LGBTQI advocacy groups have welcomed the decision by local councils and the Victorian Parliament to fly the Pride flag as "incredible", in light of far-right groups recently targeting councillors and council staff over drag storytime events.
A council in Melbourne's west is dealing with the fallout from a charged meeting where a public toilet strategy was discussed and a petition pushing for women's-only toilets was put forward.
Port Phillip Deputy Mayor Tim Baxter has revealed he has been subjected to virulent online attacks after he blew the whistle on alleged transphobia of some Victorian Greens members.