Invitation to join pride group in global stance

LGBTIQ advocacy group Wimmera Pride Project will host a free community breakfast on Monday to acknowledge International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia, IDAHOBIT.

Wimmera Pride Project chair Scott Robinson said May 17 represented an opportunity for global communities to unite to make a stand against LGBTIQA+ discrimination.

He said IDAHOBIT, a highly significant and symbolic event for LGBTIQA+ communities, started in 1990 on May 17, after the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

He said the health organisation also declassified being transgender as a mental disorder two years ago.

“It represents the global battle we fight daily and continual awareness for the work that still needs to get done in combatting discrimination,” he said. “We at Wimmera Pride Project celebrate May 17 as a massive journey marker in the long battle for equality, but also look toward what still must get done so all may live free to be respected for who we are, who we love and what we identify as.”

Mr Robinson said everyone was welcome at the 7am breakfast, but bookings were essential for catering purposes.

People can book via the group’s Facebook page.