The mental block I seem to have with taking part in anything called Mardi Gras is that I could've sworn that 'Mardi Gras' was Shrove Tuesday, the start of Lent in the Christian calendar. Some cultures like to throw a big carnival, others cook pancakes and maybe let a few enthusiastic people do a cross between a pancake flipping competition and an egg and spoon race. Either way it's not all that much to do with queer pride.

If we're going to illogically rename Pride to 'mardi gras' it should at least be on a Tuesday. It all just seems like cultural appropriation without any understanding. A name that's not only meaningless (I suppose it suggests 'big celebrationary carnival') but in fact means something completely unrelated. 'Pride' was at least vaguely descriptive. (Actually this was probably just copying Syndney and nothing actually about if the name was appropriate).