Transgender Model Amanda Lepore Leads Sydney Gay Pride

[Shana A]

Transgender Model Amanda Lepore Leads Sydney Gay Pride
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: February 27, 2010

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5342&MediaType=1&Category=24

Fashion icon Amanda Lepore kicked off Sydney's giant gay pride parade Saturday, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

The annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade drew an estimate 100,000 people along its Oxford Street route to enjoy more than 135 floats celebrating famous gay and lesbian people throughout history.

Lepore, a New York artist and entertainer who transgendered at the age of 17, led the floats as chief of parade. True to her glamorous image, Lepore strutted out of William Square dressed in a diamond-studded G-string, and not much else.