In this podcast, the City of Port Phillip Mayor Bernadene Voss shares her thoughts on the announcement of the Pride Centre location and the councils support for the LGBTI community over the years.

The Minister for Equality the Hon. Martin Foley this morning made the announcement that the long awaited Victorian Pride Centre will be built in St Kilda, with the Andrews Labor Government announcing it will be based at 79-81 Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. An extensive consultation period was conducted with the LGBTI community to identify what was the important elements of a successful Pride Centre, particularly around location, and this feedback was factored in to the decision to choose St Kilda. The St Kilda site was successful as it was vacant and was offered on a freehold basis to the Victorian Pride Centre on behalf of the LGBTI community, provided it operates there for the next 20 years. The Labor Government has invested $15 million toward the Pride Centre which will be bigger than San Francisco’s LGBTI Community Centre.

For more info see the media release from the Department of Equality Special thanks to Matthew Wade at Star Observer for the supplied photos.

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Chair of the Victorian Pride Centre Board Jude Munro spoke this morning in St Kilda, following the announcement from The Minister for Equality the Hon. Martin Foley that  the long awaited Victorian Pride Centre will be built in St Kilda. The Andrews Labor Government announced it will be based at 79-81 Fitzroy Street in St Kilda.

An extensive consultation period was conducted with the LGBTI community to identify what was the important elements of a successful Pride Centre, particularly around location, and this feedback was factored in to the decision to choose St Kilda. The St Kilda site was successful as it was vacant and was offered on a freehold basis to the Victorian Pride Centre on behalf of the LGBTI community, provided it operates there for the next 20 years. The Labor Government has invested $15 million toward the Pride Centre which will be bigger than San Francisco’s LGBTI Community Centre.

For more info see the media release from the Department of Equality Special thanks to Matthew Wade at Star Observer for the supplied photos.

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The Minister for Equality the Hon. Martin Foley this morning made the announcement that the long awaited Victorian Pride Centre will be built in St Kilda, with the Andrews Labor Government announcing it will be based at 79-81 Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. An extensive consultation period was conducted with the LGBTI community to identify what was the important elements of a successful Pride Centre, particularly around location, and this feedback was factored in to the decision to choose St Kilda. The St Kilda site was successful as it was vacant and was offered on a freehold basis to the Victorian Pride Centre on behalf of the LGBTI community, provided it operates there for the next 20 years. The Labor Government has invested $15 million toward the Pride Centre which will be bigger than San Francisco’s LGBTI Community Centre.

For more info see the media release from the Department of Equality Special thanks to Matthew Wade at Star Observer for the supplied photos.

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Jason, Rachel, Dene and Clayton held back their party so they could make it in to wrap up your Mardi Gras coverage with a lazy Sunday brunch. The team chatted about their experiences, their highlights and the music of the 2017 parade.

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Here are a few more highlights from the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday March 4th. Do remember to subscribe to your favorite JOY podcasts via iTunes so you don’t miss out on any of the great LGBTI community content we share on a daily bases. If you love what you hear please do remember to rate, review and share what you enjoy.

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One of the highlights of the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night was without a doubt the presence of Mardi Gras sponsor Holden. JOY 94.9 was also honored to have the support of Holden as one of our broadcast sponsors for the event this year which followed their support already for our 2016 JOY 94.9 Radiothon. This certainly was the icing on the cake for an incredible show of love and support that they are bringing to the diverse LGBTI community of Australia and we are sure they won’t be stopping any time soon!

Holden’s presence stood out on the night especially as they drove a variety of different Holden utes through Taylors Square featuring some of the communities favorite faces such as Bob Downe, Trevor Ashley, Ben Norris, Jordan Raskopoulos and more.

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It was one of the largest roars of the evening on Saturday night at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and it was all in support of the First Nations group who marched again in this years parade. The theme for their entry was ‘Creating equality step by step’ and in this podcast your commentators Michael and Dean speak of their history at the LGBTI event and how they are still so important today.  Read more about the group here via this link written but our broadcast partner SBS.

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Welcome to the Urban Dreaming Mardi Gras 2017 special on JOY 94.9.

Across this weekend, JOY 94.9 is bringing you all the action of this diverse LGBTI community event, one of the biggest on the queer calendar across the year and you can hear it all live on JOY 94.9 in Melbourne, online via our website or on our iPhone APP free for download via the APP store.

Over the next 48 hours we are bringing you stories from the diverse voices of our community from different cultural backgrounds and different localities. We all have a story to share.

In this podcast, you will hear part four of our Urban Dreaming Mardi Gras special hosted by JOY program director Chrs Tait which shares stories from our queer Indigenous community. Special thanks go to Urban Dreaming host Suri Bin-Saad for the support in producing this program. Learn more about our program Urban Dreaming by visiting their program page and podcast feed.

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Across this weekend, JOY 94.9 is bringing you all the action of this diverse LGBTI community event, one of the biggest on the queer calendar across the year and you can hear it all live on JOY 94.9 in Melbourne, online via our website or on our iPhone APP free for download via the APP store.

Over the next 48 hours we are bringing you stories from the diverse voices of our community from different cultural backgrounds and different localities. We all have a story to share.

In this podcast, you will hear part three of our Urban Dreaming Mardi Gras special hosted by JOY program director Chrs Tait which shares stories from our queer Indigenous community. Special thanks go to Urban Dreaming host Suri Bin-Saad for the support in producing this program. Learn more about our program Urban Dreaming by visiting their program page and podcast feed.

This is part three of our four part program so keep an eye out for the final part to come.

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Welcome to the Urban Dreaming Mardi Gras 2017 special on JOY 94.9.

Across this weekend, JOY 94.9 is bringing you all the action of this diverse LGBTI community event, one of the biggest on the queer calendar across the year and you can hear it all live on JOY 94.9 in Melbourne, online via our website or on our iPhone APP free for download via the APP store.

Over the next 48 hours we are bringing you stories from the diverse voices of our community from different cultural backgrounds and different localities. We all have a story to share.

In this podcast, you will hear part two of our Urban Dreaming Mardi Gras special hosted by JOY program director Chrs Tait which shares stories from our queer Indigenous community. Special thanks go to Urban Dreaming host Suri Bin-Saad for the support in producing this program. Learn more about our program Urban Dreaming by visiting their program page and podcast feed.

This is part one of our 2 part program so keep an eye out for the two parts to come.

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