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Australia hosts several world-renowned events catering to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and gender diverse (LGBTQI+) people such as Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and Melbourne Midsumma Festival. Such events enable LGBTQI+ communities to celebrate their identities, political achievements, and self-acceptance. The objective of this study was to capture how the function of LGBTQI+ events in Australia has changed over the last decade, particularly before and after the 2017 Same Sex Marriage vote. To address this objective, the annual reports of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Melbourne Midsumma Festival between 2010 and 2019 (inclusive) were analysed. Five overarching themes related to the function of LGBTQI+ events were identified: 1) Mainstreaming LGBTQI+ events as tourist attractions; 2) Supporting LGBTQI+ communities; 3) Encouraging the visibility and education of and about LGBTQI+ culture; 4) Challenging the political and social status quo; and 5) Addressing and enabling intersectionalities.

Item Type:	Conference Extract
Keywords:	Sydney, Gay and Lesbian, Mardi Gras, Melbourne's Midsumma festival, thematic analysis, LGBTQI+, pride events, annual report analysis, social justice
Research Division:	Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Research Group:	Tourism
Research Field:	Impacts of tourism
Objective Division:	Commercial Services and Tourism
Objective Group:	Tourism services
Objective Field:	Socio-cultural issues in tourism
UTAS Author:	Vorobjovas-Pinta, O (Dr Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta)
UTAS Author:	Hardy, A (Associate Professor Anne Hardy)
ID Code:	150234
Year Published:	2022
Deposited By:	Sociology and Criminology
Deposited On:	2022-06-03
Last Modified:	2022-06-03
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