Legendary Star Trek actor William Shatner has called out social news network Reddit for allowing large sections of the site to be “horrifically” homophobic and has suggested it undergo a revamp lest it be remembered as the first “mainstream site” to allow hate mongers a convenient place to spread bigotry.
A draft marriage equality bill passed the UK House of Commons on Tuesday, leading Australian advocates to warn Australia is falling behind the rest of the English-speaking world.
France has taken its first major step to marriage equality by passing a resolution that defines marriage as being between two people rather than a man and a woman.
The Nepalese government has begun issuing citizenship certificates designated “third gender” for trans and intersex people who do not identify as male or female.
A senior representative with Amnesty International has claimed people in Cameroon including LGBTI people are being subjected to a raft of abuses including unlawful killings and torture.
Australian Marriage Equality national convenor Rodney Croome has praised US President Barack Obama's second inauguration speech, saying his support for full equality for LGBTI people has thrown down the gauntlet for Australia's political leaders to do the same.
Sir Elton John and partner David Furnish have welcomed the latest addition to their family with the celebrity couple celebrating the birth of their second son late last week.
Hollywood star Jodie Foster left plenty in the entertainment world and elsewhere confused yesterday while many others were inspired after delivering a cryptic and rambling speech at the Golden Globe Awards where she publicly hinted for the first time she was a “loud and proud” lesbian.
Changes to India's surrogacy laws making it mandatory for people seeking surrogate mothers to be married have prompted surrogacy advocates back home to call for changes to allow commercial surrogacy in Australia.
The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict, was denounced as a homophobe over the weekend as a group of feminist activists held a topless protest for gay rights in the Vatican over the weekend.
The founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), Jeanne Manford, has been remembered in the US and across the world as a pioneering ally of the LGBT community following her death this week at her Californian home, aged 92.
Gay clergy will now be allowed to become bishops in the Church of England however they will have to meet certain conditions including repenting for past homosexual acts and promising to remain celibate.
