Pride in Melbourne kicks off with the Pride March.

A sea of colour has lined the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda this afternoon for the annual Pride March, celebrating gender and sexual diversity.

Actor and LGBTQI advocate Magda Szubanski was among 8000 people who made their way along Fitzroy Street for the Midsumma Pride March.

“We’re all fully equal, there are no discrepancies,” Szubanski told the crowd.