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To: Les H who wrote (13557)	8/24/2000 12:25:09 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) of 436258

Drag Racing to become demonstration Olympic sport at Sydney Olympic Drag Queens Between 40 and 200 drag queens will appear in the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, said Olympics Minister Michael Knight. The drag queens, some wearing original gowns from the movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, will participate in the October 15 closing ceremony as part of a segment celebrating Australian movies. The hit movie, which won the 1995 Oscar for best costume design, told the story of a group of drag queens on a bus journey through outback Australia. The announcement set off a flood of calls to radio talk shows with some listeners denouncing it as endorsing a gay lifestyle. But there was elation in Sydney's gay community, which regarded it as another breakthrough in acceptance for homosexuals worldwide. "This decision has brought people out of the dark ages, and it shows that people are getting more tolerant of gay people," said Sally, a drag queen performer. Despite Australia's image as a macho society, Sydney has a thriving homosexual community with an annual gay Mardi Gras attended by up to one million people.

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