RSS Facebook Twitter iGoogle

Articles about Australia

Pages:12 3 4 5 Next →

18 May 2012
Tasmania: 250 attend vigil at ‘Excellent Marriage’ anti-gay marriage conference 10 250 people attended a vigil outside an anti-marriage equality conference in Tasmania last night as it was revealed the winning video message in a conference competition to define 'excellent marriage' was from a gay man.
4 May 2012
New Zealand: ‘Gay times are over’ billboard provokes anger 22 A billboard apparently directed at the first openly lesbian mayor in New Zealand with the slogan 'The gay times are over' has provoked anger from councillors.
2 May 2012
Comment: Four reasons the Christian and Jewish faiths are set to approve equal marriage 36 The greatest revision of belief within the Judaeo-Christian faiths since the Reformation is underway, Alan Austin writes.
19 April 2012
Complaints over Margaret Court’s gay ‘choice’ article ‘trash free speech’, group says 29 The Australian Christian Lobby has said a decision to uphold complaints over an article written by tennis legend Margaret Court in which she said homosexuality was a choice as a victory for 'aggressively intolerant' gay activists.
13 April 2012
Australia’s first openly gay party leader stands down 5 Bob Brown, the leader of the Australian Greens has announced his resignation as his party's leader and a senator in the Canberra federal parliament.
12 April 2012
Australia: Equal marriage likened to incest 54 A Christian opponent of marriage equality in Australia has compared homosexuality to incest, and said that people with same-sex attraction can be "cured."
10 April 2012
Comment: Addicted to Grindr 47 The location-aware gay social app Grindr is celebrating its third birthday with 3.5 million users in 192 countries.
9 April 2012
Study finds high levels of homophobia in Australia’s Arab community 12 A study in Australia has found many gay people in the country's Arabic community have been subject to high levels of homophobic violence and verbal abuse.
7 April 2012
Australia: Opposition leader’s sister confirms lesbian relationship 24 Tony Abbott, the Opposition leader in Australia, has commended the bravery of his sister in publicly affirming her same-sex relationship, but has said that it will not shift his stance on equal marriage.
6 April 2012
Australian faith leaders declare support for gay couples marrying 15 Twenty Australian faith leaders have signed a letter urging citizens of the country to declare their support for same sex-marriage to two federal parliamentary inquiries on the issue.
2 April 2012
Australia: Poor mental health among LGBT people 31 Almost 80 per cent of LGBT Australians have suffered from intense anxiety in the past year alone, according to a new survey released today.
30 March 2012
Anti-gay MP is Queensland’s first female parliamentary speaker 38 Anti-gay Australian MP Fiona Simpson has been announced as the new Speaker of Queensland's parliament.
28 March 2012
Union for Progressive Judaism supports gay couples marrying in Australia 18 The Australian Union for Progressive Judaism has made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill.
14 March 2012
In Photos: Germaine Greer glitter-bombed for trans comments 309 Feminist writer Germaine Greer has been glitter-bombed at a book-signing today in New Zealand for saying trans women 'seem to us ghastly parodies' and a 'delusion'.
12 March 2012
Poll: Australia leads Britain and US in support for equal marriage 23 Australia is leading Britain and the US in its support for the implementation of equal gay marriage rights, a poll released today suggests.

Pages:12 3 4 5 Next →

Top stories

On Facebook

Featured

Pink News on Twitter Follow @PinkNews

Download our free app for iPhone + iPad

© 2005 - 2012 PinkNews.co.uk. All rights reserved. Web design by Felix Renicks. Hosting by Serverstream. inveti