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

R&B and disco singer Donna Summer passed away on Thursday at the age of 63 following cancer-related complications.

Bold and the Beautiful star Joanna Johnson has come out as a lesbian in an interview and revealed she is married to Los Angeles club promoter Michelle Agnew.

A study by the University of Washington has found people do have an inbuilt ‘gaydar’ which can function for some individuals with an accuracy of over 80 per cent.

Canadians may soon be able to choose a non-gender-specific category when applying for passports.

The Argentinian government has passed gender identity laws which are among the most liberal and progressive in the world.

Marriage equality advocates say Australia is falling behind, after New Zealand's Conservative Prime Minister John Key announced he has no personal opposition to gay marriage.

Against Me! punk rock singer Tom Gabel has come out as transgender and revealed plans to live as a woman with the support of her wife and band.

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.

In a historic move that has been welcomed by LGBTI equality advocates worldwide, US President Barack Obama has publicly endorsed same-sex marriage.

California's state legislature is looking at banning so called 'ex-gay' therapies as harmful and ineffective.

Gay children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died on Tuesday morning at the age of 83 after suffering a stroke four days earlier.

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.

The deportation of a Cameroonian man from the UK who fears he will be persecuted for being gay has been delayed after he refused to board the plane.

The rate of new HIV infections in India has more than halved in the past decade which is well above the global reduction in HIV infections.