Objects of love to me, being the most bitter, cynical and twisted person on that particular view point, is loving yourself first. Coming along to Mardi Gras for me is learning how to love yourself and seeing the diversity and the fantastic amount of people around that show and reflect every different part of love – it’s like looking into a prism and seeing thousands of ways of loving and accepting yourself, then your partner, then your community and then your world. I think that MG is fantastic for that reason – it’s why I come along as a bitter and cynical single person every year and I love it. Because if you can’t celebrate who you are, how can you celebrate your love in life your community, your family and then eventually the world?