Legendary Star Trek actor William Shatner has called out social news network Reddit for allowing large sections of the site to be “horrifically” homophobic and has suggested it undergo a revamp lest it be remembered as the first “mainstream site” to allow hate mongers a convenient place to spread bigotry.

Beyondblue has given its backing to new social media guidelines announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and has urged Twitter to also agree to the Federal Government’s complaints-handling scheme for social networking sites in a bid to reduce cyber bullying.

ACT’s acting Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, has urged victims of violence in Canberra’s gay community to immediately report incidents to police following an outcry over a Facebook confessionals page which included a claim by one man that he was violently robbing gay men he had met at bars in Civic.

A time-lapse video documenting the three-year transition of an Australian transwoman has been viewed over three million times since being posted on YouTube three months ago.

SYDNEY: Police have delivered an early Christmas present to inner-city residents and the LGBTI community after the arrest this week of two men wanted over a vicious assault and robbery of a Surry Hills man who had earlier befriended one of the attackers via a smartphone dating app.

SYDNEY: A new website that calls on GLBTI people and their families to throw their support behind the campaign for state-based equal marriage laws has been launched by the NSW parliamentary cross party working group for marriage equality.

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.

SYDNEY: Police have released the profile image used by a man who was allegedly involved in a violent home invasion and assault of a Surry Hills resident who had earlier befriended the attacker via an online mobile phone dating app.

Bears are the stars in a new web series that combines the fun of The Golden Girls and the mystery of Murder, She Wrote.

If you are a user of any sort of gay dating website or App in Australia, it’s a phrase you’ve undoubtedly come across. “No Asians, No Indians” – or the more poetic “No Rice, No Curry” – seems to be emblazoned across the bottom of many profiles seeking hook ups or relationships. Many see it as a fairly innocuous statement, merely expressing a “preference”, but for many it is a disturbingly racist attitude. Scott Brennan looks at the world of gay male dating sites.

Dharun Ravi has been sentenced to 30 days jail for spying on his former gay Rutgers University roommate, Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide.

Nepal’s first openly gay MP, Sunil Bapu Pant, has called on Facebook to allow users to select “third gender” or “other” when listing their sex on the hugely popular social networking site, with the maverick politician saying that people who do not identify as male or female “continue to be sidelined by Facebook’s options”.

The inclusion of a same-sex feature in a popular online game signifies a shift in attitudes towards queers in the gaming community. But it has also exposed deep-seated homophobia towards gay gamers. 

People using online dating websites are being urged to remain vigilant about their safety and welfare in the wake of an attack in inner Sydney.