NEXT Sunday the mayor of Hobsons Bay, Tony Briffa, will dress in his official robes and join thousands of people meandering through the streets of St Kilda for what is the culmination of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival, celebrating gay and lesbian culture.

Once upon a time, an elected official taking part in an event that promotes equality for homosexuals would have been a defiant and controversial act.

To our credit, though shamefully late, that is no longer the case.

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