The first rainbow crossing in Melbourne’s west will be painted on the road outside Altona’s Louis Joel centre on January 30.
Hobsons Bay council is inviting the community to help paint the crossing between 4.30pm and 6.30pm, as part of Midsumma’s Go West festival.
Council’s GLBTIQ committee head, Tony Briffa, said the crossing was aimed at letting people know they lived in a safe and respectful community.
“The rainbow is a symbol of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer [GLBTIQ] pride,” Cr Briffa said.
“By bringing the whole community together to walk the same colourful crossing, we are putting everyone on an equal footing, quite literally.’’
» midsumma.org.au/program/gowest
