Katherine Deves Rails Against Plans For Rainbow Lights At Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance
In a historic first, Melbourne’s iconic landmark, the Shrine of Remembrance will be bathed in rainbow colours on Sunday August 1, 2022, to honour LGBTQI veterans. Not surprisingly, the decision has run into the usual homophobic and transphobic opposition.Shrine CEO, Dean Lee told Star Observer that plans to light up the Shrine in rainbow colours to mark the opening of a new exhibition, ‘Defending with Pride: Stories of LGBTQ+ Service’, would go ahead. “Enough. The Victorian Shrine of Remembrance being used to promote divisive political ideologies.