Victoria’s Safe Schools Coalition has welcomed the 100th and 101st new member schools joining the coalition this month.

Singer Michelle Shocked has outraged fans by launching into an anti-gay rant during a concert in San Francisco.

NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann has called for an independent investigation into policing at this year’s Mardi Gras following numerous allegations of excessive force being used.

QUEENSLAND: A former Cooloola councillor and the founder of Gympie gun shop Owen Guns has failed in an appeal to the High Court on constitutional grounds after a tribunal fined him for inciting hatred against homosexuals.

SYDNEY: As the days edge closer to the Sydney Mardi Gras parade, ACON will team up with police from a number of local area commands to take part in a high visibility operation that will focus on community safety and encourage LGBTI people to access support and report homophobic and transphobic violence.

An 18-year-old Adelaide man who posted a coming out video online, says he is surprised by the large following and reaction it has provoked.

BRISBANE: Some teachers are contributing to homophobic bullying in Queensland schools, says advocacy group PFLAG.

The controversial political career of Bernard Gaynor seems to have been short-lived with the one-time potential Katter’s Australia Party (KAP) Senate candidate for Queensland today announcing his resignation from the party.

One brave gay New York subway passenger has become a global internet sensation after boldly standing up to a hate-speaking homophobic preacher during a packed train trip late last week.

SYDNEY: The NSW Government has offered a $100,000 reward for information that may help solve the mysterious death of visiting American maths genius, Scott Johnson, at the base of cliffs near Manly Beach almost 25 years ago which his family believe was the result of a gay-hate attack.

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.

A group prevented from taking part in the Mardi Gras Parade have spoken out against Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG), questioning whether the current event carries the “integrity” and “purpose” of the original march.

A dark part of Sydney’s recent past will be revisited with an episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story to take another look at the case of a visiting American maths genius who it is now believed was the victim of a gay-hate murder at the hands of a marauding gang of homophobes who terrorised gay beats on the city’s beachside cliffs. 

The fall-out over homophobic remarks made by prospective candidates for the Katter Australia Party continues, with party leader Bob Katter refusing to condemn the remarks.

Outrage is spreading as Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has found itself in yet another anti-gay controversy after not one but two candidates of the newfound fledgling party likened gay and lesbians to paedophiles who are not fit to teach children at kindergarten.