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New Mardi Gras had already decided last year to shift its parade to the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Oxford Street is where the original 1978 gay and lesbian pride parade was attacked by police: 53 people were arrested and many were assaulted while in custody.
This year’s rally had demands: it called on the NSW government to stop the transphobic bill being pushed by One Nation NSW MP Mark Latham; to decriminalise sex work; and to end the war on drugs.
Showing solidarity with other struggles, participants called for all refugees to be freed from detention and for justice for First Nations peoples.
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The organisers of a protest march in Sydney to mark this weekend s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras say the event will go ahead despite opposition from NSW Police.
The march is due to take place on Saturday afternoon ahead of the official Mardi Gras, which has been moved to the Sydney Cricket Ground due to COVID-19.
Activist group Pride In Protest is among those organising the community march which plans to take the route of the original 1978 march down Oxford Street to Hyde Park.
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Pride In Protest spokesman Toby Walmsley said he was told by NSW Police they intend to block the event in court, citing COVID-19 health restrictions, but he intends to march anyway.