"I buried my sexuality, but you can only do that for so long"
2021 marks the third time Narelda Jacobs will co-host the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras for SBS, and having come out as gay to an Indigenous family, she is more than aware of the need to turn the spotlight to aspects of the queer community. Jacobs, who presents news for 10 News First and The Tailings, Pulse, Marrow) and parent to her daughter. Shared with SBS / NITV for key events, her life is happily busy and going from strength to strength. But 24 years ago, coming out to family was much harder, given her father was a Reverend in the Uniting Church, and her mother a pastor.