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18 February 2013
Australia: Trans and intersex inclusive birth certificate amendments considered by lawmakers + Birth certificates in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) could soon be more inclusive of transgender and intersex people, by ceasing to require gender reassignment before allowing people to alter the gender on a birth certificate.
11 February 2013
Australian suspended anti-gay politician: Equal marriage is making my party ‘collapse’ 7 A suspended anti-gay member of an Australian political party has spoken out to suggest that the party was on the verge of collapse over equal marriage rifts.
8 February 2013
Australia: Anti-gay politician attempts to defend pro-marriage equality candidate from expulsion 11 Bob Katter of Katter's Australian Party has stepped in to save senate candidate Steven Bailey after he made pro-equal marriage comments.
6 February 2013
Campaigners urge Australia to ‘catch up’ on same-sex marriage and follow Britain’s lead 5 An equality organisation in Australia has urged the country’s federal government to follow the lead of the UK Government in legalising same-sex marriages.
23 January 2013
Australia: Lord Mayor apologises for telling LGBT charity not to display ‘offensive’ banner 9 A Lord Mayor in Sydney, Australia has apologised after city council staff instructed an LGBT charity to take down signage at a family festival, due to complaints that it was 'offensive'.
15 January 2013
Australia to keep anti-gay discrimination to protect ‘freedom’ of religious groups 47 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reportedly given her word to religious groups that they will have the “freedom” under a new rights bill, to discriminate against gay people, and other people deemed sinners.
11 January 2013
Facebook post on anonymous Australian confession page boasts of anti-gay assaults 10 An Australian Facebook page for anonymous confessions posted the story of a man who said he committed hate crimes, including assaults and robberies, by pretending to be gay.
3 January 2013
Rainbow road in Oz likely to get go-ahead 6 A rainbow pedestrian crossing is likely to be approved for Oxford Street in Sydney.
27 December 2012
Feature: The top international LGBT stories of 2012 3 As 2012 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the biggest international stories of the last twelve months.
25 December 2012
Feature: The weirdest and most unexpected LGBT stories of 2012 3 As 2012 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important stories of the last twelve months.
20 December 2012
Campaigners: Same-sex marriage in Spain of Australian government minister must spur on marriage equality 7 Equal marriage campaigners in Australia have said that the marriage in Spain by a gay government minister to his long term partner shows how pressing the need for a change in the law is.
20 December 2012
Video: Australian TV host flirts outrageously with God Hates Fags protestor in spoof news report 12 The Australian satirical news team The Chaser has surprised a the son of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, home of the God Hates Fags campaign by flirting with him on national television.
19 December 2012
Pam Ann: “Julia Gillard is like a ginger lesbian Harry Potter lookalike” 13 Pam Ann, the air hostess alter-ego of Australian comedienne Caroline Reid, has taken time out from jetting across the skies to do a quick Q&A with PinkNews.co.uk – and she doesn’t have kind words for Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
19 December 2012
Australian gay politician travels to Spain in order to marry partner 13 A gay Australian politician and his partner were married in Spain on Wednesday after flying halfway around the world to skirt Australia’s laws banning marriage equality.
26 November 2012
Australia: A thousand people rally for marriage equality in Sydney 5 A thousand people turned up to rally for equal marriage rights on Sunday afternoon in Sydney, in a bid to urge the government to legalise same-sex marriage.
20 November 2012
Australian campaigners hope new law can help in equal marriage fight 5 Marriage equality advocates in Australia have welcomed a new draft national anti-discrimination law.
1 November 2012
Ian Thorpe: I can do nothing more about the gay rumours 36 Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has claimed that people are "obsessed" with his sexuality, despite once again stating that he is not gay.
11 October 2012
Sydney to host gay rugby cup in 2014 + Sydney has won its bid to host the 2014 Bingham Cup, the world's top gay rugby tournament.
2 October 2012
UK: BACP warns against gay conversion therapy 16 Britain's largest professional body of psychotherapists has warned its members against attempting to "convert" gay people, after discovering practitioners were still offering the "treatment".
2 October 2012
Sydney: Death of gay man ‘possible’ hate crime + Police in the Australian city of Sydney are treating the death of a gay man in an apartment fire as “suspicious”.

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