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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:05 PM
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Gay Mardi Gras launched in Sydney
Gay Mardi Gras launched in Sydney

The Australian city of Sydney is holding the annual Mardi Gras festival, one of the world's best-known gay and lesbian celebrations.

Environmental and social issues feature strongly this year in the colourful and often outrageous street parade began as a gay rights protest in the late 1970s.

In particular, there are calls to allow same-sex marriages and equal financial rights for same-sex couples.

Around 7,500 people are marching in the parade, led by UK actor Rupert Everett.

Hundreds of spectators lined the route, to watch floats such as one carrying 250 male Kylie Minogue lookalikes dressed in pink hot pants and tinsel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6415067.stm
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Bear down under Donating Member (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 09:13 PM
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1. Only hundreds of spectators?
The NSW police estimated the crowd at 350,000.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/wire/sns-ap-people-everett,0,7461306.story?coll=sns-ap-movie-headlines
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