A public forum on GLBTQ parenting as well as a reading of a provocative play that explores the complex issues that surround gay surrogacy and adoption will take place at Newtown this weekend to coincide with the Mardi Gras season.

A new Australian movie is set to shine a powerful and “uncomfortable” spotlight on homophobia, youth and masculinity.

Almost three quarters of voters believe Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has turned his back on Liberal Party traditions by not allowing a conscience vote on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to a major opinion poll released today.

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.

For up-and-coming actor Eamon Farren, playing a character who has the courage to fall in love with someone dying of cancer has been a revelatory experience, writes Garrett Bithell.