The Labor Government plans to remove convictions that were made against Victorian gay men in the 1960’s if elected.

From advocacy and media to arts and entertainment, Gay News Network lists Australia's most talented, intriguing and promising people from the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities to watch in 2013.

Only a few days away from retiring from the diplomatic world, Australia’s high commissioner to London has slammed the level of political debate back in his home country while also taking aim at sexist and homophobic attitudes which he said are far too often thought to be just part and parcel of public discourse.

A look at how “autocomplete” and “autosuggest” functions operate on major internet search engines has discovered there is a propensity for users to search out information on whether celebrities as well as other famous people from the annals of history happen to be gay.

From diving into a circus barrel just to make ends meet to winning an Olympic gold medal and becoming one of the country’s best known and loved gay icons, diver Matthew Mitcham will share these tales and much more in his upcoming autobiography Twists and Turns to be launched at the Midnight Shift next week.

SYDNEY: Over a month after the brutal murder of Ahmed Ghoniem inside his Elizabeth Bay unit, police have renewed appeals for information from the gay and lesbian community and the wider public about the movements of the young gay Muslim man who had moved to Sydney just two years ago to live a more open life.

SYDNEY: Police are appealing for information from the public as they continue their investigations into the possible hate crime killing of a young gay man discovered in his burnt Potts Point unit over the weekend.

Advocates for gay Christians and others have said the “completely outrageous” actions of a Sydney doctor and member of the controversial Exclusive Brethren Christian sect to “cure” a young gay man of his homosexuality by chemically castrating him should serve as a reminder to the community about the dangers of so-called reparative therapy.

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has lauded his sister Christine Forster’s decision to come out as gay, saying she is “one of the bravest” people he knows whose actions “deepened” his own life.

TRAVEL: Lebanon is on the cusp of change as Sam Butler discovers during a night out in Beirut’s gay bars.

Sydney Convicts gay rugby union footballer Kevin Perry became the first person tossed out of this season’s Masterchef after admitting to having “stuffed up” in a pasta challenge overnight.

A study by the University of Washington has found people do have an inbuilt ‘gaydar’ which can function for some individuals with an accuracy of over 80 per cent.

Former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally will officially open an exhibition at Surry Hills Library early next month that documents the story of the world’s second oldest gay Catholic group, Acceptance Sydney.

One member of the Sydney Convicts gay rugby side has swapped the smell of the dressing room for the spicy aromas of the kitchen after being named as the first contestant to get through the Top 24 in the latest season of reality television juggernaut Masterchef.

The brother of England's first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu, has claimed that he was not gay but simply wanted attention.