LGBTQ culture in Australia
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LGBTQ culture in Australia encompasses the various arts and entertainment events in the country that have a focus on sexual diversity or include LGBTQ people in them.
The city with the largest LGBTQ community in Australia is Sydney, New South Wales. According to a 2013 Pew Research survey, 79% of Australians are accepting of homosexuality, ranking the country as the fifth most tolerant. Sydney is renowned for its LGBTQ rights activism and the annual Gay and Lesbian Pride festival, making it one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities both in Australia and globally.
Cinema
Films
The 1998 film Head On, directed by Ana Kokkinos and starring Alex Dimitriades and Paul Capsis, is the film adaptation of the novel Loaded.
52 Tuesdays is a 2013 drama and personal growth film directed by Sophie Hyde. The film focuses on a teenage girl dealing with the gender transition of one of her parents. It was screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and won the Best Director Award. Over the next year, it received numerous awards and critical acclaim worldwide.
Events
The Mardi Gras Film Festival is an Australian LGBTQ film festival held annually in Sydney, New South Wales, as part of Sydney's Mardi Gras celebrations for gays and lesbians.
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