Same-sex couples in Tasmania will be allowed to adopt local and overseas children under changes being considered by the State Government.

While most people would say that they were offended by what you wrote, I was disappointed.

Moving too soon on gay marriage by rushing legislation through parliament is more than likely to have the opposite effect of proloning the debate, writes Rodney Croome.

More same-sex couples are taking part in the new online project Marriage Equality Matters (www.mymarriagestory.com.au), which is giving committed gays and lesbians a platform to be part of Australia's marriage equality movement. Here are some of their stories.

The ALP National Conference yielded bittersweet returns for the GLBTI community. While Labor now officially endorses marriage equality, it has allowed a conscience vote on the issue, meaning any moves for reform will most likely be defeated. So where to now for the gay marriage campaign? Australian Marriage Equality’s Alex Greenwich talks to Ron Hughes.

ANALYSIS: LGBTI rights advocate and Australian Marriage Equality Campaign Director Rodney Croome on how we move forward with gay marriage movement with a Labor conscience vote.

A conscience vote was the best outcome marriage equality advocates could've hoped for at Labor's National Conference, and it's certainly a historic and significant development. But the position the ALP now finds itself in as a result of trying to displease as few factions as possible is quite bizarre.

And so the ALP’s National Conference has finally arrived. This weekend, Australia’s oldest political party will thrash out its National Platform and finalise its positions on contentious issues such as selling uranium to India, asylum-seeker policy and, of course, same-sex marriage.

Recent weeks at Parliament have been a hive of activity since the MP Andrew Fraser launched his private member’s Bill to introduce civil unions into Queensland. Phil Browne has been following the debate.

A New Zealand couple about to move to Melbourne are saddened their historic civil union will be worth nothing over here, reports Ron Hughes.

If you think your relationship with that special someone could be improved a little or a lot, you and your partner could perhaps be just the sort of people producers of a new show to air next year on ABC1 are looking for.