Melbourne Pride March breaks records
Record crowds turned out in Australia for the 10th annual Pride March in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne. With a record 99 contingents involving an estimated 60,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and allied Victorians marched while 50,000 more lined Fitzroy Street to watch. The Victoria Police Show Band was even on hand, and while their performance of "YMCA" by The Village People was cut short by an equipment failure, all was forgiven when Constable Julie Leder saved the day with a rousing rendition of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." The march also marked the passing of 25 years since the socially progressive state Liberal government led by the late Sir Rupert Hamer decriminalized homosexuality.
The Age
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