SYDNEY: Members of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGMLG) and the wider LGBTI community are seemingly overwhelmingly in agreement that the Sydney Mardi Gras parade and festival requires the presence of the words ‘Gay and Lesbian’ in its official title, following a community forum in Paddington earlier this week.

As part of a continuing campaign to better understand the needs of older LGBTI Australians, UnitingCare Ageing has developed a survey that it hopes will provide a greater insight into the community’s needs for aged care services.

Gay men are being encouraged to be involved in an important bi-annual survey that will help improve the health and wellbeing of our community.

A new report helped launched by federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek late last week has found many members of the LGBTI community in NSW continue to experience troubling instances of severe discrimination and vilification.

An online marriage equality survey conducted by the House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs committee has seen almost two thirds of respondents giving their backing to same-sex marriage after an unprecedented number of people took part.

The EU has called on countries hopeful of joining the European Union such as Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo to improve their records on gay rights and to increase protections for their LGBT populations as a new survey was launched to gauge the discrimination faced by LGBT people in countries across the continent.

Rainbow Labor has today officially announced the proposed amendments that it will be seeking at next month’s ALP National Conference in Sydney, with a call for the party to “amend the Marriage Act to ensure equal access to marriage under statute for all adult couples irrespective of sex”.

A new research project has been launched in Tasmania to gather evidence of  discrimination and prejudice against LGBTI Tasmanians.