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Dreaming Down Under

ot just a parade and a party, Sydney Mardi Gras evolved from Australia’s own version of Stonewall in 1978, when police violently broke up the city’s small public Pride celebration. Those who took part in that march and suffered at the hands of police are revered as “78ers” and hold a place of honor in the

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