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Friday 14 February 2014 | Issue 1213 | starobserver.com.au
Australia's most respected LGBTI news source
MARDI GRAS FAIR DAY
PHOTOS Pg 20 -21
Dawn of the film festival...
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ACON CLINIC PAGE 06
CANCER COUNCIL SUPPORT PAGE 04 TRANS* OPINION FEATURE PAGE 12
Friday 14 February 2014 | Issue 1213 | starobserver.com.au
Australia's most respected LGBTI news source
MARDI GRAS FAIR DAY
PHOTOS Pg 20 -21
Dawn of the film festival
The Mardi Gras Film Festival officially starts this week, and to celebrate 2014 being its 21st year, festival
organisers have arranged 11 days of LGBTI-themed films from Australia and around the world.
Among the film line-up is the world premiere of Croc-A-Dyke Dundee, The Legend of Dawn O’Donnell,
which tells the story of Dawn O’Donnell (pictured) - a convent girl turned ice-skater who became “the
godmother” of Sydney’s Oxford St and a lived a lifestyle that was filled with rumours of drugs and crime.
In this week’s edition the Star Observer provides a sneak peak at the film, which will screen on the
festival’s closing night of February 23.
Other highlights in the festival, which is also part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mard
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