Our favourite Supermum to her gay son Shelley Argent has just been announced as this year’s Sydney Mardi Gras’ Chief of Parade.

The tireless campaigner for marriage equality will lead all the glittering floats down Oxford Street on March 3. Our photoshopped picture above shows how the proud mum and her son James might look on the night.

Argent is the national spokesperson for PFLAG – Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays – and has been awarded an Order of Australia and QLD Senior Australian of the Year for her work in campaigning for LGBT equality.

The lovely Brisbane mum says she’s enormously proud to be leading the world-famous parade this year.

“This is an acknowledgement of all those parents and families who are supportive of their gay and lesbian loved ones,” she says. “It also shows me that the community supports and appreciates the work I do.”

Argent began her journey in advocating gay and lesbian rights in 1998 when her son first came out to her. She soon felt that there were very few resources or materials for the families of LGBTQI people and began writing a series of educational booklets to enable them to support their family members.

Each year the Board of Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras choose at last one Chief of Parade who represents the values and spirit of Mardi Gras. This has previously included Ian Roberts, Don Baxter, Peter Tatchell, Bev Lange, Matthew Mitcham and Lily Tomlin to name a few.

SGLMG Chair Peter Urmson says Shelley is “the obvious choice” for this year’s Chief of Parade because of the current national debate around marriage equality and the reoccurring debate on same sex parenting.

“Shelley has been a tireless supporter of other parents and a persuasive advocate for full equality,” he explains. “Her dedication to the rights of her gay son is an inspiration to LGBTQI Australians, their families and the nation as a whole.

“Shelley Argent is helping lead Australia to a fairer and more inclusive future,” he adds. “We are immensely proud to honour Shelly’s tireless work in showing that families come in many different forms, all bound by love.”

Fittingly, Shelley will lead the section of the Parade that is about families and marriage.