LGBT

Councillors from outside Sydney are accused of making discriminatory comments during a state conference debate about a support network for LGBTQIA+ representatives and drag story time events.

For a community of transgender women, the meal marked three years of an unlikely friendship.

Police are investigating a fake flyer dropped in neighbourhood letterboxes showing lewd imagery and incorrect information about a pride march on Brisbane's bayside this weekend.

A Victorian coroner will soon examine the deaths of five young transgender women who took their own lives in Melbourne during the pandemic, but Melbourne's queer community is already working hard to support those in need.

In a new book by a former Australian diplomat, the stories and struggles of LGBT workers in Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are documented.

The Shepparton event was called off following an anti-LGBTIQA+ protest last week, but a group known as the Rainbow Community Angels saw that the show went on.

Human rights groups are demanding a comprehensive investigation into the death of Jesús Ociel Baena.

Spencer Tunick has photographed thousands of naked people all over the world, from Barcelona to Bondi. In November, it's Brisbane's turn.

Fans of hit show Queer Eye are in shock after Bobby Berk, the show's interior design and home organisation expert, announced that the show's upcoming eighth season would be his last. 

An inquiry into 32 unsolved deaths between 1970 and 2010 is told the relationship between NSW Police and the LGBT community "remain complex and at times contentious".

The Queer-Ways project is creating an interactive map of lived queer experiences, starting in regional Victoria, to document a history at risk of being lost.

James Alison knows what it's like to be a scapegoat. He's devoted his life to understanding why we do it. 

Little was known about the 3,000 mysterious contributors to the first edition of the Oxford dictionary. Then a former editor made a fascinating discovery.

In some parts of regional Australia, old-school matchmakers are seeing an increase in clients searching for the one.   

Kimberlee Murdoch, a gestational surrogate for a gay couple living hundreds of kilometres away, is "doing it for the dads" trying to start their own family.

A man's involvement in the fatal assault on a stranger in a Sydney three decades ago is labelled an "affront to any civilised society".

India's top court has rejected legal recognition of same-sex marriage saying it is up to parliament to tackle the issue.

The country's chief justice says making such a law is the domain of parliament.

The last time Taylor Mac performed a show in Australia, audiences described it as “life-changing”. The virtuosic drag artist's new show features 55 original songs inspired by LGBTQIA+ history.

Anxiety about coming out. Name calling. Feeling you can't be your true self at work. Three LGBTQIA+ journalists discuss some of the hurdles they've experienced in their careers.

An inquiry into suspected gay hate deaths hears a handprint has yielded a match to a man who could have been involved in the 1976 murder of Ernest Allan Head, but evidence like saliva on cigarette butts, and human hair, has been lost.

The Minns government says the legislation would be introduced to parliament by the end of the year, after a religious lobby group claimed its campaign helped pause the reforms.

A former New South Wales police detective denies suggestions she deceived her boss by giving a media interview that included controversial comments about a suspected gay hate death.

Limestone Coast Connect will close due to a lack of volunteers after supporting young queer people for six years.

Some big literary names returned with new works in September including Anne Enright, Emma Donaghue and Naomi Klein. Here are our top picks to dive into.