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LGBTQI+ celebrities condemn Mardi Gras for uninviting police from parade after cop is charged over the murders of two gay men in Sydney


LGBTQI+ celebrities have lashed out at the Mardis Gras board after NSW police were barred from marching at the Sydney event for the first time in 20 years.

'History and culture is complex and no one is denying the systemic issues that have been at play both in the past and at present regarding the LGBTQl+ community, but I truly believe there are more effective and inclusive ways to build bridges and I hope a positive and respectful resolution can be made.' 'Today, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras board has decided to exclude the NSW police from this year's march, a decision I find extremely sad and disheartening,' she wrote Channel Ten host and Lamarre-Condon's ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird (right) and his new Qantas flight attendant boyfriend Luke Davies (left) were allegedly killed at a home in Paddington , in Sydney's east

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Kyle Sandilands says Mardis Gras board should 'hang their heads in shame' for uninviting police from parade after cop is charged over the murders of two gay men in Sydney