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1988: First Mardi Gras float by people with AIDS?

Gay in the 80s Posted on March 3, 2018 by Colin ClewsMarch 2, 2018

It’s virtually impossible to establish when individual people living with AIDS (PLWAs) first marched in Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. My guess would be around 1985/86 as that’s when we began to see significant numbers of people with … Continue reading →

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