Sydney Mardi Gras 2025
14 Feb - 2 March
Minus18 is heading to Sydney Mardi Gras to host Queer Formal for hundreds of LGBTQIA+ youth – and to educate the whole community!
It's the biggest pride celebration in Australia!
And we're creating safe spaces for queer youth!
Minus18 Queer Formal returns to Sydney
On Saturday 22 February, the Minus18 Queer Formal® is returning to Sydney. It’s the night of night for hundreds of LGBTQIA+ young people, celebrating community, identity and new friends. This is going to be our biggest yet!
26 Feb: Mardi Gras Lunch + Learn
Grab your lunch and join the Minus18 LGBTQIA+ Education Team for a bite-sized educational event celebrating LGBTQIA+ history, the history of Mardi Gras, and stories of pride and freedom. For all knowledge levels!
Order Your Mardi Gras Pride Merch
Our online store is filled with all the pride flags, pronoun pins, ribbons and posters you could need this Mardi Gras season. Including a Flag Pack filled with $80 of savings and over 20 flags!
Support your community during Mardi Gras
This Mardi Gras season, in between the parties and rainbows, make sure you're actively supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. Every tax-deductible donation to Minus18 impacts the lives queer young people across the country.
About Sydney Mardi Gras
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras began in 1978 as a protest in Darlinghurst – since then, it's become an integral part of Australia's LGBTQIA+ pride, and cultural identity. Find out more about Sydney Mardi Gras below.
Further resources
Understanding how to be a trans ally isn't just for those outside the LGBTQIA+ community – it's also for cisgender queers.
There are loads of different identities that make up the LGBTQIA+ acronym, and the queer community. It can feel overwhelming, but it's more simple than you might think!
It's important to be an ally to the trans and gender diverse community, but it can be hard to know exactly what to do.
Today, queer people are represented throughout pop culture – appearing in TV shows, movies and on our radios. But it hasn't always been like this.
CHAMPIONS FOR LGBTQIA+ YOUTH
CHANGING THE LIVES OF LGBTQIA+ YOUTH IN AUSTRALIA
We’re leading change, building social inclusion, and advocating for an Australia where all young people are safe, empowered, and surrounded by people that support them.
What we do
Life-affirming social inclusion
Through a preventative model of mental health support, we tackle social isolation by creating spaces where young people belong.
Education & advocacy
We transform communities through LGBTQIA+ training, resources, and digital campaigns that enable others to champion inclusivity.
Youth empowerment
We believe in equipping young people with the skills they need to be at the forefront of driving change.
