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“There are still pockets of resistance to acknowledging that LGBTIQ+ are part of our community, and they need just a small recognition,” she says. A spokesperson for PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), she feels the message being sent by West Wimmera Shire council is that most councillors don’t really care about a portion of their community. Sharyn Faulkner lives in the Surf Coast Shire, a large rural electorate south-west of Geelong. “It is not a sentiment held throughout the entire shire,” he says. “There are other people in West Wimmera Shire who also support our endeavours, our allies, and do not agree with what the mayor has said.
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“We know there are LGBTIQ+ people in the West Wimmera Shire, and we know they would appreciate raising the flag.
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“They’ve always been offensive but they’re just getting tiresome now, that people are still making these sorts of comparisons. “We almost couldn’t deal with what was being said, because we’ve heard those arguments before,” Robinson says. The couple was shocked by the issues Meyer raised in the interview, after which Quaine responded live on ABC Radio. For five years, he and Quaine have lived and worked in Horsham Rural City council area, a region that does raise the rainbow flag for IDAHOBIT. “I know that the Victorian Pride Lobby has also had a hand in promoting the Rainbow Pledge and getting councils to sign on to that to whatever degree they’re comfortable with.” They should be doing all they can do to make every part of their community feel welcome.’ Photograph: John Faulkner