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Instructions · What links here · Queens Ball and Community Awards (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 3 months ago by TroyTurner1985 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Comment: May be notable, but it would be great to have more independent sources as the majority of the info is from their own website. Also the list of past winners is entirely unsourced. -- NotCharizard ^🗨 04:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Queens Ball Community Awards (also known as Queens Birthday Ball Community Awards and Queens Ball) is an annual queer gala event in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1962 by Dame Sybil von Thorndyke (Laurie Dean),^[1]^[2] ^[3]Queens Ball was first held in Mount Tamborine, Queensland. Queens Ball Community Awards is the longest continuously running LGBTQIA+ event in the world.^[4] The Ball's Community Awards celebrate the contributions of queer Queenslanders to the Queensland LGBTQIA+ community.

^ Rutkin, Bill (2022-12-31). "83 today: Qld Living Treasure Laurie Deane, Dame Sybil". QNews. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
^ Hirst, Jordan (2018-02-12). "Queensland Drag Icon Sybil Von Thorndyke Honoured". QNews. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
^ "The Beat: Queensland LGBT history, naughty Gay Brisbane in the 80's - Toby Simkin ★ Broadway". 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ Rogers, Destiny (2019-06-16). "Editorial: 58th Annual Queens Ball in Brisbane". QNews. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

[1] Rutkin, Bill (2022-12-31). "83 today: Qld Living Treasure Laurie Deane, Dame Sybil". QNews. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

[2] Hirst, Jordan (2018-02-12). "Queensland Drag Icon Sybil Von Thorndyke Honoured". QNews. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[3] "The Beat: Queensland LGBT history, naughty Gay Brisbane in the 80's - Toby Simkin ★ Broadway". 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-05-11.

[4] Rogers, Destiny (2019-06-16). "Editorial: 58th Annual Queens Ball in Brisbane". QNews. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

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