Miriam Margolyes Takes Part In First Ever Pride Parade In Hobart, Shares Coming Out Journey
starobserver.com.auAfter winning praise for Almost Australian, actor Miriam Margolyes is back on TV screens with her new docuseries Australia Unmasked on ABC.
The first episode sees Margolyes taking part in her first ever Pride parade in Hobart, with renowned Tasmanian LGBTQI activist Rodney Croome. “It was a privilege to have Miriam Margolyes highlight how Tasmania has gone from worst to best on LGBTIQA+ human rights,” Croome tweeted after the episode was broadcast.In her journey of unmasking Australia’s cultural crumbs, Margolyes arrives in Tasmania in the first episode.
Not only does she get a chance to communicate with and unpack intricacies in the lives of Aboriginal Australian, but she also stumbles upon Croome in Ulverstone – a town of 15000 people at the mouth of Leven River.
In the episode, Croome takes her through LGBTQI history of the region. “[Ulverstone] is probably the most important place in Tasmania for us to [fly the rainbow flag].
