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200,000 people looked on as around 10,500 participants took part the spectacular Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras 2015 para on Saturday night.

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MARDI GRAS 2015: ANNUAL GAY AND LBIAN PARA HS SYDNEY STREETS

Thoands of spectators scend on Sydney for this year's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para. * gay parade sydney 2015 *

Thoands of spectators have scend on Sydney for this year's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para.

There were about 150 floats spanng five kilometr the para on Saturday night, wh them verg a range of topics cludg anti-homophobia sport and marriage equaly.

SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS

The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras is an annual pri para celebratg the LGBT muny; attend by hundreds of thoands of people annually. * gay parade sydney 2015 *

Several high profile athlet, cludg former Olympians and football players, took part the first three floats this year's para centred on the succs of ele gay athlet, the mment by Atralian sportg anisatns to a more diverse and clive sportg environment, and the succs of the Sydney Convicts, who last year won the Bgham Cup - the world cup of gay gby.

"As long as even one gay or lbian kid is aaid to play sport, one of Atralia's fg activi, for fear of beg nounced, Mardi Gras has a purpose.

"This year's para also saw the largt number of Defence Force members ever to take part the ADF officer charge of the para, Squadron Lear Vce Chong, said the growg participatn showed that Defence culture was changg for the chief Michael Rolik said while the regnn of equaly for the gay muny had greatly improved, there were still many prejudic prevalent society.

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"But that don't mean that attus are sync wh equaly and diversy and I thk our biggt challenge is really shapg attus, homophobia schools, and the whole g out procs for vulnerable people...

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Known for beg one of the bt parti on the globe, the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras events livered bety, glter, and pri. * gay parade sydney 2015 *

Sydney Mardi Gras is the largt gay party Atralia, and one of the biggt dat the LGBTQ Pri lendar worldwi.

Beg the cy's ma gay pri event, Mardi Gras Sydney attracts thoands of partygoers every year. Sydney Mardi Gras first started through a gay rights para Sydney, on June 24, 1978.

Followg a day memoratn of the Stonewall Rts of 1969, LGBTQ lols gathered on Oxford Street at 10pm to march for equal regn, fight scrimatn agast LGBTQ people employment and hog, revoke anti-gay laws, and end police harassment.

SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS

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So if you are lookg to experience your pri down unr, the heart of the Atralian summer, be sure to pencil Sydney Mardi Gras to your gay events lendar this year. Then get planng your trip to Atralia’s hottt gay pri event. The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras annual pri para celebrat the LGBT muny.

The world-renowned Para returns to Oxford Street to celebrate Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras’ 46th anniversary. An timated 200, 000 people looked on as around 10, 500 participants, cludg 105 floats and groups, took part the spectacular Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras 2015 para on Saturday night. Big nam Atralian sport were cheered by the crowds as they helped she a spotlight on homophobia at Saturday's Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.

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