a high visibility operation that will focus on community safety and encourage LGBTI people to access support and report homophobic and transphobic violence.

SYDNEY: Police have released CCTV footage and are appealing for witnesses over a violent assault late last year on Oxford Street where a young man was bizarrely robbed of his skateboard and then attacked with it.

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.

Fed up with continuing drunken violence, a long-time inner-city resident has begun offering walking tours around Kings Cross and Oxford Street with the hope he may educate teenagers and others on the perils and dangers as well as the myths that abound in the areas.

SYDNEY: A pop-up gallery showcasing the work of GLBTQI artists will be launched in time for this year’s Mardi Gras right in the heart of Oxford Street.

The NSW Government has agreed to maintain a liquor licence freeze along Oxford Street for a further 12 months.

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.

Thousands have once again taken part in the latest round of protests across the country calling for marriage equality, with rally-goers in Sydney also witnessing an illegal ‘shotgun’ wedding as a church pastor conducted a ceremony for two same-sex couples in blistering heat in the middle of Oxford Street.