9 January 2008
Gay Wedding Opens Sydney Festival
From: SX News
This year’s Sydney Festival opened last
Saturday, 5 January, with the wedding of New Mardi Gras Director Greg Small and
Avan Tiong.
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Held in front of approximately 20,000 onlookers
in the middle of Macquarie Street in front of Parliament House, they were one of
three couples to publicly exchange vows.
Small, 34, and Tiong, 23, chose the theme ‘it’s
not black and white’, and Chinese lion dancers and a drag show featuring Penny
Tration, Kitty Glitter and Minnie Cooper opened their ceremony.
A heavily pregnant Holly Ashby also tied the
knot with Dan Fish, as did burlesque performer Imogen Kelly and Gerard Mahoney.
The event was hosted by Julie McCrossin.
After the ceremonies, the couples walked down
the red carpet in procession, followed by their family and friends.
“We’re normal. We’re like everyone else out
there – we have normal friends, we fight, we do all the normal things that any
couple does. So we definitely want to be recognised in the same way,” Small told
SX.
“We’re just two guys who want to spend the rest
of our lives together.”
