Firefighters steal show at Mardi Gras from muscle-bound marchers and drag queens

The fight for marriage equality might have been won, but there were no shortage of political messages as participants marched, danced and struck a pose along Oxford Street in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Saturday night.

But Mr Albanese, who was due to join the Rainbow Labor float with colleagues including Penny Wong and Kristina Keneally, said homophobia was still an issue, despite progress in recent years.An Indigneous smoking ceremony was held before participants in the Haka for Life float performed a haka. Sisters Gabrielle and Katherine Tanks marched in their first Mardi Gras parade alongside 80 other members of the RFS. Gabrielle said it was an honour to march: "We have many people who are in this community that we want to support."Sisters Gabrielle and Katherine Tanks from the North Rocks Rural Fire Service attend their first Mardi Gras.

Caputo said marching in the parade was an "ecstatic" experience: ‘‘It’s hard to describe the feeling. It’s such a rush. It’s over before you know it.’’ Jane Marsden, who will be marching as part of ‘‘A Cock in a Sock in a Shock Jock’’ float, which is taking aim at Alan Jones, said she believed the bill was an attempt to counter the rights won under marriage equality laws.

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_andrew Fantastic people. Fantastic jobs they have done. Fantastic representatives to the community 😍

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