Closets are for clothes, not people.
So said a simple sign held by a young man at Melbourne's marriage equality rally - but for the hundreds in attendance it meant much.
Same-sex marriage supporters took over the front steps of the State Library on Saturday in what they called their election rally - a direct stance against the Turnbull government and its proposed plebiscite on the issue.
Draped in rainbow flags, rallygoers cheered as the event organisers called for an end to inequality and urged others to stand with them by preferencing the Liberal Party last in next weekend's federal election.
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, who spoke to the crowd, was a clear favourite at the rally - arriving to raucous applause as he took the stage.
"Love is love, fair is fair and equality is not negotiable," Mr Andrews told the crowd.
He said a vote for the Labor Party and Bill Shorten was a vote for equality.
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