South Australian Labor MP Ian Hunter has married his partner Leith Semmens in a ceremony in Spain.

Fans of one of Russia’s biggest football teams, Zenit St Petersburg, have called for the club to field only white, heterosexual players after members of the club’s largest supporter group deemed “dark skinned” and gay players as “unworthy”.

In what may look like an unholy alliance to some, anti-gay Liberal firebrand Cory Bernardi has cloistered up with openly-gay monarchist David Flint and controversial radio host Alan Jones to head up a new right-wing lobby group styled on America’s Tea Party that will campaign against same-sex marriage and push for a return to corporal punishment ahead of next year’s federal election. 

Speculation has risen further over the possibility that the AFL may introduce a pride round to the 2013 season fixture.

Hacker activist group Anonymous has once again stepped up its campaign against the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) after members of the controversial anti-gay family led church announced their intentions to picket the funerals of victims – the majority of whom were young children – of last week’s mass school shooting in the US.

Tickets for the most popular ChillOut events, including Carnival Day, Bush Dance and Dance Party are now on sale. There are a limited number of ‘Big 3’ special package offers for Carnival, Bush Dance and Dance Party at $95.00.

It’s not too late to donate to Living Positive Victoria (LPV) for their annual Christmas hampers. Each year LPV volunteers prepare hampers to deliver to people living with HIV/AIDS on Christmas Day.

Following the death of his partner Anthony Smith last month, gay rights advocate Dennis Altman discovered that Victorian law denies him being recognised as Smith’s de-facto partner.

Rapid HIV testing, which promises results in under half-an-hour, is set to become a reality next year and beyond with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) today approving the first rapid HIV test for use in Australia.

For the first time new AFL players will learn about homophobia and diversity from an openly gay player as part of their training to be responsible and worthy role models.

Same-sex marriage is likely to be legal in Uruguay early next year after lawmakers in the South American country overwhelmingly supported the passage of a marriage equality bill in its first phase this week.

Australian Marriage Equality (AME) says it is willing to consider laws such as those about to be introduced in the UK to protect churches from legal action if they refuse to conduct same-sex weddings.

Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong has recorded a video message in support of a national campaign against bullying and youth suicide.

The future of Oxford Street is literally set to look a little bit brighter with two busy intersections to be painted the colours of the rainbow to recognise the positive and long-lasting influence the LGBTI community has had in the area.

Britain’s Government will reveal more about its plans for marriage equality this week with a consultation paper to be released expected to support allowing same-sex marriages to take place in churches and other religious buildings.