'Turn back the float!': Cher, the Mardi Gras and when the personal gets political

Marriage equality is far from the ‘final issue’ for those at the 40th anniversary Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras paradeThe humid evening draws in and Oxford Street is full of people. I walk up towards the parade route from Sydney’s Central station and the majority of people walking alongside me are decked out in rainbows, glitter and clothing far more bawdy and revealing than the usual Saturday night attire.At Taylor Square, halfway along the parade route, the crowds are already swelling. Music starts pumping from a huge sound system outside the Courthouse Hotel. A volunteer waving some green pom-poms, tries, with limited success, to corral the crowd into performing a Mexican wave. Continue reading…
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