/opinion/soapbox-opinion/and-the-bands-played-on/13155 Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Sun, 24 May 2009 06:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /opinion/soapbox-opinion/and-the-bands-played-on/13155#comment-13454 Sun, 24 May 2009 06:09:01 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=13155#comment-13454 While a donnybrook goes on about when the Mardi Gras parade and party should be held, way more serious events are happening in Russia and the Baltic states. However, these events highlight the need for gays in Australia and other places where the gay community is free to demonstrate and have our Mardi Gras and also show up in huge numbers. We need to show solidarity with gay people who live in countries where they are still struggling for basic rights.

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