Leading law firm Freehills has donated $20,000 to LGBTIQ youth mentoring organisation the Pinnacle Foundation from the proceeds of costs awarded to it following a landmark legal win late last year in the High Court.

The Argentinian government has passed gender identity laws which are among the most liberal and progressive in the world.

A 24-year-old male prostitute has been sentenced to 10 year’s jail for the “cruel and degrading death” of a Sydney teacher.

Marriage equality advocates say Australia is falling behind, after New Zealand's Conservative Prime Minister John Key announced he has no personal opposition to gay marriage.

Australian authorities are being urged to put in place trials to test the efficacy of offering a HIV prevention pill after a panel of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) backed the use of Truvada for people who are not HIV-positive but at high risk of contracting the virus.

The NSW Greens claim Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile has stymied debate on a marriage equality motion which was expected to be discussed in Parliament yesterday with a contingency motion about Mothers Day instead, which members of the Greens nevertheless successfully amended so that it would acknowledge mothers in same-sex relationships.

EXCLUSIVE: In the first sign that Queensland’s recently enacted civil union laws are under threat from the new LNP Government, notaries wishing to perform same-sex civil unions have been left in the dark as to what is happening with their applications to the Queensland department of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

ADELAIDE: A large number of people turned out today on the banks of the Torrens River to pay tribute to the memory of Dr George Duncan who was murdered on this day 40 years ago.

Against Me! punk rock singer Tom Gabel has come out as transgender and revealed plans to live as a woman with the support of her wife and band.

Academy Award-nominated actress Jacki Weaver will be the guest speaker at the annual Pride in Diversity Business Luncheon and Awards to be held next week in Sydney to commemorate Australia’s most diverse and LGBT-friendly workplaces.

Pressure has heaped on Prime Minister Julia Gillard following US President Barack Obama’s decision to air his personal support for same-sex marriage during a television news interview overnight.

In a historic move that has been welcomed by LGBTI equality advocates worldwide, US President Barack Obama has publicly endorsed same-sex marriage.

California's state legislature is looking at banning so called 'ex-gay' therapies as harmful and ineffective.

Gay children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died on Tuesday morning at the age of 83 after suffering a stroke four days earlier.

The third annual Gay & Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant Comment Awards (or GLORIAs) due to take place next week at NSW Parliament House has been postponed until sometime later this year.