Shadow cabinet minister Joe Hockey has announced he will not vote for same-sex marriage, even if given a conscience vote on the issue.

A push by Tory backbenchers to allow opposite sex couples to enter into civil partnerships was defeated in the British House of Commons.

Human rights advocates are disappointed no one has been arrested after a huge mob attacked a peaceful gay rights rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Friday.

NEW YORK: The point-blank shooting of a man in Manhattan's Greenwich Village on the weekend is being investigated as a hate crime, police say.

French same-sex couples are set to begin marrying within days after French President Francois Hollande signed a marriage equality bill into law on Saturday.

A NSW government bid to have intersex excluded from federal anti-discrimination laws has provoked a strong response from activists and the Greens.

The Greens have introduced a Bill into the Senate that would see same-sex marriages from overseas recognised in Australia.

Australian marriage equality advocates have hailed the decision by a Brazilian judicial council to allow same-sex couples to marry throughout the country.

The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, making it the 12th US state to achieve marriage equality.

Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the Greens’ move to have a marriage equality bill voted on before the election.

Internationally renowned comedienne Magda Szubanski has been named as keynote speaker at this year's Aurora Annual Ball.

A two-day national conference to be held in June will explore the many aspects of aged care for LGBTI people.

The latest Essential poll showing the majority of Australians support marriage equality, regardless of which party they vote for, has prompted the Greens to renew calls for a conscience vote on the issue.

The AFL has announced it will launch a new campaign to curb gay slurs, coinciding with the International Day Against Homophobia on Friday, May 17.

Calls for opposition leader Tony Abbott to allow a conscience vote on same-sex marriage have been renewed following Prime Minister Julia Gillard's comment that Abbott should give his fellow members the "courtesy" of a free vote.