{"id":3049,"date":"2016-04-21T10:45:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/australia-is-getting-its-first-lgbtq-pride-centre\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T10:45:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:45:33","slug":"australia-is-getting-its-first-lgbtq-pride-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/australia-is-getting-its-first-lgbtq-pride-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia is getting its first LGBTQ &#039;Pride Centre&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cbeb16fb7dc24534b92dc05fa25064eb\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIxL2U0L2NiZWIxNmZiN2RjLjU4YTc3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/e03b7cee\/978\/cbeb16fb7dc24534b92dc05fa25064eb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Australia+is+getting+its+first+LGBTQ+%27Pride+Centre%27&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F20%2Fpride-centre-melbourne%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F20%2Fpride-centre-melbourne%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Melbourne wants to be the pride capital of Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The city will soon become home to Australia&#8217;s first <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Pride Centre, which will be a hub for LGBTQ art and history, as well as hosting advisory, health and support services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The centre is part of the Victorian state government&#8217;s equality agenda, with A$15 million set aside for the project in its upcoming 2016 budget.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/17\/once-upon-a-time-ruby-slippers-recap\/\">&#8216;Once Upon a Time&#8217; introduces LGBT storyline in the land of Oz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">As for the final design, location and how long it will take to build the centre, this is yet to be revealed as consultations will take place between the government and the LGBTQ community.\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/20\/pride-centre-melbourne\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/lgbt-issues\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lgbt Issues<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/watercooler\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Watercooler<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/IS9rMxbxyV0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne wants to be the pride capital of Australia.\u00a0 The city will soon become home to Australia&#8217;s first Pride Centre, which will be a hub for LGBTQ art and history, as well as hosting advisory, health and support services.\u00a0 The &hellip; 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