The 30th annual Mardi Gras went off over the weekend in Sydney, drawing a crowd of at least 300,000.
AP: "What began in 1978 as a protest march by 1,500 brave homosexual, lesbian and transsexual men and women that was harshly disbursed by police has grown into one of the world's largest and most flamboyant gay pride events. This year's procession of 150 floats was led by the '78ers' — a group of 186 of the original marchers and their partners, who drew rapturous cheers."
Below, coverage from the Australian video featuring Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin (who arrived there, of course, on the pink flight from San Francisco, and Carson Kressley, whom they identify as Carson Daly:
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