A Melbourne male bodybuilder who posed as a woman and blackmailed men with threats of exposure on gay websites to finance his protein powder habit has faced court.

The blow this week of one international pop star pulling out of an Australian tour may be softened a little with the announcement the Village People will be bringing their decidedly camp act back to our shores later this year.

LGBTI radio station JOY 94.9 has confirmed Conrad Browne will remain as general manager of the Melbourne-based station after agreeing to take on the role on a permanent basis.

After four years based at Melbourne’s City Village (pictured), the ALSO Foundation is moving headquarters to its Collingwood opportunity shop.

A low cost HIV test developed by the Melbourne Burnet Institute will soon be available for testing some of the world’s poorest people.

MELBOURNE: The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Business Events (GLOBE) networking events for the GLBT community has moved to a new home at the Left Bank in Southbank.

A new series of the unique and innovative online gay soap opera Queer as F**K begins this week.

A Gippsland bishop has told his Synod meeting he questions if Christians can still interpret Biblical references to sexuality in the same way “now we know that it is simply a reality of some people’s lives to be same-sex attracted, and not a perverse choice made by them.”

The full cast for the Australian production of Dustin Lance-Black’s play, 8, has been announced to include many more well known Australian stars.

Marriage equality advocates have applauded former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett for an article he wrote in favour of same-sex marriage.

Thousands of people including high-profile politicians and entertainers turned out over the weekend at rallies across the country for a National Day of Action for Marriage Equality, intensifying the pressure on Australia's leaders to support the introduction of same-sex marriage.

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Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black’s play, 8, on the controversial referendum that stripped gay and lesbian couples of the freedom to marry in California will premiere in Sydney and Melbourne next month with an all-star local cast including Daniel Macpherson and Lisa McCune.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott had his Sunday night dinner interrupted by gay marriage advocates who surrounded his table at a Lygon Street café in Melbourne.

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.