A long march in 40 years for Gay Mardi Gras

A balck and white photo of people marching and holding up signs with gay rights messages

The first Mardi Gras in 1978 turned into a riot. Source: Australian Lesbian and Gay archives

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Sydney's Mardi Gras parade is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and in the four decades since the original 1978 street protest, it has become one of the iconic movements for social justice.

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