Events like the Miss First Nations beauty pageant, where drag queens battle it out for the coveted title of Supreme Queen, are helping to boost the visibility of Indigenous LGTBQ people in Australia.
the Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge will close this Sunday for a Pride march. But unlike previous editions, including 2019's WorldPride in New York, much of the program has a special focus on Australia's Indigenous LGBTQ communities.
"I call this 'Koori Pride Rising,'" Dunaman said on stage, as she explained her outfit — a figure-hugging black gown featuring a flame motif beneath a large gold heart."It's for rising from the ashes, into a world of love and hope." Though there is scant evidence about the historical status or recognition of non-heterosexual people in Australia's Aboriginal cultures, concepts such as gender fluidity have been documented among certain Indigenous groups.
Sydney-based HIV and LGBTQ health advocacy group ACON says that HIV rates among Indigenous people have not dropped in the past decade, despite infections falling among the wider Australian population. In a 2019 report, the organization wrote that mainstream health services, or those not specifically geared toward Indigenous populations,"are often inconsistent in creating culturally-inclusive sexual health programs.
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