On a partly overcast and very, soooo very, humid Auckland Sunday thousands of glbti people and our friends and supporters converged in Coyle Park for the annual Big Gay Out. There's a lot goes on over seven hours of music, dancing, eating, drinking, hugging, parading and lusting. Here's part one of our impressions, in somewhat random order, of the day. As usual the rowdy main stage, actually the only stage and officially styled the Durex Main Stage, is to the west, lazing and picnicking space in the centre, community and commercial stands to the east and food and drink stalls to the extreme east. Official start time is midday but by then there are already thousands strolling, chatting and setting up groundsheets, hampers, bubbly, pooches and sunshade devices in the most-coveted locations. The official welcome and blessing are over quite quickly and the Ahakoa Te Aha cultural group send their powerful voices out over the park. Then the L
Credit: Cody Ward and Jay Bennie
First published: Sunday, 12th February 2017 - 9:29pm