On Friday afternoon, the Sydney Mardi Gras chief executive, Jesse Matheson, announced that the board had banned the Pride In Protest float entry from its parade for making pro-Palestinian social media posts that they refused to take down. The posts had described another Mardi Gras group, Dayenu, as being “pro-Zionist” and “supporting genocide”.
In response, around 200 people turned up at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday to condemn Matheson and the Mardi Gras board.
With a large riot squad contingent in tow, the protests marched from Town Hall to Hyde Park, where they were prevented from entering into the holding pen and barred from participating in the parade.
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