The display was intended to commemorate LGBTIQ+ people in service as part of the upcoming exhibition Defending with Pride, which chronicles their stories of denial, exclusion, recognition and inclusion.
Source:Plans to light up Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance in rainbow colours have been abandoned after staff were subjected to "hateful" threats and abuse.
"We have seen something of what members of the LGBTIQ+ community experience every day. It is hateful." "We are proud to recognise and celebrate the history and service of LGBTIQ+ people, something that has traditionally been absent or under-represented within Australia's war memorials," he said."A decade ago, conversations around veteran suicide were taboo, yet today it is the subject of a royal commission.
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