Former Greens Leader Bob Brown admitted to almost making lesbian activity illegal and called on the Prime Minister to consider her position on same-sex marriage during his final National Press Club address.

US First Lady Michelle Obama has spoken of her support for marriage equality in a video posted on YouTube.

ADELAIDE: South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has highlighted a submission from within the University of Adelaide as one of the many supporters for her same-sex marriage bill, which recently underwent a Senate inquiry.

SYDNEY: A motion has passed the NSW Legislative Council this afternoon in favour of marriage equality.

Actress Cynthia Nixon has married partner Christine Marinoni in a New York ceremony over the weekend.

Labor is turning to the community to help select its candidate for Sydney City Lord Mayor at the upcoming local government elections. Here, SX asked each of them where they stood on LGBTI issues.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to grant his MPs a conscience vote on same-sex marriage to assist in reducing the discontent said to be growing in his party.

A motion calling upon the Federal Parliament to back marriage equality was introduced into NSW Parliament today, with debate on the motion now extended to take place next Thursday after a large number of Upper House MPs signalled they would be speaking on the issue.

Almost three quarters of voters believe Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has turned his back on Liberal Party traditions by not allowing a conscience vote on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to a major opinion poll released today.

The chief executive of one of the country’s retailing giants has today called upon federal MPs to support changes to the law that would allow for same-sex marriage, with David Jones CEO Paul Zahra making the comments ahead of this afternoon’s Pride in Diversity Business Luncheon and Awards honouring corporations with inclusive policies.

Marriage equality advocates have applauded former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett for an article he wrote in favour of same-sex marriage.

A peaceful vigil is planned for Hobart this Thursday night outside a national meeting hosted by Tasmanian churches and other groups opposed to same-sex marriage, with former tennis champion turned fundamentalist Christian pastor Margaret Court also expected to address the gathering.

Finance Minister Penny Wong slammed Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey during a live discussion forum on ABC Television last night, telling the audience she knows “what my family is worth” after the senior Liberal MP had claimed “a mother and a father” offered children “the very best circumstances”.

He is regarded as one of the country’s most prominent advocates for the introduction of same-sex marriage but over the weekend Australian Marriage Equality national convener Alex Greenwich put politics aside for some personal happiness instead, marrying his long-term partner Victor Hoeld in a ceremony in Buenos Aires.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has distanced itself from a doctors group who claim children are better off with heterosexual parents while the Greens as well as human rights experts have also blasted the controversial Doctors for the Family group led by a one-time candidate for the Christian Democratic Party.