Sydney sees 50,000 march for international LGBTQI+ at WorldPride festival

Sydney saw an impressive 50,000 people march for international LGBTQI+ at the WorldPride festival’s closing. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was chosen for the march, which made headlines worldwide.

The bridge was closed for several hours for the Pride March, marking the seventh and final day of the festival, which was held in Sydney for the first time.

The event didn’t go down without some emotional highlights. A mid-bridge proposal was one of those highlights as well as an international greeting of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong. They joined the crowd at the opening ceremony, where organisers asked walkers to think about those in countries where lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people are persecuted.

One LGBTQI+ activist, Peter De Waal, says the day was an emotional journey.

He told ABC…

“Today for me is like a pilgrimage…