There is a second official residence, Admiralty House in Sydney.

Government House, Sydney, the official residence of the governor

Government House, Sydney, as the residence of the monarch, is the traditional official residence of the governor.

In Australia, the Royal National Park was established just south of Sydney in 1879, becoming the world's second official national park.

Since 2000, taekwondo has been one of only two Asian martial arts ( the other being judo ) that are included in the Olympic Games ; it became a demonstration event starting with the 1988 games in Seoul, and became an official medal event starting with the 2000 games in Sydney.

It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling purposes and became an official event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

While no official recording of Vangelis ' composition for the 2000 Sydney Games exists, the music can be heard accompanying the presentation of the emblem of the 2004 Athens Games.

Nonetheless, Whitlam, who began campaigning almost immediately after the dismissal, was met with huge crowds wherever he went ; 30, 000 people overspilled the Sydney Domain for the official campaign launch on 24 November.

In 1972, Edward Downes, formerly associated with London's Royal Opera House, became Musical Director, and his first new production was the Australian premiere of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, followed closely by Prokofiev's War and Peace as the opening night performance of the Sydney Opera House, a short time before the building's official opening.

Paul Turner began the company with five staff members in July 1970, the official opening happening at the Menzies Hotel, Sydney on 1 October 1970.

From the time of her commencement as Governor, Bashir, like her immediate predecessor, did not reside in Government House, Sydney, retaining it for reception and official purposes.

They asked Bradman to leave his teammates and attend official receptions they organised in Adelaide, Melbourne, Goulburn, his hometown Bowral and Sydney, where he received a brand new custom-built Chevrolet.

Fair Day is the kick off event for the official Mardi Gras season in Victoria Park, Sydney for Sydney's wider LGBTQI community and their friends, family and pets.

This is also the day upon which the Australian Federation officially came in to being, however the national day, Australia Day, is celebrated on 26 January, which was the date of the official foundation of the first British colony at Sydney in 1788, an important beginning in modern Australian immigrant history.

The first official game of Touch was played in late 1968 and the first official competition, organised by Dyke & Vawdon, was held at Snape Park, Sydney in 1969.

It is one of two official Prime Ministerial residences, the other being Kirribilli House, in Sydney.

The latter is a residence maintained for the official use of Prime Ministers when they need to perform official duties and extend official hospitality in Sydney.

The Australiana Fund, started by Tamie Fraser, used donations to collect Australian art and furniture for the four official residences – Government House and The Lodge in Canberra, and Admiralty House and Kirribilli House in Sydney.

* Admiralty House, Kirribilli is the Governor General's official residence in Sydney.

The first official race meeting was organised by officers of Governor Macquarie's visiting 73rd Regiment and held at Hyde Park, Sydney in October 1810.

He gave up his official residences in Sydney and Melbourne and most official entertaining.

In 1998, the year of the centennial commemoration of the Republic of the Philippines, a Gay and Lesbian Pride March was incorporated in the mammoth " citizens ' parade " which was part of the official centennial celebration.

Liverpool's official Pride was launced in 2010, but by 2011 it became the largest free Gay Pride festival in the United Kingdom outside London.

Gay had just been appointed secretary to the British ambassador to the court of Hanover through the influence of Jonathan Swift when the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, three months later put an end to all his hopes of official employment.

Following the vote by the Knesset, the Israeli legislature, in 2007 in favour of bills to ban lesbian and gay pride parades in Jerusalem, the Lesbian and Gay Coalition Against Racism criticised Tatchell saying " Peter Tatchell and others who have distinguished themselves by the speed of their quite proper defence of lesbian and gay rights when these have been attacked by Black, Arab, Muslim forces or regimes have still refused to condemn with equal force the official attacks on lesbian and gay rights by the highest institutions of the State of Israel.

In addition to UNICEF and his National Inclusion Project he is promoting GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network as one of his causes on his official website.

* Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders — official website

* Gay Men's Health Crisis — official website

Recently, Ginoli announced on Pansy Division's official website that 2009 would see the release of their seventh studio album, titled That ’ s So Gay, a live DVD, another national tour, and his memoirs, a biography of the band entitled Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division.

On June 9 2002 June Pointer and Bonnie Pointer performed as a duo on the bill at the San Jose Gay Pride Celebration the pair having been recruited by a promoter who had failed to recruit the official Pointer Sisters trio for the event: the June / Bonnie Pointer duo's appearance at San Jose Pride was promoted as a " Pointer Sisters " gig with pictures of June Pointer performing with Anita Pointer and Ruth Pointer utilized in its promotion, causing Anita Pointer and Ruth Pointer to sue the promoter and other affiliates of the June / Bonnie Pointer duo's San Jose Pride gig ( neither Bonnie Pointer nor June Pointer was named in the suit ).

* Seattle Gay News — official website

Robert Walpole, sometimes called " the first Prime Minister ," had a personally antagonistic relationship with some of the dramatists ( such as John Gay ), and he responded to literary attacks with official power.

One song on the album provoked an official complaint, " You Went to See Dishwalla and Everclear ( You're Gay )", about which the label American Records complained.

A close reading of the debates within SiGNeL ( the Singapore Gay News List ) and the local mass media reveals ideological struggles — and, in particular, gay activists ’ role in these struggles — surrounding a basic contradiction between Singapore's exclusionary laws and practices, and official state rhetoric about active citizenship, social diversity, and gradual liberalization.

* Gay Life — official website

Created in 1980 by members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, they were described by The Advocate as " a non-official offshoot " of SFGMC along with three official subgroups.

* Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association — official website

* ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives — official website

* Get it On-Big Gay Out 2010 official website

The official Gay Games for 2006 were awarded to Chicago, with just over 12, 000 participants.

On the train to the wedding, openly gay character Sean Tully ( Antony Cotton ) tells Sophie he saw her doppelganger at the Manchester Gay Pride event that weekend ( this is possibly an in-joke, as Coronation Street had an official presence at the event.