Former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally will officially open an exhibition at Surry Hills Library early next month that documents the story of the world’s second oldest gay Catholic group, Acceptance Sydney.

A peaceful vigil is planned for Hobart this Thursday night outside a national meeting hosted by Tasmanian churches and other groups opposed to same-sex marriage, with former tennis champion turned fundamentalist Christian pastor Margaret Court also expected to address the gathering.

Opponents of same-sex marriage in Scotland are planning to distribute leaflets to every household in Glasgow for their latest campaign to prevent any amendments to the current marriage laws.

A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland is on sabbatical leave and has asked to be moved from his parish after he “inadvertently” showed images of gay pornography to parents of children preparing for their First Holy Communion a month ago.

The US psychiatrist who recently repudiated a controversial and much-criticised study claiming gay people could change their sexual orientation if they were “highly motivated” enough has now also publicly apologised to the gay community and victims of reparative therapy.

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 Speaker of Federal Parliament, Peter Slipper, has stood down in the wake of a growing scandal involving allegations of fraud and sexual harassment against a young male staffer.

Marriage equality advocates have welcomed comments by the head of the Anglican Church in Australia, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, after he wrote a letter stating his belief that the introduction of marriage equality would not affect religious freedom.

The Australian Press Council has upheld a complaint in relation to a controversial anti-gay article written by former tennis champion, Margaret Court, published in Melbourne’s Herald-Sun newspaper during this year’s Australian Open tennis tournament.

An advertisement campaign in the UK for courses which claim homosexuals can ‘develop their heterosexual potential’ has been banned.

The US psychiatrist responsible for a controversial and much criticised 2001 study claiming that gay people could change their sexual orientation if they were “highly motivated” enough has disavowed the research in sensational fashion after admitting to a magazine that  “the critiques are largely correct”.

In a little under two hours marriage equality advocates will appear at a federal parliamentary hearing on same-sex marriage being held in Sydney today to argue that Australia has a historic opportunity to become a more equal and inclusive nation.

Reverend Ben Gilmour gave a large part of his life to the Anglican Church, only to be shunned for being gay. But now, he has found his place as a minister with Paddington Uniting Church. As Easter approaches, he spoke to Serkan Ozturk about faith, spirituality and acceptance.

Controversial ‘hate truck’ driving Christian preacher Peter Madden has now backed off plans to hold a “prayer rally” against same-sex marriage upon his return to Sydney this weekend, claiming that police advised him to call off the event.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday announced his retirement after ten years of harsh criticisms and celebrations especially surrounding the issue of female and gay ordination.