300,000 party at Australia Mardis Gras

Sydney celebrates Pride

(Sydney, Australia) Revelers decked out in sequins, feathers, wigs and leather danced through the streets of Sydney on the weekend to the cheers of more than 300,000 people at the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

More than 130 floats and 9,500 people participated in the procession, which began as a …

Major drug busts in lead up to gay Mardi Gras

(Sydney, Australia) New South Wales police say they have busted major drug dealers and seized major quantities of ecstasy and other illegal substances destined for this Saturday’s gay Mardi Gras in Sydney.

In one raid, an officer hit a fast food restaurant and arrested a 22-year-old man with 2000 ecstasy pills - …

Mardi Gras returns to Galveston; Winter Party heats up Miami

Last February, Galveston Island rolled out the red carpet for a Mardi Gras celebration that showed the Gulf Coast to be home to one of Texas’ most gay-friendly small towns. Barely seven months later, the city resembled Atlantis, with most of it completely submerged.

But Galveston, as it did more than a century ago, is roaring back. This week, Harbor House — a bayside boutique of 42 rooms — officially reopened for business. Its older seawall-side sister, the Hotel Galvez, opened late last year, and another property, the Tremont Hotel (which on New Year’s Eve 2007 was sold out for a same-sex wedding) is set to be back in business by May.

And the city is already gearing up for Mardi Gras, with a 12-day celebration starting Feb. 13 and ending on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 24. The main event will be on Saturday, Feb. 21, with the Knights of Momus Grand Night Parade and the 24th annual Tremont House Ball (this time held at the Hotel Galvez). See Mardi Gras returns to Galveston; Winter Party heats up Miami
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