Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia, has been challenged by his party to pass legislation allowing gay marriage.
The National AIDS Trust is asking members of parliament to sign an Early Day Motion to show their support for helping protect young gay men from HIV.
Dannii Minogue has been cleared of making a 'homophobic' jibe about an X Factor contestant's sexuality by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.
The mother of a 14-year-old trans girl is fighting to get her hormone treatment on the NHS. Carole Smith, 41, said that her child needed hormone treatment to prevent her from entering puberty as a boy.
Leaders of the six main Christian churches in Liverpool have released a joint statement condemning homophobia in the city.
A gay 19-year-old student was beaten by eight boys last week in Liverpool's city centre for being "flamboyantly dressed".
The European Commission is putting pressure on the British Government to drop the exemptions from equality legislation by religious organisations who currently have the right to refuse to employ LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) staff.
Prime minister Gordon Brown has made a statement describing violence and harassment against trans people as "utterly unacceptable".
Workers' union UNISON is holding its annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) conference today and tomorrow.
Steven Purcell, the leader of Glasgow city council, has been named the Herald's Councillor of the Year.
Baroness Cathy Ashton, who won Stonewall's Politician of the Year award in 2006, has been named as the new European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
A Brazillian trans woman at the centre of a scandal involving an Italian politician has been found dead in a burnt-out basement.
The father of a 14-year-old boy who went missing two years ago has appealed to the gay community to help find him.
The man arrested in connection with the murder of gay Puerto Rico teenage Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado will reportedly use the 'gay panic' defence.
Today is the 11th International Transgender Day of Remembrance. The yearly event is held to recognise and remember trans people who have been killed through hatred or prejudice.
British doctors are becoming "world pioneers" in treating children and adults who are born with ambiguous genitals, it has been reported.
Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell has said that TV executives should chose a wider range of gay presenters, not just "camp and cliched" stereotypes.
A Texas candidate for attorney general has argued that an amendment made to the state's constitution to ban gay marriages has actually made all marriages illegal.
Prime minister Gordon Brown has recorded a video message for World AIDS Day. In the message, Brown paid tribute to the gay community in the 1980s, which he said had "led the way" on HIV and AIDS campaigning.
Chaz Bono, the son of singer Cher, appeared on US television this morning to discuss his gender reassignment.