Last week I went down to the city to check out the parade.
I’ve seen it many times before. These days I tend to be more interested in what happens before, after, and on either side of the celebration.
This event was originally a lot more political and there was a café on
Oxford Street (this is our famous ‘gay street,’ bit like Canal Rd in
Manchester or San Francisco ;-) that had all the previous years posters
that advertised the parade up on the wall.
It’s amazing to watch the progression from hard edges screen printed
‘calls for political action’ to glossy ‘let it all hang out dance party
invitation.’
These days the event is all about the money. And Sydney has come to
expect big influxes of ‘pink dollars’ round this time of year.
Oxford Street (this is our famous ‘gay street,’ bit like Canal Rd in
Manchester or San Francisco ;-) that had all the previous years posters
that advertised the parade up on the wall.
It’s amazing to watch the progression from hard edges screen printed
‘calls for political action’ to glossy ‘let it all hang out dance party
invitation.’
These days the event is all about the money. And Sydney has come to
expect big influxes of ‘pink dollars’ round this time of year.
