Three Indigenous men from Albury-Wodonga closed local NAIDOC Week celebrations with the region’s first LGBT+ Aboriginal event, Dragioke.
‘Dragioke’ gained local sponsorship and sold out within two weeks without promotion, which the performers say is encouraging and indicated acceptance.
Performer Mitch Hibbens, a Wiradjuri man, says access to similar when he was younger and grappling with being a gay Indigenous man would have greatly helped his well-being.