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3 February 2009Prime Minister to attend New Zealand gay family picnic 3 The Prime Minister of New Zealand is among the country's political leaders who have confirmed they will attend the Big Gay Out family picnic day in Auckland this weekend. -
2 February 2009Gay judge who made history retires from Australian bench 1 The first openly gay person to become a High Court judge in Australia has retied after 13 years on the bench. -
30 January 2009Olympian Ian Thorpe ‘draws a line’ under gay innuendos 10 One of Australia's best-known sporting heroes has issued a statement after press speculation about the nature of his relationship with a fellow swimmer. -
16 January 2009Australian HIV-positive man jailed for attempting to infect partners 6 An HIV-positive grandfather from Melbourne who preyed on "vulnerable" gay men when he tried to infect them with the virus has been sentenced to nearly two decades years in jail. -
6 January 2009Judge warns Australian teen of danger from “ugly, hairy men” in prison 6 A magistrate in Australia has tried to warn a teenager off a life of crime by giving him a stark assessment of life in prison. -
2 January 2009Man becomes Australia’s first recognised gay war widow after 10 year struggle 3 Sydney pensioner Edward Young has won a decade-long legal battle to receive his deceased partner's pension. -
30 December 2008Australian equality act inquiry could be delayed until 2011 1 An Australian Senate committee has recommended an inquiry into the need for an equality act banning homophobic or transphobic discrimination, following complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The AHRC is currently unable to protect the LGBT community fully as federal protections do not cover homophobia in the media or commercial services as other forms of discrimination are. -
16 December 2008Olympic champion diver named as influential gay Australian 1 Matthew Mitcham has been included on a list of 25 influential gay and lesbian Australians. -
15 December 2008Human rights groups urge countries to support UN gay rights statement 1 More than 60 nations from across the world are supporting a statement on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. -
11 December 2008Mayor of Hobart apologises 20 years after gay ban + In August 1988, a newly formed group pressing for law reform in Tasmania set up a stall at a popular outdoor market in Hobart. -
11 December 2008Australia’s human rights body considers third gender recognition 2 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission has raised the possibility of the creation of an official intersex status in Australia.
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10 December 2008Russia, US and South Africa under pressure to sign UN decriminalisation statement 4 LGBT activists in several countries have asked their governments to support a declaration on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality to be presented at the UN next month. -
28 November 2008Health ambassador sacked for standing by anti-gay comments 14 Australia's Health Minister Nicola Roxon has dismissed one of the new Men's Health Ambassadors for co-authoring an anti-gay, anti-transgender report. -
27 November 2008HIV-positive man faces jail sentence for deliberately infecting partners 1 A judge in Victoria, Australia said that an HIV-positive grandfather from Melbourne preyed on "vulnerable" gay men when he tried to infect them with the virus.
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27 November 2008Australian government ‘health ambassadors’ in gay hate controversy 2 The Australian Department of Health has come under fire for appointing two men's health ambassadors who were allegedly involved in writing a document that espoused homophobic views.
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25 November 2008New rights for Australian gay and lesbian couples approved by Senate 8 Legislators in Australia have voted to grant equal rights for same-sex couples in areas such as taxation, healthcare and retirement benefits. -
17 November 2008Red Cross tactics attacked as gay blood tribunal hears closing submission 1 The Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has finished its hearings into the ban on men who have sex with men donating blood and will now consider the thousands of pages of evidence. -
10 November 2008Gay donations would mean more safe blood, tribunal told + An anti-discrimination tribunal in Australia has been told that lifting a ban on gay men giving blood would increase the amount of safe transfusions available.
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10 November 2008Nicole Kidman lines up bisexual and trans roles 1 Actress Nicole Kidman is to play a Danish artist who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1931, one of the first documented cases of transsexuality. -
10 November 2008Labour lose New Zealand general election as Parliament gains new gay MPs 3 Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand since 1999, has announced she is to step down as leader of the Labour party after defeat in a national election on Saturday.
