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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley and Luca Ittimani

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Crowdfunding campaign brings first timor leste float to sydney mardi gras parade - The Untold Story

Nuno Carrascalão (centre) with performers from the Timor-Leste float ahead of the 2024 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Nuno Carrascalão (centre) with performers from the Timor-Leste float ahead of the 2024 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Photograph: Esther Linder/AAP

Natalino Guterres likens getting the chance to march down Oxford Street in pure queer pride to the feeling he had when he was 12 and Timor-Leste achieved independence after a brutal occupation.

“It’s really emotional for me,” he said. “It’s one of those moments when you’re really happy and get to look forward to having some momentum.”

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