They are part of the Australian LGBTIQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Questioning, Asexual) community that has kept the pressure on federal politicians to revisit the Marriage Act.

Widespread opposition within the LGBTIQA community to the federal government’s election promise of a plebiscite on same-sex marriage factored into an announcement by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on Tuesday.

He consulted with the community’s peak bodies before declaring that Labor Party senators would block the plebiscite deemed unnecessary, expensive and able to cause mental illness.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused the Labor Party of being less interested in marriage equality than “in wringing every ounce of political gain out of this debate”.

The Central West Pride March was conducted as part of Mental Health Month.