Western Australia is following the lead of other states and territories by introducing a bill that would allow for state-based same-sex marriage.

Marriage equality advocates have said it is not too late for the public to attempt to change the minds of politicians who may oppose the reform ahead of a vote in Federal Parliament on the issue next week.

Locating information on the internet about bisexuality may be a little easier now with reports Google has decided to modify its auto-complete search function so it will no longer block the term ‘bisexual’.

While some Australian Christian leaders have been busy over the past week comparing the life expectancy of the gay community to that of smokers, counterparts in the UK are said to be upset after a war of words erupted over the use of the word ‘bigot’ by the country’s Deputy PM Nick Clegg.

Matrix director Lana Wachowski has this week publicly discussed for the first time her much-talked about transition to female which she revealed was decided upon after a family dinner in Sydney a decade ago.

A young gay footballer who was forced to miss his first American college football game through concussion says he has even more pain to deal with now after he was kicked off the team for kissing his much-older boyfriend.

Controversial comments by some Christian leaders over the past week suggesting smoking was healthier than the “gay lifestyle” have now been linked back to discredited research funded by a fundamentalist group in the US as well as other papers which have since been retracted or disowned by their authors.

A key member of Queensland's new Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS has resigned, saying he refuses to be used as a rubber stamp for a predetermined agenda.

With sadly no shortage of material to choose from over the past few days and weeks, let alone the last 12 months, organisers of this year’s GLORIA Awards have called upon the public to nominate the most outrageous, ridiculous or ignorant comments that they have read, seen or heard about GLBTI people and their families ahead of a ceremony next month.

To coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day earlier this week, It Gets Better Australia has released a new video to help encourage more members of the local community to get involved in the worldwide phenomenon created to shine a spotlight on gay youth suicides.

With plenty of talk in recent days about homophobia on the football pitch, the Sydney Convicts gay and inclusive rugby club have received an official endorsement from Prime Minister Julia Gillard for Sydney to hold the next Bingham Cup in 2014.

Though Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) chief Jim Wallace may not have found too much support for his controversial claim that smoking was healthier than the “gay lifestyle” it seems he has one reliable ally in Dr Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney.

The chairperson of Beyondblue and former Victorian Premier, Jeff Kennett, said he is not surprised that the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has declined his offer to replace the Prime Minister at the ACL National Conference.

A young country footballer, who has become Australia’s first unofficial openly gay amateur player, is calling on the AFL to act further against homophobia.

Australia’s largest professional association for civil celebrants have voted to support marriage equality.