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T'was a balmy summer night in Sydney, and all the happy lesbians and gay men - and our friends - have gathered on the steps of the world-famous Opera House to celebrate the start of the month of Mardi Gras. ... even the mighty QEII was harboured to cheer on the launch ... ... and then there was us ... left to right, Thomas, myself, Frank Jako and myself Max, Neal, Richard and a cast of thousands. Twenty-two thousand, or there abouts.