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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore with the rainbow flag during a speech inside Sydney Town Hall on February 17, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. The flag raising ceremony is to acknowledge the start of the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. The Sydney Mardi Gras parade began in 1978 as a march and commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots of New York. It is an annual event promoting awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues and themes. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17:  Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore with the rainbow flag during a speech inside Sydney Town Hall on February 17, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. The flag raising ceremony is to acknowledge the start of the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. The Sydney Mardi Gras parade began in 1978 as a march and commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots of New York. It is an annual event promoting awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues and themes.  (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)