‘We are resilient’:Mardi Gras celebration after a tumultuous year in politics

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After a year plagued by lockdowns,COVID-19 and the religious discrimination bill,almost 50,000 spectators will make their way to the SCG on Saturday to celebrate diversity and queerness at the 44th Sydney Mardi Gras parade.

  • byBillie Eder

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