Dharun Ravi has been sentenced to 30 days jail for spying on his former gay Rutgers University roommate, Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide.

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.

Leading law firm Freehills has donated $20,000 to LGBTIQ youth mentoring organisation the Pinnacle Foundation from the proceeds of costs awarded to it following a landmark legal win late last year in the High Court.

A 24-year-old male prostitute has been sentenced to 10 year’s jail for the “cruel and degrading death” of a Sydney teacher.

EXCLUSIVE: In the first sign that Queensland’s recently enacted civil union laws are under threat from the new LNP Government, notaries wishing to perform same-sex civil unions have been left in the dark as to what is happening with their applications to the Queensland department of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Pressure has heaped on Prime Minister Julia Gillard following US President Barack Obama’s decision to air his personal support for same-sex marriage during a television news interview overnight.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has denied claims that he is backing away from his promise to extend the marriage laws to allow same-sex couples the right to marry.

WORLD: The Republican Party now has its first openly gay state lawmaker with first term Missouri representative Zach Wyatt publicly coming out.

Hobart City Council is planning to mark the controversial arrests of over 100 gay rights activists at Salamanca Place in 1988 with a series of public artworks.

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.

An Iranian man has been hanged to death in the conservative Muslim country for taking part in homosexual activities, according to recent media reports.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will soon ban the entry of “gay and tomboy students” from its government schools and universities, according to local media reports, in an apparent response to websites that promote gay rights and homosexuality.

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.

Same-sex couples in the United States have lodged a legal suit in the state of Nevada to challenge the current ban on same-sex marriage.

Gay rights activists have become the first to be arrested in St Petersburg under laws introduced in March which bans ‘the propaganda of homosexuality and paedophilia among minors’.