For the first time in Mardi Gras history, the Prime Minister has taken part in the Oxford Street parade. Read more:
Mr Albanese said partygoers needed to pay tribute to the 78ers, the Mardi Gras' first marchers, "who were thrown in jail for the simple fact of who they were because they happened to be gay of lesbian".Sequined revellers have cheered Anthony Albanese as he strode along Sydney's Oxford Street as the first sitting prime minister to march in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
"It's unfortunate that I am the first , but this is a celebration of modern Australia. We're a diverse, inclusive Australia and that's a good thing," he told the ABC as waved at the crowd. Roughly 12,500 marchers on 200 floats danced, sung and celebrated their way through the spiritual home of Sydney's LGBTQI community as they commemorated the parade's homecoming.
Parade participant David Mulally says the compounding impact of WorldPride and Oxford Street homecoming has elevated every aspect of the queer extravaganza.
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