NSW Police will take part in the 2025 Mardi Gras after the parade’s members voted down a motion to exclude them by 34 votes.
Members of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have narrowly voted against three contentious resolutions that would have prevented NSW Police from marching in the 2025 parade.would have barred police until “such time as they demonstrate a commitment to improving relationships with LGBTQIA+ communities”. It went down, with 493 votes against to 459 in favour.Credit:A second and more severe resolution put forward by activist group Pride in Protest was also rejected.
“No one should have the power to exclude an organisation from our parade, whether that’s police or any other group,” she told thePride in Protest live blogged the AGM on X, formerly known as Twitter. Mardi Gras members shared traumatic experiences of police, and others argued the best way to reform the institution was to keep them within the tent, with one member criticising the board’s handling of the saga.
, saying one of the special aspects of the event was its ability to bring Sydney together, and the decision to exclude police would undermine that.
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