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Article: Gays and the Australian economy.(economic impact of annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- December 11, 1999
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SYDNEY
THE Australian High Commission in Delhi was the target recently of several hundred sadhus, Hindu holy men, protesting against what they described as the "highly offensive portrayal of Hindu gods and goddesses" by homosexuals in Sydney. They took exception to a poster headed "Homo Sutra", advertising the Sleaze Ball, an event that raises money for Australia's biggest homosexual gathering, the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The poster portrayed some Hindu gods with an erotic twist.
The poster appeared on the Internet, and was picked up on computers in India. The ball's organisers smoothed things over by talking to the Hindu Council of ...