Tag: UNSW Queer Collective
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Students express concerns over corporatisation of Mardi Gras
UNSW’s Queer Collective has echoed LGBTQIA+ activists’ concerns about the increasing ‘corporatisation’ of Sydney’s Mardi Gras Parade. For the second consecutive year, the parade has moved from its historic home along Oxford Street to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
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Student involvement in Mardi Gras on the rise
When Dean Mattar was one of UNSW’s Queer Officers last year, he was disturbed by accounts of queer students facing violence. “There have been many times where I had to help fill out apprehension of violence orders, or book taxis for students because they didn’t feel safe going home, and there were many times when…