'Dykes on Bikes' kick off Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney

Sydney's 46th Mardi Gras Parade kicked off on Saturday, after the grisly killing of a gay couple tested relations between police and the LGBTQ community. Organizers have asked uniformed police not to participate in the city's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade after a police officer was charged with the double murder of a TV presenter and his boyfriend. 

Police allege the killings were "of a domestic nature" and not a "gay-hate crime". But activists had demanded police be barred from the event. Organizers are planning a moment of silence, with the parade coming to a halt in a collective act of remembrance.