Notorious for his anti-gay views, federal Independent MP Bob Katter now regrets ever allowing followers in his Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) to air homophobic advertisements prior to this year’s Queensland state election.

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.

Advocates for equal marriage rights believe Tony Abbott is running out of arguments against same-sex marriage since his sister Christine Forster publicly came out.

The anti-gay marriage advertisement by Bob Katter’s Australian Party elicited anger from many, including the independent MP’s half-brother. Here, Carl Katter recounts the week he was forced to fight hate and defend the LGBTI community. 

Bob Katter’s Australian Party’s anti-gay marriage assault galvanised supporters of equality but also unearthed allies to their cause. Serkan Ozturk casts an eye on the week’s heated events sparked by a 30-second political advertisement.

Anti-gay marriage campaigners are banking on parental hysteria to get their message across by targeting sex education. Fortunately, young people today are not that gullible, writes Nicky Bryson.

The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) has withdrawn it support from Bob Katter’s Australia Party (KAP) after a homophobic TV ad caused “considerable distress” among members.

An ad starring gay rights advocate Carl Katter has been launched in Brisbane today urging Queenslanders to not “vote for hate” at the upcoming state election following the recent airing of a controversial anti-gay ad by his half-brother Bob Katter’s newly formed Katter’s Australian Party (KAP).

The controversy surrounding the anti-gay television ad aired by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) over the weekend in the lead-up to the Queensland election has widened, with a French photographer angry that his images were used and KAP funder, billionaire James Packer saying he “certainly” doesn’t support the message conveyed in the ad.

Widespread community outrage and a backlash on social media networks has greeted the airing of a “homophobic” anti-gay marriage ad by Katter’s Australian Party in Queensland overnight attacking LNP Leader Campbell Newman, with some including Bob Katter’s half-brother calling it “desperate” and “disrespectful” while others have suggested it will only appeal to “rednecks”.

Key Independent MP Tony Windsor has rubbished the chances of marriage equality legislation succeeding through Federal Parliament anytime soon while declaring that he himself was unlikely to support any bill on the issue.

It should come as no surprise that the worlds of politics and religion produced some of the most outrageous, ridiculous and downright homophobic utterances of 2011. Here, we list the year's five most memorable anti-gay nuggets.

A meeting in Canberra between marriage equality advocates and key federal independents has been hailed as a success.

CANBERRA: In a little over a few hours, four everyday Australians will join marriage equality lobbyists as they sit down for dinner with four federal Independent MPs in a bid to show how supporting same-sex marriage rights is important to help make Australia a fairer place for all.

Marriage equality advocates from across Australia will sit down to dinner with key Independent MPs next Monday, October 31.