Taranaki the Rainbow Region: Billboard aims to get acceptance for LGBTQI+ in the province

Taranaki has gained a new title as a local artist works to make the region more accepting of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community (LGBTQI+).

Taranaki has gained a new title as a local artist works to make the region more accepting of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community (LGBTQI+).

Safe Space Alliance (SSA) has placed a new billboard on New Plymouth’s Courtenay St calling the province the ‘Rainbow Region’ of New Zealand.

A key outcome of the billboard and wider project is to help grow acceptance for the local LGBTQI+ community,” SSA director and New Plymouth-born artist.

Shannon Novak

This is in response to a very real need.

Shannon Novak

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