晚上10点后,泰勒广场聚集了几百个穿着各种鲜艳夸张的表演服的同志和直人支持者,在6月份南半球的冷风中狂欢。当时悉尼主流社会仍然极度歧视同性恋,正如当天的天气,活动马上遭遇了警察的围堵,双方冲突导致53人被拘禁,虽然第二天当局撤销指控并全部释放,但悉尼先驱晨报The Sydney Morning Herald刊登出了所有53人的名字、工作和住址,这些人被动出柜,很多人因此失去工作。
"You could hear them in Darlinghurst police station being beaten up and crying out from pain. The night had gone from nerve-wracking to exhilarating to traumatic all in the space of a few hours. The police attack made us more determined to run Mardi Gras the next year."
- KEN DAVIS